Grant Fairley is a seminar speaker, ^[0]executive coach, ^[10]and business consultant.^[17]He is the author of seven books on leadership, business, retirement, compassion fatigue, Muskoka Ontario, and the biography of Robert Homme - television's Friendly Giant.^[6] Grant also authored a Canadian patent on healthcare technology.^[7]Grant is the great-great grandson of British war correspondent, Charles Williams.

His great-grandfather was Canadian journalist and historian, Fred Williams.

His grandfather was Canadian public relations pioneer and writer, James A Cowan.

His mother was Canadian nurse and labour leader, Lois Ann Fairley.^{[18] [0]}