About Kay Cannon

In her 25-year experience leading organizations in challenging times, Kay Cannon has learned one thing: no one leaves unchanged.

An award-winning executive coach since 1999, Kay Cannon has interviews in more than 50 publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes Online, The London Financial Times, The Washington Post, Newsday, CIO Magazine, CFO Magazine and Executive Travel.

An expert in leading organizations through challenging times, this former healthcare executive has a stellar turnaround track record.  As an executive, she played a key role in growing a start-up from $5M in venture capital to a company that sold for $79M within five years.   Most recently, under her leadership, a nearly bankrupt non-profit organization became the global industry leader within three years.

With her insider knowledge of Type A top performers and their fast-paced, pressure-filled world, Kay Cannon knows what drives, motivates and sabotages Type A individuals and the companies they run.  A bona fide member of the Type A tribe, it was Cannon’s own shocking wake-up call and personal transformation that motivated her to work with other smart and talented Type A individuals to redefine how to do great things without creating collateral damage. 

Cannon can reasonably predict when a top performer is on the path to a train wreck long before any visible signs appear.   Blending her in-the-trenches experience with her professional expertise, Cannon knows how to quickly sharpen performance and launch Type A talent on a faster and smoother trajectory to higher levels of success.