According to the study, “Personal Leadership Development” (2002), by Michael Woods, MD and Welyne Thomas, PhD, there is compelling evidence that shows that, “Formal training in leadership and interpersonal skills and follow–up behavioral coaching has been shown to increase productively by 30% in the first year, as related to that area of training. Continued improvement in performance is seen with feedback and behavioral coaching. Without such follow–up, the performance level is just slightly higher than before the training. Behavioral coaching has consistently been shown to result in the perception of enhanced leadership effectiveness by 99% of those observing the person.”


“From our own experiences as consultants and as practitioners in actually leading successful non-profits, we know that leadership coaching is critical to sustaining change and making lasting and important organizational improvement,” states Hyden Consulting president and CEO, Linda Hyden.

Superior leaders blend heart and intellect to lead their organizations. A person in a leadership role can have excellent training and understand the business but be a poor leader. Likewise, a person can be all heart and lack the skills needed to be a leader. The first thing to check when a person is struggling to be an effective leader is their “heart”. “For some, even hearing the word heart in the same sentence with leadership makes their eyes glaze over,” says Linda Hyden.


To be an outstanding leader a leader must align with the four major needs of their employees. Employees need to feel that they are:

  • connected with the mission of the organization (something larger than themselves)
  • contributing value to the organization
  • communicated with and listened to in return
  • are valued by the organization

The operative word here is feel. A leader must connect with employees on a feeling level. Feeling comes from the heart. How is your organization doing with leading from the heart? Linda Hyden and her team will work with your Executive Director, President, CEO, HR and leadership team to assess, plan, and develop tailored leadership coaching programs that will advance your organization to the next level of excellence.

Hyden Consulting will help you translate your goals, ideas, and vision into well defined steps utilizing proven assessment tools. Together you will define your business and professional goals and objectives into smaller, more easily attainable steps - enabling you to achieve what you want for your organization.

Contact us to discuss your leadership advancement needs. Click here to setup a brief initial consultation. 

linda@hydenconsulting.com