Most leadership development programs teach strategy and behaviors. Synthia works at the source level.
Synthia's work operates across three integrated layers — each essential, each interconnected. Addressing only one produces temporary results. Addressing all three produces permanent change.
Positive Intelligence® research identifies the specific mental patterns — called Saboteurs — that undermine even the most capable leaders. Anxiety. Over-achievement. Hyper-rationality. Synthia guides leaders through identifying their Saboteurs, weakening their grip, and strengthening the Sage — the part of the mind that leads from clarity, curiosity, and creativity.
Flow is not an accident. It is a science. Flow states — those peak moments of effortless clarity and high performance — are measurable, learnable, and buildable. Synthia applies Flow Science to help leaders identify their specific flow triggers, remove the blockers, and design their leadership environment for consistent peak performance.
This is the layer most coaches skip — and it is the one that changes everything. Through decades of rigorous contemplative practice, including training as a Tibetan Buddhist lama with four 108 day cloistered monastic retreats, Synthia has developed a rare capacity for deep presence, non-reactive awareness, and access to a quality of knowing that precedes language and logic. She teaches it as a leadership capability.