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Brian Taguchi BScH, BEd, CPCC, PCC

Brian Taguchi is an experiential education specialist, extreme sport instructor and Professional Certified Coach. For the past 23 years, Brian has literally and figuratively lead invigorating and demanding “wilderness expeditions” for individuals and groups wanting to operate with higher levels of awareness, confidence and sustained resilience. With an expedition guide’s knack for spotting patterns and strategically integrating information in a broader context, Brian works alongside his clients to explore emerging topics in a way that builds and sustains their resilience and performance – as an individual, and in creating thriving teams.


Since 1996, Brian has created, delivered, assessed and iterated a wide variety of curriculum, from 14-day wilderness and leadership trips on remote rivers, to Grade 10 Science, to instructing kiteboarding and creating dozens of career workshops and tools used by hundreds of post-secondary students at Queen’s University and Simon Fraser University.  Brian’s passion for delivering the best through education, training and coaching means he is constantly eliciting feedback and assessing the efficacy and effectiveness of curriculum content and delivery against changing stakeholder needs, adult learning principles and new technology.

Brian believes that highly successful organizations commit to proactively developing the humanity and performance of its people.  More specifically, he believes that organizations that promotes trust and “radical candor” through its coaching culture will attract talented people, accelerate their development and enhance their willingness to contribute their best.  As a career and leadership coach, Brian is known for cultivating trust quickly and getting to the heart of the matter safely.  He has coached over 1600 individuals and dozens of groups to create learning and development plans designed to both overcome their specific obstacles AND spark their resilience and personal leadership.

Brian’s clients are successful in a range of industries, from banking, consulting, accounting and marketing to tech start-ups and small business.  Currently, Brian is currently coaching with BetterUp, coaching entrepreneurs, creating and facilitating communication workshops for teams in advertising and marketing, and developing a series of online career courses.