Claim Your Edge.
Lead The Game.

Presence. Confidence. Impact.

Is there a gap between where you are now

and where you want to be? Then, we should talk.

When we talk, we’ll identify how to start closing that gap so you can start realizing your vision that very day.

These are the questions I hear behind closed doors:

"I've earned my place as a leader—So why is it still so hard?"

"Am I behind on this AI thing?"

"How am I still relevant—now that everything is changing?"

"We've done well so far. How do I take us to the next level?"

"I want to see us scale, we need systems that make that happen. But where to start?"

Our work is GAME CHANGING for leaders who are ready to:

1. Turn disruption into your competitive advantage.

2. Lead with clarity and confidence.

3. Design your future with intention

4. Retain and activate your top talent.

We optimize your leadership systems—your people, and your power.

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Featured Posts by Dr. Hale

FROM BLOW-UP TO BUY-IN: WHY STRONG LEADERS SELF-SABOTAGE

He Didn’t Mean to Blow Up. That’s what made it harder to admit.

Jake had tried—really tried—to stay calm during his “accountability” conversation with his staff. His team was behind on proposals, the client was balking, and nobody seemed to be taking the urgency seriously. Worse, the drafts he’d seen were terrible. He felt the pressure building but told himself, Just get through this. Be constructive. Don’t micromanage.

But halfway through the meeting, someone made a flip remark about “waiting on approvals,” and the dam broke...

Stuff You’re Still Doing Manually (That AI Could Handle By Lunch)

Every day, leaders burn precious time chasing emails, playing calendar Tetris, rewriting the same proposals, and manually doing things that AI could be handling while they focus on bigger moves.

This isn’t about becoming a machine, or about giving up your value to a machine. Rather, it’s about unleashing your edge — faster decisions, smarter moves, and more freedom — by getting out of the weeds.

Here are 10 things you’re probably still doing manually (but could have AI handling before your second cup of coffee).

Still Wasting Hours on Tasks an AI tool Could Do?

Is AI Scaring You? The New Leadership Imperative is to Harness It's Power

Take up the Mantle of Leadership and Execute:

As a leader, you're likely inundated with information about artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential to revolutionize business. But what does this mean for you and your organization? Is AI just another overhyped technology, or is it a critical tool that you can't afford to ignore?

Let's examine the facts. According to a recent PwC survey, 72% of business leaders believe AI will provide a fundamental business advantage in the future. However, only 15% of companies have actively incorporated AI into their operations. This discrepancy is concerning. If most leaders recognize AI's potential, why are so few leveraging it?

9 SIGNS YOU ARE THE BOTTLENECK

Listen up! As the fearless leader of your business, you're supposed to be the trailblazer, the innovator, the one who's always ten steps ahead. But what if, instead of leading the charge on AI adoption and digital transformation, you're the one secretly slamming on the brakes? If any of these signs sound a little too familiar, it's time for a reality check: You might be the biggest roadblock in your own company. Ouch.

It's time to stop hesitating and start leading your business fearlessly into the future of AI!

ARE AMERICANS WEAK and FRAGILE?

Have Americans grown weak and fragile? Have we lost the ability to withstand challenge—to hold discomfort, to adapt, to lead ourselves?

The Power of Radical Ownership in an Uncertain World

Have Americans grown weak and fragile? Have we lost the ability to withstand challenge—to hold discomfort, to adapt, to lead ourselves? The Power of Radical Ownership in an Uncertain World Has America lost its resilience? Have we grown too fragile, too shocked by uncertainty to rise to the occasion? Across the globe, people adapt to rapid change daily—but here, in a country long accustomed to stability, the tremors of disruption seem to leave us paralyzed, outraged, or grasping for control. But what if the problem isn’t the instability itself—but our resistance to it?

This article challenges that paralysis and offers a way forward. The antidote to uncertainty isn’t more control; it’s radical ownership ...

Focus, White Space, and Getting Stuff Done

“It was 8:00 a.m. on a Monday, and Mara Torres was sitting across from me, arms folded, tension in her jaw. She let out a breath like she’d been holding it all weekend.

“I just don’t know what to say to them,” she admitted.

Mara, a senior leader in a federal agency, had spent years building a culture of trust, equity, and inclusion in her team. Then, overnight, an executive order wiped out the DEI programs that had just a short time ago been so prized. Her work was not actually about DEI, but her bosses were afraid.

TEAM PERFORMANCE: SoloNuTech's Dynamic Leadership Shift

“Why can’t we grow?”

Have you ever asked that question? Despite having all the right ingredients—opportunity, customers, cutting-edge technology, a stellar team and ample capital—Do you come up against a wall, stretched thin, on edge and burning out?

Reliable Revenue

With investor funds fueling your ventures, the pressure to accelerate growth can be intense. Founders are frequently caught in a maddening cycle of hiring and losing talent, the need to pivot fast as changes come on board, and to keep their eyes on the prize.

Owners wonder: what’s missing?

Focus, White Space, and Getting Stuff Done

“It’s already the end of January and I feel like I’m catching up on last year still!” Sabrina said. She continued to explain that no matter how much she tries to schedule time to catch up and then relax, she finds all the little bits of space get filled up in her life and she feels stretched too thin. Does that ever happen for you? I know it has for me – a lot! Maybe there is another way to relate to time and energy?

Team Performance: SoloNuTech's Dynamic Shift

Savannah is the definition of resilient. She’s averaged more than seven painful surgeries per year for the last seven years. Once a vibrant athlete, she now experiences constant pain. Yet, her mantra is “Pain is inevitable suffering is optional.”

Today Savannah had a breakthrough that I consider a miracle of “Anti-Fragile”. She asked the question “What would it take to actually thrive instead of just not give in? What lies beyond resilient?”

Good Boss - Bad Boss : The 9 Keys

The questions ”Does coaching work?” and particularly “Will it work for me?” are ubiquitous among all people thinking about getting support through coaching for themselves and the achievement of their goals. What’s the return on investment of coaching, when is it best used, and how do we measure it?

Coaching is expensive: it’s an intensive, one-to-one process requiring a coach with the best training, experience, and commitment. Coaching must be seen as valuable to justify the investment. So what’s the evidence supporting the ROI of professional coaching?

Ready, Set, Execute! -- Getting More Done With Less Stress

Last week I was interviewed in a series on women in leadership. The interviewer asked this obvious but not simple question: “Why is leadership important?” Wow! Great question!

My answer is that the failures and gaps in leadership everywhere we look are generally the cause of most of our business and social dysfunctions. Leadership training is how we turn those dysfunctions into results.

My experience is that the skills of leadership are secondary to the integrity in leadership, and integrity is the foundation of Radical Ownership.

Traits of Wellbeing in Leaders

When a leader is hitting on all cylinders, strategizing, organized, able to delegate, successfully managing life at home and at work, what’s the one thing that person still cannot do for themselves?

A wonderful piano player recently described two Steinway Grand Pianos side by side, one with a sounding board, one without…. the one with a sounding board will sound like angels crooning, magical and musical. The one without will sound dead.

Regardless of business skills and leadership maturity, one cannot effectively be one’s own Sounding Board.

You know that gap between what you want—and what you're getting?

Let's close it. Shall we?

Look, we both know you didn’t get where you are by accident. You’ve got the credentials, the track record, the team. But something’s off. Maybe it’s watching your best people operate at 60%. Maybe it’s that gnawing sense that you’re managing chaos instead of leading change? Are you groaning yet?

I work with leaders who are done with that.

You want your presence to land—not your title. You want your team executing because they’re clear, not compliant. You want your leadership team aligned and committed—even if their way would be different. That’s how you create something that matters.

Here’s the thing: What you need isn’t in another framework. It’s in getting radically honest about what’s not working and choosing to change it.

With you, we cut straight to what matters. What are you avoiding? Where are you playing safe? What systems need to be in place? We get you operating from choice, strategy, and vision—not habit.

With your team, we help them name the patterns no one has named yet. We turn talented people into an actual force.

No flavor-of-the month workshops. Just work that shifts outcomes—starting next week.

Ready? Let’s talk about how we partner.

Executive Coaching

Team Development

Customized Journeys

“I keep Dr. Lisa on retainer. My leadership world is so busy and demanding. I need someone to bounce ideas and situations off of who will shoot me straight and who isn't on my team."

Dr. Allison S. - President CABHI

“With Dr. Hale my team has become tight-end aligned to a clear and shared purpose, while my own commitment as a leader has grown rock solid.”

Craig D. USAF, Civilian Service Unit

"I just want to say thank you for all of your help. We were recently awarded The Baldridge award. We could not have done it without your help. I just wanted to take a minute to thank you"

D. Jones, CEO - Lovelace, UNM, Rehabilitation Hospital

"Lisa is a dynamic speaker who connects with her audience and engages them in her interactive sessions! I highly recommend her!"

Ann (Maddox) Utterback, Board of Directors at J. F. Maddox Foundation

"Lisa is a dynamic speaker who connects with her audience and engages them in her interactive sessions! I highly recommend her!"

Ann (Maddox) Utterback, Board of Directors at J. F. Maddox Foundation

"Having Lisa as a coach was a real blessing. My experience with Lisa has heightened my own self-awareness and self-regulation. And, her work with our team helped us communicate more directly, yielding vastly improved relationships and productivity."

Bridget Samuel, Organizational Effectiveness Officer, Episcopal Health Foundation

"I worked with Lisa during a pivotal time in my leadership. She helped me see things about leadership that I’d never seen before. That insight has brought incredible freedom and clarity. The results have been astounding growth for me, our team, and our company."

David M, President Patterson Center

"Working with Lisa resulted in my finally securing the compensation I felt I deserved. Just three months, and more than doubled my salary. My family's life is forever changed for the better."

Nicole S., Chief Investment Officer

Creating breakthroughs that you won't find in a book or a class.

Today’s leaders must face familiar challenges in new ways:

Corporate Leaders: Senior leaders so often feel alone. FLC helps take the loneliness out of leadership. We work with leaders to amplify their presence, communication, confidence, and clarity – with the trusted feedback they need.

Intact Teams: When teams don’t work, work product flails. We excavate the true underpinnings of what’s broken so that your team can build trust, clear communication, and effective collaboration – and get back into action!

Organizations: When your company’s culture is aligned it becomes a stellar place to work. With strong engagement and broad inclusion, we keep your top talent soaring.

Scaling Leadership: When leadership is excellent throughout the organization, business performance indicators blow the roof off. To scale we partner with you at both the individual and organizational level to empower mutual accountability, support and growth – and to spread your leadership development efforts through all levels. The results are a bedrock foundation that drives success now and for generations to come.

Life Change for Leaders: This track is for accomplished leaders who have checked all the boxes but know there is something more. Together we help you find peace, purpose, fulfillment, and clarity about the true legacy you want to leave, and the life you want to lead while leaving it. We get you living your best life.

Dr. Lisa Hale is the founder and lead coach, facilitator and lead consultant at Focused Leadership Consulting. She is passionate about helping visionary people bring about their dreams.

Creating breakthroughs that you won't find in a book or a class.

Today’s leaders must face familiar challenges in new ways:

Corporate Leaders: Senior leaders so often feel alone. FLC helps take the loneliness out of leadership. We work with leaders to up their game in leadership presence, communication, confidence and clarity.

Intact Teams: when teams don’t work, work product fails. We excavate the true underpinnings of what’s broken so that your team can build trust, clear communication and effective collaboration.

Organizations: when your company’s culture is aligned it becomes a stellar place to work. With strong engagement and brought inclusion we keep your top talent soaring.

Scaling Leadership: When leadership is excellent throughout the organization, business performance indicators blow the roof off. To scale leadership we partner with you at both individual and organizational level to empower mutual accountability, support and growth. The results are bedrock foundation that drives success now and for generations to come.

Life Change for Leaders: this track is for accomplished leaders who have checked all the boxes but know there is something more. Together we help you find peace, purpose, fulfillment and clarity about the true legacy you want to leave. We identify what it means for you to live your best life.

Dr. Lisa Hale is the founder and lead coach, facilitator and consultant at Focused Leadership Consulting. She is passionate about helping visionary people bring about their dreams.

Claim Your Edge.
Lead The Game.

Presence. Confidence. Impact.

These are the questions I hear behind closed doors:

Our work is GAME CHANGING for leaders who are ready to: