Helping Business Leaders

Build a Culture of Results and Respect

Equipping leaders for greater fulfillment.

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Leon Yoder — Business Consultant

Leon Yoder is an entrepreneur, writer, and business consultant, helping leaders implement systems and build a culture of respect, where their people can flourish and find fulfillment in their daily work.

Through his consulting practice, Sycamore Systems, Leon brings the T.E.A.M. Excellence framework he developed — built on Trust, Expectations, Accountability, and Motivation — to help leaders create a workplace where people can thrive.

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T.E.A.M. Excellence

DISC Certified Human Behavior Consultant

DISC Certified

The 6 Types of Working Genius Certified

Working Genius

Certified Red Team Instructor

Red Team Instructor

What Clients Say

“Leon’s coaching resulted in increasing our production capability by 60% and eliminating the need for the expansion project we had planned. An even bigger win was the positive impact this had on our employees.”

— D. Miller, IN

“With all the product delays and challenges of 2021, I probably wouldn’t be in business today if we wouldn’t have put these systems in place.”

— Troyer, OH

Workshops

Bring Leon’s frameworks directly to your team.

SWOT Strategy Workshop

  • Half day: Conduct a comprehensive SWOT analysis with your team
  • Half day: Develop actionable strategy from your analysis
  • Train your team to execute these frameworks independently in the future

Format: 2 Half-Day Workshops

DISConnected TEAM Workshop

  • DISC assessment and training for your whole team
  • T.E.A.M. Fundamentals: Trust, Expectations, Accountability, Motivation

Format: 1 Full Day or 2 Half-Day Workshops

Working Genius Workshop

  • Discover the six types of work that energize (or drain) your team
  • Apply Working Genius to hiring, project staffing, and team dynamics

Format: 1 Full Day or 2 Half-Day Workshops

About Me

Leon Yoder at the Sycamore Systems trade show booth
Pinstriped carriage wheel by Leon Yoder
Elegant pinstriping scrollwork on carriage panel

Leon Yoder is based in northern Indiana, where he grew up in a blacksmith shop and worked in various manufacturing environments as well as a tool and die shop.

In 1997, he founded Legendary Designs, Inc., a sign company he operated for 20 years in Shipshewana, Indiana — building many of the town’s iconic, gold-leaf signs for the tourist industry and assisting businesses and startups with graphic design and marketing. After developing systems for his own company, he sold it and transitioned into business consulting.

Today he owns Sycamore Systems, Inc., his consulting practice, and is co-founding partner in Black Anvil Creative, a marketing and web development agency.

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