SUCCESS BIZ COACH - Key Persons


Andrea Born

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Coach
As a certified senior human resources professional with 18 years of experience working with leaders across industries, Andrea brings her passion for helping organizations build high performing teams and coaching leaders to reach their full potential. To her, self awareness is key to good leadership. Everything from conflict resolution and employee relations, to workplace culture and team dynamics revolve around a leader's mastery of self-leadership. As a trainer and coach with both Success Biz Coach and our sister company, Leadership Development Academy, Andrea, can help you develop your talents and bring your team together. She has extensive experience with succession planning, risk and change management, employee and labour relations, and high performance coaching.

Kerry Brown - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Co - Founder
  • Coach
As a business coach with over 25 years of experience, and the founder of our sister company, Leadership Development Academy (LDA), Kerry has the uncanny ability to drill down to the real issue and challenge you to take the actions that you may have been avoiding. With her vast experience as a business owner, top producing sales professional, and Executive and CEO peer group leader, Kerry brings a breadth and depth of wisdom and practical, proven experience to her business coaching process. Kerry works to improve effectiveness for executives, entrepreneurs, business owners, top producing sales professionals, and individuals in leadership roles. She is also a gifted facilitator with extensive experience facilitating difficult conversations. Many of her coaching relationships extend for many years. Kerry has worked with many teams to deliver fully customized group programs (in person or virtually) on a variety of subjects; including emotional intelligence, strengths-based assessments, peer coaching programs, and short and long term workshop series. Kerry's coaching methodology can best be described as insightful, practical, straight-shooting and action focused. Whatever your development goals, Kerry can create a program that will help you cultivate high performance teams. Qualifications: BA Honors UVIC Authorized Partner with Wiley in DiSC Workplace, Productive Conflict, Management, Sales, Work of Leaders and Agile EQ programs Authorized Partner with Wiley for The Five Behaviors® programs, "Team Development" and "Personal Development" Master Certified Professional Business Coach Certified MasterMind Executive Coach Certified Professional Leadership Developer Founding member and current Board of Directors: Canadian Professional Business Coaches Association (PBCA)

Richard Larkin - Founder, President

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Coach
  • President
As a serial entrepreneur, franchise developer and co-founder of our sister company, Leadership Development Academy (LDA), Richard knows what it is like to worry about the day-to-day survival of the business, and the pressures of making enough money for both a healthy business and personal life. He understands what it's like to put in long hours. His vast experience as a coach, mentor and facilitator allows him to analyze all aspects of your business and leadership, and help you implement proven strategies and systems needed for success. Whether you're in the planning stages of a new start-up, or want to ensure your established business is running smoothly, Richard can guide you in all aspects from marketing, customer service, business systems, team dynamics, and franchise development. Qualifications: Authorized Partner with Wiley in DiSC Workplace, Productive Conflict, Management, Sales, Work of Leaders and Agile EQ programs Authorized Partner with Wiley for The Five Behaviors® programs, "Team Development" and "Personal Development" Master Certified Professional Business Coach Founding member: Canadian Professional Business Coaches Association (PBCA)

Spencer Larkin-Brown

Job Titles:
  • Associate - Trainer
As a fourth year student of the BBA Human Resource Leadership & Management program at Camosun College, Spencer specializes in coaching and training in HR management, as well as a facilitation to help leaders navigate through difficult conversations and strategic planning. He is also a trainer and facilitator with our sister company, Leadership Development Academy (LDA). Servant leadership is key to Spencer's approach, both as a human resources professional focusing on people and culture development, and a coach and trainer who helps emerging leaders grow and thrive. From leading team building sessions to helping organizations recruit and retain talent, Spencer will help you build an organization centred around community. Qualifications: Bachelor's of Business Administration in Human Resource Leadership & Management, 4th Year, Camosun College Volunteer Senior Leader, Young Life of Canada