Calvin Strachan

KEYNOTE SPEAKER, TRAINER & COACH

Calvin has had success in a wide range of industries from landing speaking roles in television and film, to winning sales awards as a medical sales representative to coaching the C-suite for Fortune 500 companies.

As a speaker, coach and a facilitator Calvin has served companies around the globe from virtually every sector with participants ranging from the front line right up to the C-suite. From training managers in the Philippines; to kicking off National Sales Meetings in the United States; to leading virtual sessions from his home in Toronto, Calvin has been tested at every level.

Calvin holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Western Ontario. He later earned Certified Professional Coach designation from Erickson College International, Professional Certified Coach designation from the International Coaching Federation and Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioner Certification from NLP Centres Canada. Calvin was a member of Toastmasters and the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television, and Radio Artists.

Calvin has supported a diverse range of industries and clients across various sectors.

Some of the industries include Consumer Package Goods, Pharmaceutical Sales, Medical Devices, Finance and Financial Services (Commercial Banking, Retail Banking, Invest Banking, and Mortgage Brokers), Insurance, Oil and Gas, Consumer Electronics, Industrial Services, Telecommunications, and Not-for-Profit.

Calvin has delivered keynotes, training and coaching for companies such as Nestle, The Coca-Cola Company, Conagra Brands, Abbott Laboratories, AbbVie, BMS, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme, Wyeth, Phillips, CIBC, Scotiabank, Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Wells Fargo, Mackenzie Financial, Triovest, Comcast, Canada Life Insurance, Sun Life Insurance, Empire Life Insurance, Enbridge Gas, Nikon, Canada Goose, Michael Kors, Canadian Blood Services, ZIM, Verizon, Salesforce, Fidelity Investments, Scholastic Corporation, UBS, Quidel-Ortho, and Softchoice.

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CALVIN’S KEYNOTE AND TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS

“Our team has upped it’s game in a brutally competitive marketplace. Calvin has helped our team be better at what they do - full stop!”

Derrick March
Senior Vice President
Business Development
Group Customer
Canada Life
“Calvin is a passionate strategist with a treasure trove of ideas…which enabled us to climb from the bottom of the rankings, right to the top”

Tim Neuman
District Sales Manager
Prometheus Laboratories
“I have been slogging through this industry coming up on 34 years and during that time have seen a variety of presenters/motivational speakers, and for me, Calvin ranks right up near the top.”

Kevin Wirth
Account Executive
Canada Life
"His energy was contagious. I was engaged from beginning to end. It motivated our client’s executives to become more engaged leaders."

Melissa Gomez
Senior Vice President
Health
Edelman

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Calvin Strachan

“Our team has upped it’s game in a brutally competitive marketplace. Calvin has helped our team be better at what they do - full stop!”

“Calvin is a passionate strategist with a treasure trove of ideas…which enabled us to climb from the bottom of the rankings, right to the top”

“I have been slogging through this industry coming up on 34 years and during that time have seen a variety of presenters/motivational speakers, and for me, Calvin ranks right up near the top.”

"His energy was contagious. I was engaged from beginning to end. It motivated our client’s executives to become more engaged leaders."

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