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Linda Roszak Burton brings 25 years of experience in aligning strategic goals and organizational values through leadership development and employee engagement initiatives. Linda also offers expertise to organizations looking to achieve structural alignment and enhance strategic goal planning. Combined with her research and evidence-based applications of positive psychology, contemporary neuroscience, gratitude and healthy work environments, Linda guides executives and their teams to achieve optimal organizations with progressive leadership. Before joining Accordant, Linda founded and continues to serve as managing partner of a leadership development, organizational design and executive coaching firm. As an executive coach, Linda is passionate about fostering a positive environment with organizational accountability through consensus building and conflict resolution. Her coaching methodology supports the strengths-based development of leaders and teams to overcome conflict and gain control of overwhelming pressures that limit progress and success. Linda is an ICF-ACC Certified Professional Coach, holds coaching certifications in Brain-Based Coaching from the NeuroLeadership Institute, a Mental Fitness Coaching through Positive Intelligence™ and a licensed Positive Psychology Instructor. Linda is also certified in a number of assessment instruments to support client awareness, insight, and goal-clarification: Everything DiSC®, Conflict Dynamics Profile® (CDP), Retirement Success Profile™ and LifeOptions Profile™. She has completed coursework pursuing a M.S. in Negotiation and Conflict Management at the University of Baltimore and holds a B.S. in Health Education from Virginia Tech. Linda is the author of Gratitude Heals ~ A Journal for Inspiration and Guidance, and writes a feature series on gratitude for the Wharton Healthcare Quarterly. Her TEDx Talk, The Power of Gratitude to Heal the World, was released December 2022. She is an Affiliate Member of IOC at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, and a member of the NeuroLeadership Institute (NLI). She is a member of the Global International Coach Federation (ICF) and the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). Linda received her degree from Virginia Tech and is pursuing a M.S. in Negotiation and Conflict Management at the University of Baltimore.