Amir Ghannad's corporate career began at Procter and Gamble, where over the course of 18 years he held a variety of manufacturing leadership positions in the US, Southeast Asia, and Europe. He also served as a Plant Director at Sunny Delight Beverages Company for eight years where he led the Atlanta plant operations and the company’s Workplace Excellence efforts before taking on Campbell Soup Company’s Global High-Performance Organization initiative for four years. 

In 2015 his book, The Transformative Leader, was published, and the following year he transitioned from his corporate career to helming The Ghannad Group, a leadership development consulting practice he runs as a family business with his wife, son, and daughter.

Today he is the principal author of The Transformative Leader Blog and hosts the Transformative Leader Podcast. As a registered corporate coach and an accomplished trainer of courses such as Seven Habits of Highly Effective People®, The Speed of Trust®, DISK, The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team®, The Mind Gym®, and many others, Amir has designed and delivered customized programs that have helped businesses across a wide range of industries achieve their objectives.


In this wide-ranging conversation with an accomplished author and public speaker, we explore some of the big ideas of leadership and cultural transformation that are relevant to everyone and anyone.  Give this one a listen!

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Geoff Micks
Head of Content & Research
Executive Platforms

Geoff joined the industry events business as a conference producer in 2010 after four years working in print media. He has researched, planned, organized, run, and contributed to more than a hundred events across North America and Europe for senior leaders, with special emphasis on the energy, mining, manufacturing, maintenance, supply chain, human resources, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, finance, and sustainability sectors. As part of his role as Head of Content & Research, Geoff hosts Executive Platforms’ bluEPrint Podcast series as well as a weekly blog focusing on issues relevant to Executive Platforms’ network of business leaders.

Geoff is the author of five works of historical fiction: Inca, Zulu, Beginning, Middle, and End. The New York Times and National Public Radio have interviewed him about his writing, and he wrote and narrated an animated short for Vice Media that appeared on HBO. He has a BA Honours with High Distinction from the University of Toronto specializing in Journalism with a Double Minor in History and Classical Studies, as well as Diploma in Journalism from Centennial College.