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Richard McCann

Motivational speaker and author

In the early hours of Thursday 30th October 1975 the killer who became known as the Yorkshire Ripper murdered his first victim. Only a few hundred yards away the victim’s five year old son lay asleep at home. That boy was Richard McCann.

The events that unfolded from that night took Richard on a nightmare journey that tore his life apart. A childhood of abuse, pain and neglect led to drug use, prison and suicide pacts.
But Richard found the determination and courage to redefine his future. Against insurmountable odds, he turned his life around by developing ways to identify his inner beliefs and harnessing them to form an irresistible I Can attitude. He now has – in his words – ‘an incredible life’ as a husband and father in his home town of Leeds. He is an internationally renowned author of a number one best-seller and is fast becoming a sought after motivational speaker.

Richard’s success as a speaker is based upon his natural ability to captivate his audiences and hold them spellbound as he shares his story and the tools and strategies he has embraced. By relating these strategies to a work environment and by using illustrations from his own experiences, Richard inspires and motivates individuals, teams and groups to identify their own beliefs, turn obstacles into opportunities and unleash their own true potential.

His open honest style, together with his warmth and his I Can attitude, will leave a lasting impression. In the space of an hour Richard can make you laugh, make you cry and make you think. The rapturous applause and standing ovations he regularly receives are testament to the impact he has.

Richard is the ideal choice of speaker for anyone who wants an audience to discover their own inner strength and the ability to view change or imminent major challenges as positive opportunities. His sessions can always be tailored to specific objectives, or alternatively his most popular themes are:


10 steps to an incredible life
A toolkit that will help anyone take positive action to achieve their goals.


Adopting an I Can attitude
Tips and techniques that help individuals and teams to identify self-limiting beliefs and find ways to overcome them.


Beating the challenge
How any situation can be redefined and turned into an opportunity to unleash potential.


A growing number of private and public sector organisations are booking Richard again and again. Schools and Colleges have seen their students raise their sights and gain the determination to succeed; groups of business leaders have been inspired to take Richard’s approach back into their own companies and large employers have used Richard to motivate teams to develop collective self-belief.


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