King County’s Director of Regional & Rural Services, Joan Lee, hired me to bring her leadership team back together in 2023, the first time they had come together in person following the pandemic. Since then, I have continued to support them to create more reflective time together to face some uncomfortable realities as many of them start to consider retirement and how to grow the next generation of leadership. Specifically, I have helped Joan challenge older assumptions she carried about herself and her own leadership, which has been food and inspiration for her team.
“Lisa Fitzhugh came with outstanding recommendations from a colleague at the County. Over the last few years, she has supported our leadership team into a more generative, integrated and productive collaboration. She has also coached challenged me to think differently about my approach. We collaborated on a learning map process to incisively pinpoint the most profitable area for me to grow around related to my own leadership development. The whole team stronger, and I have moved to a place of more authentic transparency. I am so grateful for Lisa’s clarity and conviction in the leadership she has drawn out of me and our leadership team members.”
-Joan Lee, Director of Regional & Rural Services, King County DNRP