ABOUT CLG
The Canady Leadership Group is a consulting firm that specializes in leadership development and coaching for first line managers to senior executives. We conduct keynote addresses, training sessions, and personalized engagements aimed at enhancing a leaders’ ability to lead diverse teams and organizations. Leadership can directly impact employee satisfaction, productivity, loyalty, and mental health. The Canady Leadership Group aims to make sure that impact is positive and unforgettable.
Our Mission
Our mission is to create leaders that understand and value the opportunity they have to impact the lives of others. Leaders that are willing to create a positive working environment where every employee feels valued, supported, and seen as their authentic self. Leaders that are willing to make the concerted effort to build trust, inspire, and motivate individuals to realize their full potential. And leaders that dare to connect with people in a deep personal manner in order to discover how to best lead the whole person, not just the employee.
If you or your organization would like to work with the
Canady Leadership Group, then please contact us.
We look forward to starting a leadership journey with you!
"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel"
- Maya Angelou
MARCUS A. CANADY
Founder/Chief Executive Officer
Canady Leadership Group LLC
Marcus Canady is a proven and tested leader that has impacted the lives of hundreds of individuals in the public and private sector. Having personally benefitted from engaged mentorship and dedicated leadership, he has researched and presented on various leadership topics across the country. Through his designed training sessions, featured keynote addresses, and his participation on numerous discussion panels, Marcus Canady has reached thousands.
Well known for his expertise on Intrusive Leadership, he has published the first-ever leadership book solely dedicated to this impactful leadership style. In Intrusive Leadership: How to become THAT Leader, he defines, dissects, and discusses the impacts of what he often describes as “the most critical leadership style for the future.” This book has received great reviews from senior military and corporate leaders.
Marcus Canady, raised in Savannah, GA, graduated the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 2000 and spent over two decades on active duty. He mainly served as a MH-65 helicopter pilot and completed lifesaving missions on the high seas as well as responding to significant weather catastrophes such as Hurricane Katrina. He also successfully completed counter-narcotics missions, helping to interdict over $250 million of illegal contraband and arresting numerous narco-terrorists. His last aviation assignment was at Coast Guard Air Station Houston, TX where he served as the Commanding Officer. Marcus Canady has earned advanced degrees from Duquesne University, Syracuse University, and the prestigious National War College in Washington, DC.
In 2023, Marcus Canady founded the Canady Leadership Group. This leadership consulting firm specializes in leadership development and coaching for first line managers to senior executives, creating impactful leaders that people trust and admire. He is happily married to Angelisse Canady and has three amazing children.