Jylla Moore Foster, Founder, President and CEO of Crystal Stairs, Inc., is a nationally renowned business executive, whose corporate, entrepreneurial,
and coaching experiences, as well as her expertise in marketing, sales, channels, operations and technology across multiple industries and various customer sizes, have propelled her to the forefront of her field. Her passion is to strengthen leadership assets™ that will cause conscious and intentional shifts in individuals, teams, businesses, organizations and institutions
resulting in the development of legacy leaders.

The firm employs the use of dynamic seminars, innovative Coaching techniques, a battery of assessments, research and engaged speaking presentations to help people acquire greater self-awareness, gain
professional breakthroughs and reach personal goals. Jylla’s book, “DUE NORTH! Strengthen Your Leadership Assets™,” was recognized with two prestigious awards: ForeWord Magazine’s Career Book of the Year Gold Award and Independent Publisher Finalist for Business/Career Award.

A 22-year veteran of the IBM Corporation, key assignments included VP of operations for the $7B northeast sales and distribution territory; VP of sales
for the $1B Midwestern small and medium business team; VP of Global Channels; and VP and Client Executive for a major retail account. During her tenure at IBM, she was the recipient of the company’s highest sales award on three occasions, as well as the recipient of its U.S. Leadership Award. She also led a Corporate Task Force on Women Customers that resulted in an international marketing and sales focus and testimony to the U. S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee’s Congressional Hearing on Women Business Owners.

As International President of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, a 100,000-member community service organization, she established partnerships with the American Lung Association, the U. S. Space Camp, Black Enterprise Magazine, Center for Disease Control, The National Caucus on Black Aged, the March of Dimes and a host of Fortune 500 corporations. During her presidency, she was awarded keys to more than 25 cities and participated in the Fourth United Nation’s World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, where she lectured on “The Role of African-American Women Leaders.” Inducted into the National Association of Business and Professional Women’s Corporate Hall of Fame in 1997, she has been recognized as one of the nation’s “Most Influential African-Americans” by Ebony Magazine, and hailed
by Black Enterprise Magazine as a “Woman to Watch.”

Jylla earned her undergraduate degree in mathematics, magna cum laude, from Livingstone College and an MBA in marketing from Indiana University where she was a Consortium Fellow. In 1999, Livingstone presented her with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in recognition of her professional achievements and community service. She also attended the IBM Client Executive Certification Program at Harvard Business School, the Wharton School for IBM Business Partners and completed training at the Center for Creative Leadership.

A member of the International Association of Coaches (ICA) and the
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), she completed her professional training with Corporate Coach University in February, 2002. She is certified in the DiSC® behavior assessment and is a distributor for assessments and training seminars offered by Target Training International (TTI) and Inscape Publishing, where she is an award winning distributor. Her training and speaking topics include:

Strengthen Your Leadership Assets™: Personal Transformation…
Professional Breakthroughs
KEEP CLIMBING! Navigate the valley…Soar at the mountaintop

DiSC®: Understanding Yourself and Others
Engaging Youth in Understanding Behavior Styles
BeAttitudes: The Behavior Foundation for Legacy Leadership
Leading and Coaching High Performance Teams
Managing Transitions: Everything Must Change…NOW!
Work Expectations: You Get What You Expect
Dynamic and Effective Communication
The Work/Life Equation: Lunch Box or Life’s Work?
Diversifying Diversity
Building Networks for Valued Relationships
Sales Leadership
Engaging Youth in Understanding Behavior Styles
Leading and Coaching High Performance Teams
Work Expectations: You Get What You Expect
Time Management, Customer Service, Coping and Stress

The firm’s blue chip list of clients includes such corporate giants as IBM, GE, NBC, Georgia-Pacific, EDS, Blockbuster, Shell, Bank of America and Value City Department Stores; professional associations, such as the IT Senior Management Forum, National Black MBA Association, Illinois Women’s Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Women Business Owners, Women Business Enterprise National Council and the National Association of African-Americans in Human Resource Management; and several educational institutions, including Jackson State University, Northwestern University, Livingstone College and Savannah State University.

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