Dr. Rick Thomas, ACC

Rick is a TEDx Speaker, leadership explorer, LEADS and ICF Certified coach, consultant, author and Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator with the Brené Brown Education and Research Group. As principal and “chief inspiration officer” of ambient consulting, inc., Rick finds his joy by assisting leaders reach new levels of confidence and courage in their leadership through self-exploration, collaborative dialogue and adaptive action.   With over 19 years of experience as a leadership and executive coach, speaker, human resources development and learning strategist, facilitator, and organization development consultant, Rick has engaged in multiple contexts facilitating leadership development, culture transformation, and strategic organizational development initiatives for progressive organizations of 55 to 23,000 employees, most noticeably in health care. He is also an active keynote speaker and has been a speaker, trainer and panel moderator at several conferences across Canada, the US, Scotland and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Rick has a doctorate in workplace education with a focus on leadership; a masters in organizational leadership and systems renewal; and a masters in adult education. Rick is part of the Adjunct Faculty team at Adler University in the Masters of Industrial and Organization Psychology program. He is also faculty with both the Justice Institute of BC’s Fire & Safety Division and the Centre for Leadership. His first book, “The Anxiety Chronicles: 39 Real-life stories of Personal Angst, Honesty, Humour and Coping” is available on amazon.ca. Rick’s coaching ‘touch points’ may include: Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead™ Curriculum LEADS Capability Framework Emotional Intelligence (Learning in Action Technologies and Bar-On EQ-i2.0) Coaching Mastery (Newfield Network); Adaptive Action (Human Systems Dynamics) and Coaching Out-of-the-Box Coaching Certifications Behavioural/Personality Psychometric Tools (Lumina Spark, MBTI, Insights Discovery, DiSC) Power + Systems (Organizational Systems) Clear Leadership (Leading Through Partnership) Prosci Change Management Methodology Rick’s passion and service stem from his desire to experience others tapping into their joy, connection and passion at work and in life