Who is Alpha?

Alpha Business Coaching was started by Lynda Conrady Hess as an outlet to help small business owners become more successful. The company helps owners deal with the operational challenges of running a small business.

The name Alpha Business Coaching is drawn from Alpha being the word that is first (in the Greek alphabet) and is the name for the leader of the pack (in wolf families). Ms. Hess has a passion for helping small business owners become the leaders in their lives and therefore have the best run companies in the area.

Lynda’s joys in business are helping solve problems and bringing people to their own “Ah-ha” moments. This happens when a simple concept suddenly makes real sense to you. Lynda recalls an “Ah-ha” moment when she read the quote by Henry Ford “If you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.” How many of us limit ourselves by what we think we can’t?

Lynda brings more than 15 years of successful business management experience to her coaching practice. She has previously held positions of project manager, financial analyst, purchasing manager, customer relations manager, and business operations manager. She also played a senior management role in an Internet design firm during the 1990’s dot com boom. During this leadership role, she performed significant coaching functions for teams of junior people. With this breadth of experience, she finds the resources needed to coach people in all areas of their business.

Lynda is on the Board of Directors of NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry), an affiliate member of AIA (American Institute of Architects) and a member of The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce. 

Lynda has a B.S. in Business Administration and extensive course work in managing and leading people. She has also taken course work with Coaches Training Institute to fine-tune her coaching skills.

Lynda lives in Fairfax, VA and works with businesses across the Washington, DC metro area, including Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. She lives with her husband of 25 years, loves to travel, create gourmet dishes, and eat chocolate!