what we do
The problem with most leadership training…
Your new managers attend a workshop, learn a framework, maybe fill out a worksheet. Three weeks later, they’re back to the same patterns—micromanaging when anxious, avoiding conflict, or burning out trying to be everything to everyone.
But people don’t fail at leadership because they don’t know better. They fail because their default patterns kick in under pressure, and they don’t have the self-awareness to catch it happening.
Leadership Programs
Help new managers and early-career professionals develop the self-awareness to lead effectively, especially during transitions like promotions or onboarding.
Team Off-Sites
Custom programs that help your team understand how they work together—and where their default patterns get in the way of their goals.
1:1 Coaching
Ongoing support for senior leaders who want to align their values with their actions and build the reflective capacity that sustains good leadership.
Get to know Fred’s approach
Self-Knowledge & Tricky Questions
Fred Tally-Foos sends letters about the Enneagram, spirituality, leadership, and the patterns that shape how we work and relate to others. Not high-brow, not too serious, but definitely earnest—the kind of reflections that benefit from space to think beyond what fits in a meeting agenda.
Who this is for…
Our programs are designed for mission-driven organizations at transition points: onboarding new hires who need to understand culture quickly, promoting individual contributors into management roles, or helping senior leaders connect their values with their actions.
We aren’t right for you if you’re looking for a quick productivity hack. We are right for you if you want your people to develop the kind of self-knowledge that actually changes how they show up at work.
Fred’s approach to the Enneagram felt the opposite of corporate or sterile. I feel more in tune with those around me and understand the underlying reasons I often jump to specific reactions. This has helped curb my less productive instincts and achieve stretch goals.
Cullen Bounds, Creative Director
Working with Fred on understanding the Enneagram was valuable not only because of the insight it gave me on myself, but also the insight it gave me when considering others. The Enneagram is the best lens I’ve been able to use to understand others, which has informed my communication, listening, and compassion.
Kate Coleman, Content Strategist
Understanding myself through the Enneagram has always been a part of my self-development process, so I knew I wanted to integrate it with my team’s professional development plans. Fred was able to customize his program to emphasize our team’s values in deep and meaningful ways.
Meredith Smith, Manager at NGO
