Shawn Snyder

Founder & Chief Learning Strategist

Leadership Development
Executive Coaching
Change Management
Instructional Design

Author

Published Best-Seller

Shawn Snyder is the Founder of Leadership Edge Live and one of the most experienced leadership development practitioners working in corporate training today. Over 25 years, he has designed and led change initiatives for some of the most recognized organizations in the world, including Pfizer, Deloitte, the State of Arizona, the U.S. Department of Defense, and Amway. His work has delivered measurable outcomes: higher sales performance, improved employee morale, and significantly reduced turnover across industries and geographies.

Shawn holds four professional certifications and is an expert in instructional design. He has built and deployed technology tools that improve learner engagement in live training environments, and his approach adapts to different cultural and organizational dynamics. That is why multinational clients trust him to run programs across borders.

In the room, Shawn brings genuine energy and humor to sessions that many trainers make unnecessarily dry. He is known for winning over even resistant participants and leaving people with not just new skills but the confidence to actually use them. He has trained and spoken to leaders on every continent, and that global perspective shapes how he designs every program at Leadership Edge Live.

Areas of Expertise

Leadership Development

Designing and delivering programs for individual contributors through to senior executives across Fortune 500 companies and government agencies.

Executive Coaching

One-on-one and group coaching focused on behavioral change, performance improvement, and long-term leadership effectiveness.

Change Management

Prosci ADKAR-certified practitioner with direct experience leading enterprise-wide change programs for large, complex organizations.

Instructional Design

Building scalable training architecture across in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats, with technology integration for deeper learner engagement.

Human Performance Improvement

Diagnosing root causes of performance gaps and designing interventions that produce lasting behavior change at the individual and organizational level.

Organisational Development

Building internal capability through structured learning strategies, culture initiatives, and leadership pipeline development for complex organizations.

Certifications & Credentials

Certified Corporate Coach
Prosci ADKAR Change Management Practitioner
Korn Ferry Leadership Architect
LEGO Serious Play Facilitator

Organizations Shawn Has Worked With

Shawn has delivered leadership development and change management programs for a wide range of organizations across the private sector, government, and non-profit industries.