In this episode of Founders Future, with host Ammar Elm, we are joined by Dr. Lisa Hale, Ph.D., MCC, the founder and CEO of Focused Leadership Consulting. Dr. Hale shares her profound journey from an academic and policy role at Los Alamos National Lab to becoming a global leadership coach. She reveals the pivotal moment she realized that the very skills she was passionate about—emotional intelligence, authenticity, and turning vision into reality—were the exact traits that defined the world's most respected leaders. This insight, combined with a personal need for flexibility as a single parent, led her to found her company dedicated to developing visionary leaders.

Dr. Hale delves into the core of her business, explaining her ideal clients are smart, driven founders and executives in mid-seven-figure companies who have hit a growth ceiling and need help scaling beyond their personal capacity. She breaks down her service model, from intensive one-on-one coaching and senior team retreats to masterclasses, and shares invaluable advice on client acquisition. She emphasizes leading with service through public speaking and partnerships over paid ads, and warns new coaches of the common pitfalls of not treating their practice like a real business and undervaluing their transformative work.