Meet Samar Waqar
Founder of Yield to Lead

Hi there,

I’m Samar, your Brain-Based Leadership Coach. I am someone who’s endlessly curious about how the brain shapes the way we lead, connect, and make sense of the world around us, and someone who also knows what it feels like to lead with purpose while trying to hold everything together.

I live in North Texas, where I’ve spent years as an active community leader and the Founder and Executive Director of Kind Theory, a nonprofit that builds inclusive, neurodivergent-affirming communities.

My work has always centered around helping people understand themselves and it taught me something powerful:

When we understand how our brain works, we lead more consciously, effectively, and sustainably.

Why I Do This Work

If you’ve ever felt like you’re leading on autopilot … keeping up on the outside while quietly running on empty …. I understand that.

I’ve met and worked with capable, driven leaders who are not only accomplished in their professions but are also balancing intersectional roles as parents, partners, caregivers, and community contributors.

They give their best in every direction and yet in doing so, often lose focus, mental space and a sense of their own center.

That pattern led me to explore how the brain shapes the way we think, connect, decide, and lead.

The more I learned, the more I saw that understanding the brain isn’t just for scientists. It’s for anyone striving to lead sustainably with balance and intention.

How That Became Yield to Lead

That insight became Yield to Lead - a neuroscience-informed coaching practice for leaders who want to align how they lead with how their brain works.

I hold a master’s degree in business administration and professional certifications in Foundations of Neuroscience and Big Data and Social Analytics.

My mission is simple:

To help you grow inward so you can lead outward with the brain in mind and humanity at the center, not only for others but for yourself as well.

Because leadership isn’t sustained by constant giving, it’s strengthened each time you return to yourself.

And that’s something I’ve lived, not just learned.

Meet Samar Waqar Founder of Yield to Lead

Meet Samar Waqar
Founder of Yield to Lead