About the Author

For more than 35 years, Dr. Linda Henman has worked with executives in Fortune 500 Companies, privately held businesses, and military organizations to define their direction and select the best people to put their strategies in motion. She has helped clients in the retail, financial services, food, medical, hospitality, manufacturing, and technology industries. Some of her major clients include Tyson Foods, Emerson Electric, Kraft Foods, Boeing Aircraft, Estee Lauder, and Merrill Lynch. She was one of eight experts chosen to work directly with John Tyson on his succession plan after his company’s acquisition of International Beef Products. Through thousands of hours of coaching and consulting, with hundreds of clients, Linda has observed what it takes to create exceptional organizations.

Linda holds a PhD in organizational systems, two master of arts degrees in both interpersonal communication and organization development, and a bachelor of science degree in communications. By combining her experience as an organizational consultant with her education in business, she offers her clients selection, coaching, and consulting solutions that are pragmatic in their approach and sound in their foundation.

She is the author of Landing in the Executive Chair: How to Excel in the Hot Seat and The Magnetic Boss: How to Become the Leader No One Wants to Leave, and coauthor of the recently released Alan Weiss on Consulting. She has also served as a contributing editor of two editions of Small Group Communication: Theory and Practice, has written peer-reviewed published articles, and authored numerous articles published in trade magazines.

As a professional speaker, Linda speaks about strategic leadership, succession planning, corporate culture, and mergers and acquisitions to large audiences throughout the United States. Serious about humor, Linda draws from her original research of the Vietnam prisoners of war to help others cope with change and adversity so they can emerge from setbacks more resilient and hardy.

Whether working with executives or members of boards of directors, Linda helps develop strategic leaders and solve critical problems. She can be reached at her office in St. Louis, Missouri, and by e-mail at [email protected].