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Discover the hidden framework behind successful organizations with Tom Foster, President of Foster Learning Corporation. Ever wondered how to integrate clear accountability and authority within your company's structure?
Tune in as Tom, with his vast experience and over 17,000 hours of executive Coaching, unveils the secrets to achieving efficient decision-making and problem-solving through structured working Relationships. His transition from television production to a CPA firm in the 1980s, a pivotal period of computer integration in business, offers a unique perspective on blending Technology with organizational dynamics.
Foster explains that hierarchy is a natural process based on competence, not dominance. He also introduces the concept of levels of work, which involve decision-making and problem-solving. Foster highlights the significance of structural Clarity in resolving communication problems and personality conflicts within the organization.
The conversation explores his “Properties in Levels of Work” model and its application to startup organizations and as organizations mature and ride the bell-shaped curve of maturity. They also discuss the application of these levels of work to healthcare and the importance of understanding the complexity and uncertainty of the future.
Guest
Tom Foster, President, Foster Learning Corporation
tfoster@fosterlearning.org
Host
Chris Comeaux, MLAS, CPA
President / CEO of Teleios Collaborative Network
and Teleios Consulting Group
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I am currently the President/CEO of Teleios Collaborative Network which is like a co-op of nonprofit hospice and palliative care organizations. I am also CEO of Teleios Consulting Group. The goal of the collaboration is to harness the best of each hospice and enable the network to better care in each community for the patients and families being served as well as introduce innovations across the membership network and work with payers for new innovative solutions for those dealing with serious or advanced illness.
I am also host two podcasts, Anatomy Of Leadership and TCNtalks. Anatomy of Leadership was inspired by my book "The Anatomy of Leadership" which I wrote for Leaders, visionaries, and change-makers. The podcast delves deep into the essence of purpose-driven and high-performance leadership.
The show guides you through a journey of discovery—revealing how effective leadership can significantly alter the trajectory of our teams, organizations, our lives, and the world at large.
We examine topics like:
- Self-Mastery
- Caring for Others
- Influence
- Intention
- Cause and Purpose
Bio
Over the years, I have become nationally known as a leader in our country’s hospice and palliative care industry, where I spent a large portion of my career as President/CEO of Four Seasons in western North Carolina, a 2009 American Hospital Association Circle of Life Award Winner. In 2005, the Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care honored me with the Peter Keese Leadership Award.
In 2006, I left Four Seasons for two years to build an alliance between the prestigious national healthcare consulting firm, the Studer Group, and Covenant Hospice in Pensacola. The vision was to transform, develop, and grow leaders throughout the hospice and palliative care world. With this venture from its infancy to an established coaching firm partnering with post-acute healthcare organizations from New York to California. I returned to Four Seasons in 2008 to apply everything learned in the trenches on leadership to an organization I knew and loved.
My hospice career began in 1997 at Covenant Hospice in Pensacola, Florida. Earlier in my career, where I worked with KPMG Peat Marwick, a “Big Four” CPA consulting firm, and with Cooper Industries, a Fortune 100 Company, in its Executive Development Program.
I have a Masters in Leadership from the Thayer Institute for Performance Virtuosity.
I am blessed to have a wonderful wife, Deshia and a proud parent of 5 children (3 boys and 2 girls). Love spending time outdoors with my family, reading, and learning in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
