Leyda is an international executive coach, author, speaker, and a highly trained Senior Certified HR professional, accredited with DISC® and The Five Behaviors®. With over a decade of dedicated service, she has become a top 100 leadership and development HR influencer, providing strategic HR guidance, support, and leadership coaching. Renowned as an HR executive and mentor, Leyda partners with global executives to identify and seize developmental opportunities for both individuals and organizations.
With a rich 16-year coaching tenure, Leyda leverages her extensive human resources, management, training, and development background to guide her clients towards their aspirations. By equipping them with essential tools, she enables clients to unlock their potential and achieve peak performance, effectively converting business vision into leadership initiatives that bolster company-wide performance.
Her coaching philosophy is rooted in the principles of humanistic psychology, constructivism, neurolinguistic programming, positive psychology, and systemic coaching.
In her impressive corporate trajectory, Leyda has occupied senior roles across a spectrum of organizations, from Fortune 500 companies to dynamic start-ups. As a transformative leadership coach and strategist, she enhances corporate performance, growth, and employee engagement, firmly advocating that fostering leadership excellence is the key to sustainable success and high-performing teams.
Leyda's contributions to the field extend to publishing as well, with her acclaimed book, 'The Executive Coaching Guide: What Every HR Professional Needs to Know.' This work further cements her status as a thought leader in the HR and coaching fields.
As the founder of Human Capital Consultants International, LLC, Leyda expanded her influence and reach through a partnership with John C. Maxwell, a renowned leadership expert. Her mission is to facilitate meaningful and enduring behavioral changes within organizations, assisting leaders and teams in unlocking their true potential—one behavior and one culture at a time.