About Brittany Canaski
Brittany Canaski, Founder of Hello Velocity, is a highly-rated Leadership Coach and Trainer.
She empowers leaders with the skills and confidence they need to accelerate results and unlock high-performing teams.
For over a decade Brittany has worked with executives and business owners and has found that most team goals fall short of expectations because of a lack of accountability and trust within teams.
Now, she's on a mission to make progress easier for teams by working smarter, not harder.
Brittany’s background in marketing and business strategy gives her a unique edge in helping clients connect big-picture goals to their day-to-day work. Her coaching expertise blends accountability and adaptability to bring goals to life in a sustainable, realistic way.
Brittany has been coaching since 2019 and has presented at over 100 events. She is a graduate of a 12-month ICF-accredited leadership coach training program and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business from Cornell University.
When she’s not building her business, you can find her planning her next travel adventure with her husband Adam or exploring a new brewery here in Charlotte, NC.
Brittany works with clients of all genders, ages, and is LGBTQ+ friendly.
Recognition and Certifications
Top 15 Coaches in Charlotte, NC in 2024
Top 15 Coaches in Charlotte, NC in 2023
The Statewide Uniform Certification of a Historically Underutilized Business (minority-owned business)
How did Brittany get into coaching?
It all started in 2019 when I had my quarter-life crisis. I was checking all the boxes in my career: getting promoted, working remotely, getting paid well, and actually in a role that I went to school for.
But I felt like something was still missing. I didn't want my boss' job, or my boss' boss' job, and I didn't know what was missing.
So I hired my first coach. I had hardly heard of a 'life coach' at the time and it was really scary to put myself out there and ask for help. But it was the best decision I’ve ever made.
It was a truly life-changing experience. I learned so much about myself from my personal strengths, habits and tendencies that were holding me back, and how I truly wanted to show up in the world.
Within 8 months of hiring her, I had a new job that was more fulfilling and a higher pay, new hobbies I was actively pursuing, a growing savings account dedicated to traveling the world, and deeper relationships with people in my life.
I finally felt confident in who I was at my core and was no longer trying to fit in some box that society had made up for me. I was asking for what I wanted, going after things I was passionate about, and re-energized about my career and life.
I knew then that if I could help just one person the way my coach helped me, it would be more fulfilling than anything I could do in corporate America in the next 30 years.
So I signed up for one of the most intensive coach training programs with the intention of learning as much as I could and helping people on the side of my day job.
Then, it quickly snowballed from there. The more I coached, the more I wanted to coach. So I left my day job in October 2020 to pursue my business Hello Velocity full time and haven't looked back.
3 Reasons Your New Year Goals May Not Stick
TV interview on QC Life, WBTV
Top Features
Episode 20. Brittany Canaski on leadership and working smarter, not harder
Podcast interview on The First Ten Years
Episode 13: Brittany Canaski and Finding Your Day Dream Job
Podcast interview on MPowered