Executive Coach · TEDx Speaker · Author

Lead with Purpose.
Live with Clarity.

Helping leaders and organizations navigate identity, leadership, and life's most meaningful transitions.

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25+
Years in Leadership
TEDx
Speaker
3
Published Books
300+
Leaders Developed
Mohamed Hammoud

How Mohamed Works With You

Three ways to work together

Whether you're leading an organization, navigating a personal transition, or looking for your next audience, there's a path here for you.

01

Coaching

Private 1:1 coaching for senior professionals in transition, and customized EQ leadership programs for teams and organizations.

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02

Keynote Speaking

TEDx speaker and Speakers' Bureau of Canada roster member. Talks on leadership, identity, emotional intelligence, and belonging.

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03

Books & Writing

Award-winning narratives spanning memoir, spiritual reflection, and children's literature, exploring identity, faith, and resilience.

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Why Work with Mohamed

Leadership that moves people, not just metrics

  • Certified in EQ-i 2.0, EQ 360, DDI, Situational Leadership II, Everything DiSC, and 5 Behaviors
  • 25+ years designing leadership development across corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors
  • TEDx speaker and published author whose work has reached audiences across North America
  • Proven results with 300+ managers across multi-site organizations
  • Deeply personal approach grounded in lived experience, not theory
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About

Mohamed Hammoud

Leadership Consultant · Executive Coach · Keynote Speaker · Author

Mohamed Hammoud

Biography

Mohamed Hammoud is a Lebanese-born executive coach, TEDx speaker, and author who helps people lead with purpose and live with clarity.

After more than 30 years in corporate leadership, including senior roles at an international tech organization, Mohamed now works with leaders and professionals navigating identity, leadership, and life transitions.

His work draws on emotional intelligence, leadership development, and lived experience. He is the author of My Name Is Mohamed (Broadleaf Books, October 2026), The Return of the Prophet, and My Imam Lives With Me. He lives in London, Ontario, with his family.

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Certifications & Training

EQ-i 2.0 & EQ 360, Multi-Health Systems
DDI Certified Facilitator
Situational Leadership II, Blanchard
Everything DiSC and 5 Behaviors, Wiley
Speed of Trust, 7 Habits, Unconscious Bias, Franklin Covey
Strictly Business, Dale Carnegie
Bullet Proof Manager, Crestcom
Professional Certificate in Adult Education, Western University
Professional Certificate in Leadership, Western University
BA Honours, Modern Languages, Huron University College
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Coaching

Two Paths.
One Commitment.

Both grounded in 30 years of lived and learned leadership.

1:1 Private Coaching

Beyond the Role

For senior professionals navigating the transition out of a career-defining role

At some point, the role stops being enough. Maybe that moment chose you. Maybe you chose it. Either way, you're here, and the question of what comes next is louder than you expected.

The calendar that used to organize your life is gone. The title that used to answer "who are you" no longer applies. And some of the people you thought were your people turn out to have been your role's people.

Nobody warns you about that part.

Beyond the Role is a private, one-on-one coaching journey for senior professionals navigating the space between what was and what's next. The work isn't about finding a replacement for what you lost. It's about getting clear enough to choose.

  • Six-Month IntensiveWeekly 60-minute private sessions · For clients ready to move with focus and momentum
  • Twelve-Month IntegrationBiweekly 60-minute sessions · For clients who want a more reflective, longer-term process

Both options include personalized reflection exercises, email and text support between sessions, and a fully customized engagement.

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Team & Organizational Programs

EQ Leadership Training

For organizations building emotionally intelligent, high-performing cultures, in person and online

Leadership success starts with self-awareness. Mohamed's EQ Leadership Training programs are customized for organizations that want sustained, applied development, not a one-day workshop that fades by Friday.

Drawing on certifications in EQ-i 2.0, EQ 360, DDI, Situational Leadership II, Everything DiSC, and 5 Behaviors, Mohamed has worked with 300+ managers across multi-site institutions in Canada and the United States.

What organizations work on:

  • Emotional Intelligence & Self-AwarenessFor leaders at every level
  • High-Trust Team CulturesBuilding psychological safety and accountability
  • Leadership Judgment & Performance AlignmentConnecting values, vision, and execution
  • Inclusion & Cross-Cultural LeadershipDiversity that drives real performance
  • Succession ReadinessInternal pipeline and competency development

Delivery formats:

In-Person WorkshopsOnline / Virtual Executive FacilitationAssessment ProgramsMulti-Session Series

Not sure which path fits?

One path is deeply personal, one is organizational. Both start the same way: a conversation. Fifteen minutes is usually enough to know.

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Keynote Speaking

Lead with Purpose.
Live with Clarity.

Mohamed's keynotes move audiences to act, not just reflect. From emotional intelligence to identity and belonging, each talk is built for the moment your audience is in.

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Mohamed Hammoud on TEDx stage

TEDx Speaker, Traverse City

Watch the Talk

Mohamed's TEDx talk explores identity, belonging, and the courage it takes to reclaim your name and your leadership. It has reached audiences across North America.

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Speakers' Bureau of Canada

Mohamed is available for booking through Speakers' Bureau of Canada.

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Signature Talks

Four keynotes. Each built for a different moment.

Talk 01

My Name Is Mohamed: Identity, Belonging, and the Courage to Lead as Yourself

Drawing on his memoir and TEDx talk, Mohamed explores what it costs to erase who you are to fit in, and what it means to lead from a reclaimed sense of self. His most personal keynote, and consistently the one that stays with audiences longest.

Talk 02

Emotional Intelligence in Leadership: The Skill That Changes Everything Else

EQ is not a soft skill. It is the skill that makes every other leadership skill work. This keynote gives leaders a clear, practical framework for developing self-awareness, empathy, and emotional regulation.

Talk 03

Building High-Trust Teams: The Science and Practice of Psychological Safety

Trust is not a feeling. It is a set of behaviors that leaders model or don't. This keynote reveals what high-trust cultures actually look like and what leaders can do Monday morning to start building one.

Talk 04

Beyond the Role: Leadership, Identity, and What Comes Next

For executive audiences and organizations navigating transition. This keynote confronts the question leaders rarely ask until they have to: who am I when the role is gone? Provocative, honest, and ultimately hopeful.

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Contact us to discuss your event, audience, and how Mohamed can create a memorable experience.

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Author

Books by Mohamed Hammoud

Writing shaped by faith, memory, and the cost of belonging.

Featured Release

Preorder, Oct 27, 2026
My Name Is Mohamed
My Name Is Mohamed
An Immigrant's Journey of Resilience, Identity, and Faith

Broadleaf Books · October 27, 2026 · Hardcover, 194 pages

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When Mohamed Hammoud arrived in Canada as a child refugee from Lebanon, his family renamed him Mike, a gesture meant to shield him from prejudice, but one that erased elements of his history, faith, and roots. At home, he was still Mohamed. In public, he became someone else. That fracture bred silence, impostor syndrome, and a restless search for belonging.

From his childhood in Beirut to the violence of civil war, from the quiet erasure of assimilation to a TEDx Talk that catalyzed healing, a radical act of love for self, community, and truth.

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"Writes with a clarity and tenderness that stay with you long after the final page. A powerful meditation on identity, migration, and the quiet resilience required to rebuild a sense of home after displacement."

, Tala Abou Dabousa, Rogers TV & Sports, OMNI News

"Timely, compassionate, and profoundly moving. Hammoud transforms his personal history into a universal story of belonging."

, Dalia Fahmy, PhD, Associate Professor of Political Science, Long Island University

"A beautiful articulation of the unspoken, too-often silenced quest to understand the divine impulse within us all."

, Katherine Monk, author of Joni: The Creative Odyssey of Joni Mitchell

"Loss is transformed into grace; grace teaches us how to lift one another. Here, Mohamed is more than a name, it is a legacy: honored, enduring, and whole."

, Nancy Perin, Executive Director, Gallery of Human Migration

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The Return of the Prophet
The Return of the Prophet
A Poetic Call to Reclaim Truth, Justice, and the Sacred Homeland

Reimagining Almustafa's voice from Gibran's The Prophet, this work returns him to a homeland marked by war and silence. Across 28 reflections and an epilogue, it holds grief and resolve together, calling readers to remember what was taken, to stand with truth, and to rebuild with dignity and hope.

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My Imam Lives With Me
My Imam Lives With Me
A Children's Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging · Illustrations by Hanin Daoud

A joyful story about faith, identity, and growing up with love and confidence. Zain and Zaynab turn ordinary days into small adventures, asking big questions about being Muslim and what it means to stay connected to their faith and community. Through family, school, and friendship, they learn kindness, courage, and compassion, values that help them belong without shrinking who they are.

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Bring the Stories to Your Organization

Mohamed's books serve as the foundation for keynotes and workshops on identity, inclusion, and emotionally intelligent leadership.

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