Dr. David Posen - Stress and Change Management Speaker
Meet David "Doc Calm" Posen.
Multi-talented David Posen, MD has been a successful international keynote speaker, author and seminar leader for more than two decades. As an authority on stress management, he delights audiences across North America with an interactive approach that never fails to captivate, motivate, entertain and inspire. His work with corporate clients has positioned him as a speaker of choice for executive workshops and VIP retreats throughout Canada and the U.S.
David’s Doc Calm persona was introduced to online readers via Canoe.ca, where David wrote a weekly column on stress and lifestyle management – practical, useful and entertaining words of wisdom that continue to be as current now as the day they were written.
Not only is David an interesting speaker, he’s a keenly interested listener. That ability to listen – to his patients, audiences, colleagues, friends and even himself – has resulted in three best selling books, Always Change a Losing Game, now in it’s ninth printing and sold on four continents, Staying Afloat When the Water Gets Rough and The Little Book of Stress Relief, currently in its tenth printing and translated into five languages (Chinese, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese).
Biography
Dr. David Posen graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1967. He was involved in a research project in San Francisco before interning in Edmonton, Alberta. After a year of general practice in the Canadian Arctic he spent a year practising in Jerusalem. In 1971 he started a family practice in Oakville, Ontario.
In 1985 Dr. Posen gave up his general practice to devote his time exclusively to stress management, lifestyle counselling and psychotherapy. He has spoken widely to education, government, business and professional groups across North America. His recent clients include American Express, Research in Motion (RIM), Kraft, Hilton Hotels, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, University of Florida, KPMG, McKinsey, Ernst & Young, Bell Canada, RCMP, University of California, CIBC, Bayer, IBM, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, London Life, Ontario Government Centre for Leadership, Sun Life/Clarica, Citizenship & Immigration Canada, Mohawk College, Shoppers Drug Mart, Rogers Communications, Weston/Loblaw, and the Department of National Defence..
His is the author of three best-selling books: Always Change a Losing Game; Staying Afloat When The Water Gets Rough; and most recently, The Little Book of Stress Relief. His magazine articles have appeared in Canadian Living and Readers Digest as well as several medical journals. He wrote a weekly column on stress and lifestyle management for a year on the popular www.canoe.ca website. David has appeared many times on TV and radio across Canada and has been quoted in many leading U.S. magazines such as Cosmopolitan, McCall's, Men's Health and USA Weekend.
Married with two children, David lives and works in Oakville, Ontario. In addition to his busy schedule of seeing patients, writing and public speaking, his is an avid reader, golfer and tennis player. He played trombone in the Oakville Symphony Orchestra for nine years and now plays with the Oakville Wind Orchestra.
What people are saying...
"A perfect blend of anecdote, medical science, humor and advice..."
–Warner Bros.
"The time you invested with our leadership team on delivering a tailored message really paid dividends."
–American Express
"You managed to keep a very large audience involved, entertained and informed all day, which is no easy feat."
–Ontario Veterinary Medical Association
"outstanding might be an understatement!"
–University of Florida Athletic Association
"...no other speaker generated such enthusiastic applause."
–Ontario Long Term Residential Care Association
"...David is truly professional, taking the time to research our companies and the issues important to us."
–PricewaterhouseCoopers
Programs
David speaks on: Change Mastery, Work-Life Balance, Humour in the Workplace, Wellness, Positive Personal Change and Burn-out.
