Sara Canaday
Sara Canaday is a leadership expert, branding strategist, speaker and author. Canaday has a unique gift for connecting and communicating with her audiences to propel them from light-bulb-moment insight to strategic change. Moving far beyond the business school basics, she helps people identify the professional blind spots that are preventing them from taking their careers – and their companies – to the next level. Canaday’s professional career spans 20 years and includes sales, leadership and executive roles at USAA and Texas Mutual. She served as principal consultant for Empowerment Enterprises before opening her own consultancy, Sara Canaday & Associates, in 2009. She is a member of the National Speakers Association and the founder and president of the Austin Chapter. She has been featured in a number of publications and broadcasts, most notably Forbes, CNBC, The Huffington Post, Psychology Today, The Wall Street Journal and the American Management Association’s Leadership Wired. Canaday is also the author of a popular business book, “You – According to Them: Uncovering the blind spots that impact your reputation and your career.” @saracanaday