This is episode 1032 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and his guest Jim Canfield. In this episode, Jim Canfield talks about his journey as an executive coach and President of CEO Tools. Jim began his career as an account executive, providing investment advisory with Calibre Financial Group. From here Jim began his career in the coaching industry in 1994 with TEC Worldwide (where he was a Chair for 9 years) and several more years as an executive. Jim fulfilled many roles years with TEC including Chief Learning Officer, and Vice President of West Coast Operations. In 2006 Jim became CEO of Renaissance Executive Forums, “one of the world’s leading membership organizations for business owners”; where he worked for 10 years. In 2017 Jim became President of CEO tools where he is an author, speaker, and coach for CEOs of small-to-medium-sized organizations. Jim is an impactful speaker and was awarded the 2018, Speaker of the Year, from TEC Canada, and International Speaker of the Year for Vistage UK in 2019, and in 2020 Vistage Worldwide Speaker of the Year. The Arete Coach Podcast seeks to explore the art and science of executive coaching. You can find out more about this podcast at aretecoach.io. This interview was conducted on 1 June 2021 via Zoom Video. Copyright © 2021 by Arete Coach™ LLC. All rights reserved.

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