Rick Canada

Rick Canada is an accomplished business executive with proven success in helping businesses leverage their human capital. With his strong background in organizational change to complement his business expertise, he serves as catalyst for transforming organizations and has a proven track record in designing, developing, and implementing executive development and change initiatives.

In his role as a strategic advisor and executive coach, Rick guides multi-functional C-suite and senior leaders and their teams. Across diverse industries, Rick enables his clients to increase their cross-functional effectiveness to achieve results and sustained growth. Rick uses insightful questions to explore and clarify underlying assumptions, motivations, and drivers to unleash transformational experiences. At the same time, Rick’s action orientation has led to accelerated outcomes for his clients through executive/leadership development, executive coaching, succession planning, and performance management programs that are tied to bottom-line results.

Business Background

Rick has 35 years of experience as a business leader, change agent, and organizational strategist. His prior background includes a wealth of human resource management experience and a track record of helping businesses leverage their human capital. Rick served as a catalyst for accelerating change, enhancing organizational and human performance with Fortune 500 to mid-cap companies including United States Steel Corporation, Roper Industries, Motorola, IBM, and Wilson Learning Systems. Rick holds a BS in Business Administration from Youngstown State University. Rick has contributed to the following publications: Primal Leadership by authors Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee; Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together by author William Isaacs; Stop Selling Start Partnering by author Larry Wilson; Power Base Selling: Secrets of an Ivy League Street Fighter by author Jim Holden; and Vision into Action by authors Tero Kauppinen and Alexander (Sandy) Ogg.