Terri Ann Richards

Keynote Speaker | Saint John, New Brunswick

Leadership Coach & Workplace Culture Strategist
Resilience & Well-being Expert

Terri Ann Richards Expertise Adaptability & Agility, Alliances & Partnerships, Business Ethics & Values, Business Growth, Business Leadership, Business Transitions, Change Management, Conflict Resolution and Corporations & Businesses.

Terri Ann Richards

About Terri Ann Richards

Terri Ann Richards is a workplace culture and well-being expert who helps organizations build resilience, engagement, and trust. With over sixteen years of entrepreneurial leadership, she has started, led, and advised multiple ventures while coaching teams to thrive under pressure. As a certified emotional intelligence facilitator, coach, and practitioner in cognitive behavioural therapy, she integrates neuroscience and psychology to create practical, human-centred strategies for success. Terri Ann Richards inspires professionals to redefine stress, prevent burnout, and lead with authenticity, resilience, and clarity—empowering workplaces to become healthier, happier, and more connected environments where people can perform at their best.

Terri Ann Richards Videos

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Terri Ann Richards Interviews & Podcasts

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Leadership Starts with You

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 TERRI ANN RICHARDS BIOGRAPHY

Terri Ann Richards is a workplace culture and well-being expert who helps leaders and organizations create resilient, high-performing teams. With over sixteen years of experience building, leading, and advising multiple ventures, she brings deep understanding of both the challenges and opportunities that shape modern leadership.

Her expertise focuses on workplace well-being, leadership under pressure, and emotional intelligence. She equips professionals with the mindset and tools to navigate change, manage burnout, and strengthen culture from the inside out.

Terri Ann Richards has earned her reputation through lived experience. Starting as a young entrepreneur and leading teams through growth, change, and crisis, she understands the realities of leadership beyond theory.

She combines this background with extensive training in psychology, emotional intelligence, and cognitive behavioural methods, ensuring her programs connect both the science and the practice of human performance.

As a certified EQ-i 2.0 Emotional Intelligence Practitioner, she integrates data-driven insights with relatable strategies that help professionals develop self-awareness, empathy, and effective communication.

Her credentials include certification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Choice Theory and Reality Therapy, Resilience and Thriving Facilitation, and Workplace Happiness. She is also trained in trauma-sensitive leadership through The Resilient Heart program with the HeartMath Institute.

Terri Ann Richards completed the Entrepreneurial Leaders Program at the Wallace McCain Institute and the 21 Inc. Leaders Program, both recognized for developing Canada’s emerging leaders.

Her work explores the intersection of business performance and human well-being. She believes leadership is not only about results but about building environments where people can sustain excellence without sacrificing health or authenticity.

Through her workshops and sessions, she helps organizations reduce turnover, strengthen engagement, and create cultures of trust and psychological safety. Her frameworks are grounded in research yet practical for leaders at every level.

Terri Ann Richards challenges audiences to look inward—to lead with steadiness, compassion, and clarity in times of uncertainty. She speaks with candor, realism, and empathy, drawing from both professional expertise and personal experience to deliver meaningful insights.

Her message resonates across industries, reaching professionals in business, education, healthcare, and government who are navigating complexity and constant change.

Terri Ann Richards believes resilience is not the absence of pressure but the ability to stay grounded within it. Her mission is to equip leaders and teams with the mindset to thrive, not just survive, in the modern workplace.

She continues to advance her research in happiness studies and applied positive psychology, integrating the latest findings into her leadership and culture programs.

Terri Ann Richards’ work extends beyond the stage, as she partners with organizations to implement long-term strategies that improve engagement and foster connection.

Her approach ensures measurable outcomes—enhanced trust, higher retention, and stronger alignment between leadership and culture.

Terri Ann Richards represents a new generation of leadership thinkers who combine business strategy with human-centered science. She remains committed to helping workplaces evolve into spaces where people are supported, valued, and empowered to perform at their best.

Terri Ann Richards Topic Presentations

Terri Ann Richards Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

Resilience Rewired: Leading Through Pressure without Burning out

Beyond Burnout: Building Sustainable Success and Workplace Well-being

Emotional Intelligence at Work: The Science of Human-centred Leadership

The Safe Space Advantage: Creating Trust, Communication, and Engagement

Leading with Well-being: The Future of Human-centred Success

Grit for Growth

Choice for Self-leadership

Terri Ann Richards Books & Articles

Why i Divorced My Husband: One Woman’s Story of Neglected Love, Ego, and Self-discovery
Why i Divorced My Husband: One Woman’s Story

Why I Divorced My Husband shares one woman's journey through couple-hood. This book sheds light on the darker side of how ego, selfishness...

Success Takes Courage: the Inside-out Approach to Lasting Achievement and Happiness
Success Takes Courage: the Inside-out Approach

While there are about as many definitions of success as there are people looking to achieve it, the common denominator is that we are all...

Terri Ann Richards Speaking Testimonials

"Coach TA will be your game changer. Her knowledge, experience, and passion are a triple threat and she can coach you through any situation in your business or personal. TA has helped me through so many new experiences in my business where I had no idea what to do. She listened to how I felt and then had some amazing options and advice to help get me through it. If you want to grow, then you need to invest in yourself. She’s the best way to help you grow!"

Amanda

"My team and I were so excited to have Terri-Ann as our first guest in the UNBSJ Women in Business virtual speaker series last week! We had the chance to learn from her various entrepreneurial experiences and took away valuable tools for school, work and life. Her energy is contagious and her genuine passion for helping people is unmatched."

Hannah

"I love working with TA. What started out as a 6 week personal development coaching has now turned into laser coaching making dreams become achievable goals. TA had the tools to discover my limiting believes, show me how to take control over my life, and allow me to move forward with my “maybe in 10 years” goals getting them started today. She will give you a push when you need to get out of the comfort zone and is always available to celebrate wins together. I have come a long way in 6 months and could not have done it without the help of TA."

Lisa

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