Dr. Terry Anderson serves as the Chief Leadership Officer at the International Academy of Public Safety and the President of Anderson Corporate and Executive Coaching, Inc. He serves both the health and public safety sectors mainly on the West Coast of the US and Canada. He is an Advisor to Epiphany360.io.

As a Certified Positive Intelligence Coach he provides strategic change consulting and leadership coaching services for executives and has done so for over 30 years. He is result-oriented and seeks always to move research-based best practices into practice.

He is the co-author of the renown book (now in its Fourth Edition) Every Officer is a Leader: Coaching Leadership, Learning and Performance in Justice, Public Safety, and Security Organizations, (2023) https://readinessnetworkpublishing.com/published-books/. This book, Field Guide, and online learning programs are uniquely focused on developing leadership competence as well as leadership theory.

Dr. Anderson earned his B.A. (1967) in Psychology and his M.A. in Education (1973) from California State University, Chico, and his Ph.D. in Administration and Management (supervised by Faculty at the University of Massachusetts School of Management, and School of Counseling and Consulting), through Columbia Pacific University, San Rafael, California, (1991).

He has been trusted by executives at Santa Clara County Sheriffs Department, Folsom Police, New Westminster Police Service, Vancouver Police, San Diego Police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the California State University (Fullerton) Police Department, the LA County Sheriff’s Department and LAPD. For letters of reference go to: www.ConsultingCoach.com/testimonials/. In the business sector he has done similar consulting and coaching/mentoring work with small businesses, and executives in Fortune 500 firms such as General Telephone and Electric (GTE) and The TORO Company.

Dr. Anderson is certified by the California Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to facilitate the Executive Team Building Workshop; is Green Belt Certified in Lean Six Sigma; Certified as an Executive Coach by Positive Intelligence and the International Association of Business Coaches; and was Certified in Strategic Management by the Haines Centre for Strategic Management at The University of San Diego.

Terry has served as a Criminology professor to over 8,000 students who took his field practice, leadership, interpersonal relations and problem-solving courses for over 38 years.