Richard McCann
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Richard McCann
Richard McCann is a motivational speaker, coach, workshop facilitator and author of three bestselling books that tell his personal story of surviving after extreme adversity.
At the age of just 5, Richard experienced the loss of his mother in horrific circumstances, her death at the hands of serial killer Peter Sutcliffe. After his mother’s murder, he was then brought up by his often drunk and violent father, living on a tough council estate in Leeds, England.
This led to turbulent times in foster care and an unsettled school life, which he left with no qualifications. Richard found himself with no prospects, making mistake after mistake, and landing himself in prison, ironically the same prison as his mother’s killer.
On his release from prison, he hit rock bottom, feeling he had zero prospects and no reason to live; he shared a suicide pact with his sister.
But this was not to be how his story ended. After hitting rock bottom, Richard McCann found it within himself to turn his life around. He learned to take full responsibility for his life, adopt an iCan attitude and embrace his authentic self.
He has since had an 18 year career as a coach and author, has given over 3000 presentations across the world, covering important issues such as resilience, responsibility, determination and change.
Richard McCann’s books have made it on to the Sunday Times Bestseller’s list, with his first selling over half a million copies and being translated into more than 10 different languages.
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Richard McCann’s iCan Academy
Richard created the iCan academy, providing presentation skills training, and resilience workshops for various audiences, including corporate and business, schools, housing associations, and prisons. He provides online and in-person training, virtual and live events and works with schools to support schools to empower their children with resilience and motivation.
Richard McCann Speaking Topics
Richard’s speeches cover a variety of themes including:
- Dealing with change
- Resilience
- Leadership
- Achieving better results
Richard McCann books
In 2005, Richard published his first book Just A Boy: The True Story Of A Stolen Childhood, a heartbreaking but also uplifting story of survival and hope.The book tells of Richard’s,with his two sisters, from one violent home to another, forgotten by all except the media. Without love or support they spiralled away from help or happiness. The book shares how Richard realised no one was going to rescue their lives but him and charts his inspirational transformation. The book tells how the forgotten children of violence suffer, and how they can heal. A heartbreaking, uplifting story of survival and hope.
Following the success of Just A Boy, Richard published his second book The Boy Grows Up: The inspirational story of his journey from broken boy to family man in 2007. This is an account of how Richard used the success of Just A Boy to try and help his sister, and his attempts to make sense of his past while at the same time learning more about the impact of trauma and loss in childhood. He becomes a voluntary counsellor and visits prisons, coming to terms with his traumatic childhood by talking to others and learning about how to accept the past and move on.
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