The Applied Heartstorm Framework was designed to enable leaders to navigate complexity by leading with deeper cognitive and emotive awareness through our Heartstorm Your People’s Excellence Program (HYPE). We have carried out this full framework with a local financial services organization throughout 3 months in 2025.
This framework unfolded through Avidity International’s proprietary multi-intervention entry points created for leaders to practice, reflect, and adapt in the midst of real organizational demands.
The data confirms a powerful shift, from emotional intelligence as theory to a daily leadership practice.
This impact report reflects another regenerative organization enabled through Applied Emotional Intelligence methodologies.
Applied Heartstorm in a High-Pressure Industry
Industry
- Financial Services
Total Leaders Impacted
- 53 Heartstorm Leaders
Cohorts Delivered
- 3 Regenerative Cohorts
Developing emotionally attuned, human-centered leaders in a performance intensive, cognitively demanding environment.
Who We Developed
Roles/Position
- Talent Pool (HiPo)
Leadership Maturity
- 1% aged 36–55
- Most at 41–55 with 62.25%
- Indicates mid-career to senior leadership influence
Organizational Tenure
- 5% with 3–10 years
- 7% with 11–20 years
- Indicates deeply embedded leadership habits
Years in Leadership Role
- 4% in role for 3–10 years
Understanding & Heartstorm Skills
- From 6.7/10 to 9.1/10
- 8% improvement in understanding and skills
Motivation to Be More Heartstorm
- From 8.0/10 to 9.1/10
- 13.8% improvement in motivation to apply Heartstorm skills
Applied Heartstorm Adoption Indicators
Applied Heartstorm Shift
- Average Score: 9.1/10
This reflects leaders’ ability to:
- Balance cognitive decision-making with emotive strengths
- Lead with human-centered awareness under pressure
- Activate the Heartstorm mindset in real situations
Program Design Effectiveness
- Relevance to Role: 9.3/10
- Practicality of Tools: 9.1/10
- Program Approach: 9.4/10
- Exceptionally high practicality scores confirm Applied Heartstorm was not taught as “soft skills”, but as leadership operating capability.
Learning Experience & Facilitation Impact
- Overall Enjoyment: 9.3/10
- Mix of Learning Approaches: 9.4/10
- Facilitator Effectiveness: 9.5/10
- Facilitator Engagement: 9.6/10
- Overall Experience: 9.2/10
What This Means for the Industry
- Heartstorm can be operationalized
- Leaders in financial services are highly receptive to human-centered frameworks
- Understanding drives confidence; confidence drives application
- Regenerative leadership requires emotive mastery, not just cognitive excellence
The outcomes captured here demonstrate how emotionally intelligent, human-centered leadership, cultivated through an integrated developmental ecosystem, becomes a powerful driver of regenerative, sustainable performance.
