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Colby Sharma is a best-selling author, thought leader and keynote speaker. As a leading resiliency expert, Colby is focused on helping organisations build resilience across their teams to master deep change.
In 2020, Colby published his first book The Curveball and he has recently published his latest book The Underdog.
His clients include leading financial institutions such as Scotiabank and Manulife Financial.
Colby is often featured on podcasts, interviewed by people across the globe as well as featured in regional and national media.
Colby Sharma, whose father is renowned speaker Robin Sharma, grew up in Canada. He studied Philosophy at Queens University, Canada before moving to the University of Liverpool to study Law. He has worked with CEOs and high-level entrepreneurs on a range of businesses and initiatives across a number of industries.
Colby is the founder and president of the Queen’s Personal Finance Initiative. A programme to support students achieve success outside of education through leadership, and entrepreneurship support and advice. He also developed pioneering legal software during his time as a director of Firefly Legal.
Colby’s seminal book The Curveball : a Story of Grit, Adversity, and Winning the Game of Life was published during the pandemic in 2020. It takes an awe-inspiring journey through struggle, teaching perseverance, grit and daily tactics and habits.
Colby explores the ideas of the egoic self the heroic self and the battle to overcome adversity. This ongoing battle exposes the challenges and difficulties all humans face. A big proponent of daily habit, Colby believes that good rituals and can lead to increased productivity and growth and provide a solid foundation, particularly in times of change and instability.
Colby’s second book The Underdog is a thought-provoking book that helps readers learn how to tap into their own personal ‘underdog’ as a source of personal power, consider their ‘inner saboteur’, learn how to live a life greater than thought possible and how to consistently stay strong every day.
Colby Sharma delivered a high-energy content-rich speech for our CWAM retail contact team members, using his tactics on how to unlock greater resiliency at this time, together with lessons from his bestselling book The Curveball. Team members from across the organization really found him to be erudite, and engaging.
We will definitely be incorporating Colby’s approach and lessons across our team.
Jennifer Datz – Director, Manulife Financial
This week we were delighted to bring in Colby Sharma to speak at our AIMA senior leadership retreat on how leaders can thrive amid uncertainty. Senior delegates found his presentation and content thought-provoking, inspiring and interactive. Colby Shared several pivotal ideas on how leaders can leverage the change they are going through to their teams’ benefit.
Rekha Sethi – Director General AIMA