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Client Testimonials
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Anthony Upshaw - Chief Human Resources Officer
“Working with Ryan has been an absolute game-changer for me. It has been amazing to see how Ryan is able to influence positive change within our organization by empowering the individual through his coaching techniques. The guidance, support, and insights he provided me has propelled me toward achieving my work goals and helped me guide others towards theirs. Ryan is passionate about what he does, and his service product is a testament to that passion and the dedication he puts into his work. I’ve gained invaluable skills, clarity, and confidence through his mentorship and I am excited and grateful for the continued opportunity to work with Ryan. I highly recommend his services and know that his work will have a lasting impact on the organizations and individuals that choose to work with him too.”
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Greg Barron - Healthcare Business Owner
I recently had the privilege of participating in a leadership training and executive development program led by Executive Development Solutions, and I can confidently say it was a transformative experience. From the moment I signed up, it was clear that Ryan is not just a leader in the field but a true visionary with a passion for empowering others.
Exceptional Content and Delivery
The content of the training was incredibly well-structured and relevant to the challenges faced by leaders in today’s health-care business environment. Ryan has a unique ability to break down complex leadership concepts into practical, actionable strategies. The sessions were engaging, interactive, and filled with real-world examples that made the material much more engaging.
Inspiring and Supportive Leadership
What sets Ryan apart is his genuine commitment to the success of each participant. He took the time to understand our individual goals and challenges, providing personalized guidance that was both insightful and motivating. Ryan's leadership style is a perfect blend of authority and approachability, creating an environment where everyone felt valued and encouraged to contribute.
Real Results
Since completing the training, I have noticed a significant improvement in my leadership skills. The tools and techniques I learned have been instrumental in helping me navigate complex team dynamics, improve communication, and drive better results within my organization. The impact of this training on my career has been profound, and I attribute much of this growth to the expertise and mentorship of Ryan Leonard.
Highly Recommended
I wholeheartedly recommend Ryan Leonard and Executive Development Solutions to anyone looking to elevate their leadership capabilities. Whether you’re a seasoned executive or an emerging leader, this training will provide you with the skills, confidence, and inspiration to lead with excellence. Thank you, Ryan, for your dedication to developing the leaders of tomorrow!
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Lisa Rittenhouse - Chief Operations Officer
“It is evident that Ryan truly cares for the people he serves. My journey with Ryan as my executive coach wasn't just about professional development--it was a transformative experience that helped me achieve my true potential. From the very first session, his genuine care and dedication were evident. Instead of dictating answers, Ryan's strength lies in his masterful art of asking questions. Through his thought-provoking inquiries, he guided me to discover my own solutions, fostering a sense of ownership and empowerment that allowed me to reach my goals. Thanks to his guidance, I'm now a more confident, decisive, and effective leader, both in my professional life and beyond.
If you are looking for a professional, dynamic, intuitive, and empathetic leader, you will experience that working with Ryan. He truly is a model of Servant Leadership!”
Leadership and Team Solutions
Evidence-based insight for confident leadership decisions.
Choosing the right leader for hiring or promotion is one of the most consequential decisions an organization makes. Beyond resumes and interviews, the true differentiator of leadership success lies in how a person thinks, what they value, and the strength of their decision-making capacity. Our Leadership Selection & Assessment process combines science and leadership judgment to illuminate those unseen dimensions—ensuring every hiring or promotion decision is grounded in both data and discernment.
We do this by using the Hartman Value Profile to measure a candidate’s decision-making capacities, core values, and overall judgment—the inner drivers of effective leadership. From there, we provide a custom written report outlining judgment benchmarks relating to high levels of performance, key strengths, and developmental blind spots that may inhibit performance. Each candidate write-up also includes a set of custom behaviorally based interview questions, tailored from the candidate’s data, to help you probe deeper during final selection conversations.
This blend of objective measurement and deep interpretation gives HR and hiring leaders the clarity and confidence to select leaders with higher levels of predictable performance.
Deliverables:
Comprehensive selection report with judgment benchmarks
Summary of leadership strengths, possible growth edges, and candidate ranking
Custom behavioral interview questions for deeper conversations
Client Outcomes:
Reduced risk in high-stakes selection and promotion decisions
Objective insight into candidate fit, values alignment, and potential
Improved predictive accuracy of leadership success and performance
Data-driven insight for collective performance and alignment.
The strength of an organization depends on the quality and alignment of its leadership teams. When trust is low, communication breaks down, or focus drifts, performance suffers. Our Team Effectiveness & Facilitation engagements help leadership teams close the gap between potential and performance by integrating evidence-based diagnostics with transformational facilitation.
We begin by assessing how the team operates as a system—its values and judgement, its individual and collective strengths, or its mindset and internal identity or assumptions—using assessment tools such as the Clifton Strengths, Leadership Circle Profile 360, DiSC, Genos Emotional Intelligence 360, or the Hartman Value Profile. These data-driven insights reveal not just what is happening, but gives insights into why it is happening. From there, we design and facilitate high-impact team sessions—on-site or virtual—that translate data into dialogue, awareness into alignment, and insight into behavioral change. For teams choosing to use Arbinger's "Outward Performance" framework, we focus on mindset and collaboration through experiential learning and dialogue rather than formal assessment.
This fusion of analytical insight and guided facilitation enables teams to see themselves clearly, address root causes, and create sustainable patterns of collaboration. Whether you’re hosting a leadership retreat, navigating cultural transformation, or realigning a high-performing team, we help leaders move from individual awareness to collective execution.
Deliverables:
Comprehensive data-driven team insights
Customized leadership team development session (on-site or virtual)
Action plans that reinforce new behaviors and commitments
Client Outcomes:
Stronger team cohesion and higher levels of performance
Increased alignment on strategy, purpose, and leadership behavior
Enhanced decision-making and collaboration
Personalized development that scales leadership impact and performance.
Transformational change begins with awareness—and grows through practice. Our Executive & Group Coaching engagements create a developmental space where leaders reflect, challenge assumptions, and expand their capacity to lead with purpose, authenticity, and impact. Through a blend of data-driven insight and evidence-based coaching, we help leaders achieve sustainable growth that strengthens both performance and culture.
Every engagement begins with an assessment. Our team uses insights from a range of validated assessments such as the Leadership Circle Profile 360, Hartman Value Profile, Genos Emotional Intelligence 360, Hogan Personality Inventory, the DiSC, and Clifton Strengths to reveal each leader’s unique strengths, patterns, and growth edges. These diagnostics form the foundation for a customized coaching journey that links self-awareness with behavioral change.
For executives, one-on-one coaching builds the awareness, presence, and agility needed to lead complex organizations. It focuses on translating insight into behavior and purpose into leadership impact. For leadership cohorts or intact teams, Group Coaching deepens connection and accountability through shared reflection and real-time application, helping leaders evolve together toward higher levels of trust, collaboration, and performance.
Our coaching philosophy is rooted in adult development theory, research, and performance psychology: sustainable growth happens when leaders integrate new ways of seeing with new ways of being. This work develops not only competence, but consciousness—the inner game that drives the outer game of leadership.
Deliverables:
Initial assessment debrief and personalized goal setting
Ongoing executive or group coaching sessions (virtual or in person)
Developmental action plan
Client Outcomes:
Increased self-awareness
Improvement in leadership effectiveness
Sustainable leadership growth that amplifies organizational performance and culture
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