About me

I began my career as a research scientist and while building and managing interdisciplinary projects, I became fascinated by how people interact, and how to foster creativity and collaboration. Seeing clearly how self-awareness and positive relationships at work can achieve a step-change in wellbeing and effectiveness, I left fieldwork and the lab behind and began working in L and D and leadership development. I set up my own business (Go Beyond) in 2000. I live in West Yorkshire, am happily married and have been adopted by a beautiful and characterful cat.

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How it all began

In my first job as a post-doctoral researcher, I imagined I’d be pushing back the frontiers of science and discovering ways to help our environment. Instead, I was surprised at how much time, energy, and money, (not to mention sleep and mental wellbeing) were being lost on interpersonal frictions and difficulties throughout the organisation. Personality clashes, power struggles, point scoring and political games seemed to get in the way of bringing in funding and getting important work done. Disappointed by this realisation, I set out to learn how people can collaborate and solve problems together creatively and effectively. This area of study became my passion. I explored many powerful tools and models from leaders in their fields, and I also discovered a simple truth: the more we can recognise and appreciate the fundamental patterns of ‘human nature’ (how we think, feel and behave), the easier it is to communicate skilfully and get the best results from ourselves and each other. I have spent the last 25 years researching, applying, and sharing these tools with professionals in many fields (particularly STEM, and health care) to build transformational leadership capacity, and to help people enjoy better working relationships, collaboration and teamwork.

Credentials

I hold a B.Sc. in Geology, a Ph.D. in Environmental Geochemistry and Health, and I have also been involved in researching the healthcare applications of the skills I teach (e.g. in cancer care and MRI Radiography). I have successfully collaborated on many interdisciplinary projects involving teams of diverse specialists. I have a deep love of learning and hold many qualifications in the tools that I use, (e.g. I am one of only a handful of INLPTA Master Trainers of NLP globally, and have been regularly involved in the certification of INLPTA NLP Trainers since 2004, I am an accredited Enneagram Trainer, an Integrative Enneagram Coach and Team Facilitator and an mBIT Master Coach, Trainer and Organisational Practitioner. I have trained in systemic coaching constellations and in many other change modalities). I also use the tools that I teach in my own life.

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Causes I support through my business

I love putting powerful tools for change in the hands of people who help others. To that end, I offer supported places on my open-access workshops to staff and volunteers of local mental health charities (e.g. Hive Bradford, and The Cellar Trust). I also offer bursary places for NHS staff on all my open-access workshops in West Yorkshire.

“As health professionals working in a highly pressured environment, her training in resilience and communication has been of great value and offered positive insights into a whole raft of techniques. Her training helps to enhance not just the care of the patients, but also that of the practitioners working at those challenging levels, and not least in the development of effective and productive teams. I cannot recommend Henrie enough!”

Clinical Supervisor for Doctors in Training

“Hen will help you get from A to B in an efficient way and to an absolute high standard. She is also compassionate and provides bespoke emotional support for each delegate as they go through the learning curve. She injects just the right amount of levity in the courses, in such a way that it doesn’t feel like work. Not only do I know I am going to learn stuff, but I am also going to have fun. I think she could change the world!”

Water Company Performance Excellence Manager

“Henrie is an excellent trainer in the Enneagram and Conscious Leadership. She is inspirational, supportive, honest and empowering. I will be forever grateful to her.”

CEO

“I would recommend Henrie in the blink of an eye. She always gets excellent results in a unique way.”

CEO

“Henrie is one of the most inspirational trainers I have come across. She has the gift for delving into complexities in a calm and lucid manner and shining light into all areas under examination with a warm and empathic approach.”

Advanced Nurse Practitioner in General Practice

“The skills Henrie has mastery over are many and varied and she helps foster not just professional competencies but also individual self-insight and inner resources.”

University Examiner in Advanced Clinical Care

“Henrie has an extensive background in science and research and always converts theory into useful actions. All this is done in such a gentle way that often you don’t realise you have been guided so skilfully by her.”

CEO

“I would recommend Henrie’s training in conscious leadership to anyone working in an organisation, and especially to those leading them. Also to anyone in organisational development positions, as it provides a new frame of reference for how to understand and take action on improvement.”

Specialist Utilities Consultant

“Henrie’s Enneagram courses unlock and reinforce profound change in the organisation, from the top-down and from bottom-up, all at the same time.”

Lead Consultant and AI Specialist

“Each time Henrie delivers something unique and very memorable with her highly colourful materials and very practical exercises. Her trainings in thought processes and communication are something that makes a very real difference in our business. They enable rapport building, effective use of challenge and handling conflict. All driving more creativity in what is a fairly traditional engineering community.”

Water Company Engineer and Senior Leader

“Dr Henrie Lidiard is one of the finest NLP Master Trainers in the world. She combines her scientific rigour and precision with an exciting and energizing teaching style. She has also done outstanding work in the public health community. She is one of the leading authorities in NLP on working with physiology.”

Dr Wyatt Woodsmall (Co-Founder of INLPTA)

“What an enlightening few sessions! I have done some NLP training previously, coaching and other courses such as Insights Discovery. The Enneagram coaching with Henrie was on another level.”

MRI Radiographer and Team Leader

“Reading my Enneagram report was like reading the story of my life. Not just highlights but full-on patterns of behaviour. When we look….and I mean really look at our behaviours, it’s surprising what we find.”

MRI Radiographer

“I cannot thank Hen enough for the coaching process. If you are privileged with a place on any of her training/coaching days you are in for a real treat. I never thought I wanted to change as a person, but through the Enneagram Coaching I did……and I’m really happy about that.”

Radiography Team Leader

“I have found working with Henrie using NLP and the Enneagram to be profoundly beneficial in recognising the patterns of behaviour that do support me and those that would benefit from changing! Henrie creates a warm and supportive coaching environment in which you are able to explore yourself and your behaviours, and create lasting, positive change.”

Barrister and Family Mediator

“The coaching session with Hen was completely radical, deeply moving and extremely powerful. The space created was incredibly compassionate and allowed me to be real and honest and get into what was really going on. This was a completely different experience to ‘normal’ coaching and shifted some deep-seated issues easily, gently and peacefully. I highly recommend Hen, and thank her for her wisdom, kindness and amazing skills.”

General Practitioner

“Delivery and direction were truly outstanding.”

Business Owner

“This training has given me increased confidence in myself, and in my communication, decision-making, problem-solving and in my working relationships.”

School Leader

“Expect significant growth and greater self-awareness.”

AI Consultant

“Deep and effortless learning.”

School Leader

“Hen’s coaching was absolutely transformative, both for me and my team.”

Engineering Team Leader

“Evidence-based, clearly explained and well-demonstrated techniques. Essential training for anyone who works with or leads teams.”

Business Owner

“Invest, open up and learn – you’ll get high-value returns.”

Leadership Consultant

“As a CEO, implementing the skills I have learned on Henrie’s NLP Training in my role has been really beneficial. I am more productive and have enabled managers within the organisation to flourish.”

CEO, Charity

“The benefits I have had from these trainings have been way beyond my expectations.”

Charity Founder

“I would recommend Henrie absolutely. Her training will take you effortlessly from A to B, and will help you imagine what C, D and E would look like. Content and delivery are first class. Her methods are subtle, insightful and empowering.”

Head of HR, Banking

“Very worthwhile, rewarding and effective training. Excellent tools for self-awareness and understanding other people’s behaviour.”

Manager, Engineering Consultancy

“Brilliant. The 4-day NLP training has given me so many transferable skills for professional life. Best course I have ever attended.”

Ops. Manager, Pharmaceutical Consultancy

“This training helped me to understand different ways of communicating, building resilience, and forming better working relationships with diverse team members.”

Manager, Engineering Consultancy

“This has given me greater confidence and effectiveness in dealing with ‘difficult people’. I have a deeper understanding and a greater ability to influence.”

Services Manager

“I am finding these skills invaluable in all areas of my professional life.”

Mental Health Professional

“I feel more confident and my interactions at work are already easier and more effective than before.”

Engineer and Team Leader

“Simply transformational.”

School Leader

Services

I’ll work with you and your team to develop deeper trust and effectiveness. We’ll use the Enneagram as a powerful and practical lens for helping you to understand each other and work together more effectively.

I offer individually designed trainings to build skills in Self Awareness, Conscious Leadership, Effective Communication, and Effective Collaboration. In addition to tailored trainings, I also offer in-house accredited NLP and Coaching programmes.

If you are experiencing interpersonal challenges at work, and/or want to deepen your leadership capacity, confidence and effectiveness, a 1:1 approach could be best for you.

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