Kay Cannon's Resume

Coach and consultant specializing in helping executive leaders find their way to more money, more meaning and a far greater contribution in life. A leadership expert with a head, heart and sense of humor.

Kay is an expert at helping leaders:

• Love their jobs even on the toughest days

• Work around a bad boss

• Manage constant change

• Find more time to spend with their family and friends

• Create success that is bigger than the bottom-line

• Lower their blood pressure

• Stop workplace politics and hidden agendas

• Make better decisions quicker

• Sleep better

• Communicate more strategically

• Put an end to 24/7 techno-stress

• Transform pain-in-the-butt employees into star performers

• Reclaim their peace of mind and happiness without sacrificing strong business results or slowing their career advancement

• Create lives that deeply satisfy them

Kay’s Proven Track Record…

As a Coach

• One of less than 800 coaches worldwide who has earned the highest coaching credential awarded, the ICF Master Certified Coach

• Clients include Fortune 500 leaders, entrepreneurs, government and non-profit executives as diverse as NASA and the International Spa Association

• Received The 2001 Catalyst Award from the Lexington Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners in recognition of her outstanding contribution in helping women entrepreneurs

• Invited guest on local CBS and NBC affiliates and radio shows, including Voice of America’s Insight on Coaching and The Coaching Show on wsradio.com

• Featured in many newspaper and magazine articles including Rehab Management, Physical Therapy Today and Lexington Woman

As a Leader

• 2007 President, International Coach Federation (ICF)

• Participant in the historic 2006 Future of Coaching Summit, a gathering of global thought leaders

• Co-lead the ICF’s first coach credentialing initiative in non-English speaking countries

• Developed the ICF’s Continuing Coaching Education standards

• Senior executive responsible for developing, implementing and running the operational components of a successful venture capital funded start up company that was acquired by a Fortune 500 company

• Designed and led the organizational structure and operations for merging 119 businesses under the shared administrative umbrella of a Fortune 500 company.

• Transformed an innovative product concept into a profitable product in a highly competitive market for a Fortune 500 Company.

• Designed and successfully led the complete restructuring of a major healthcare company’s primary business. This initiative required significant change in the organizational capabilities of all of the company’s business units and its dealings with more than 400 clients.

As a Speaker, Writer & Teacher

• Certified Master Trainer and Facilitator

• More than 100 speaking engagements and publications reaching more than 50,000 people around the world

• Contributing columnist for the International Spa Association’s Pulse magazine

• Invited by Japan’s Coach 21 to teach Coaching for Cross-Cultural Awareness in Japanese and American Business Relations

• Guest lecturer at Wake Forest University, The University of Illinois, The University of Kentucky and Tennessee State University

• Taught Developing Direct Reports: Inspiring Excellence for a major corporation’s regional leaders across the country

• Taught Four Dimensional Leadership for NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama.

• Presented Flipping the Switch: Turning Good (And Not-So-Good) Employees into Star Performers. Annual Conference, International Spa Association

• Presented The Global Perspective of Coach Credentialing: Carrying Coaching Between Cultures at the Second Annual European Coaching Conference, Sitges, Spain

• Presented The Seven Simple Secrets of SuperNetworkers for Toyota Motor Manufacturing Company’s annual conference, In the Interest of Women

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Kay Cannon , MBA, MCC The Leadership Whisperer™

1999 to present
Executive leadership coaching and consulting. Client industries range from high tech to health care to professional sports. Specialties include integrated leadership, emotional intelligence, change leadership and executive and team coaching.

1994 - 1999
Vice President — Theraphysics Corp, a Beverly Enterprises Company Brentwood , Tennessee

Member of senior management team. Grew a venture capital funded start-up from an initial funding of $5M to a company purchased for approximately $80M by a Fortune 500 company. Directed national payor operations and worked extensively with Fortune 500 companies. Key player in business unit turnarounds, product development, strategic joint ventures, key client relationships and the assimilation of corporate cultures and structures following mergers and acquisitions.

1993-1994
President — Cannon Management Consultants, Lexington, Kentucky. Consulting in management systems analysis and organizational development.

1989-1993
Physical Therapist — Progressive Therapy, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky

Developed and implemented a system for contract evaluation, cost and revenue analysis. During this time period, the company grew over 1500%.

1988-1989
Operations Director — Lexington Physical Therapy, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky

Supervised and managed 22 contracts and 72+ employees providing physical and occupational therapy services with gross revenues of $16 M per year.

1982-1988
Physical Therapy Supervisor, Kentucky Accounts — Restorative Services, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky

Supervised a staff of 31. Consistently generated 40+ % of total corporate net profits on only 20% of total corporate gross revenues.

Promotions & Awards with Restorative Services, Inc.:

• 1982 – Presidential Award as Outstanding Employee of the Year

• April, 1983 - Assistant Chief Physical Therapist, Good Samaritan Hospital

• December, 1983 - Chief Physical Therapist, Good Samaritan Hospital

• August, 1985 - Physical Therapy Supervisor, Kentucky Accounts

1980-1982
Staff Physical Therapist — Brackenridge Hospital, Austin, Texas

CREDENTIALS

Master Certified Coach, International Coach Federation

Master Certified Trainer & Facilitator, University of Kentucky

EDUCATION

Masters of Business Administration — University of Kentucky - 1992

Bachelor of Science, Physical Therapy — University of Texas Medical Branch - 1980

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