David brings over 28 years of experience as a human, leadership, and organizational development leader. A proven track record exists of developing executives, professionals, teams, and innovative initiatives combining interpersonal effectiveness and organizational strategy. He has extensive capability in coaching, leadership and organization development, and change management. Practical experience, combined with his scholarly pursuits, enables David to distinctively advance leadership and organizational change in the most sophisticated and complex of contemporary professional landscapes.
While coaching, David has held concurrent senior leadership roles in learning and organization development among diverse industries and settings. David works industry-wide and cross-culturally in North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and Latin. America. The core principles that underpin David’s coaching are treating others respectfully and humbly with passion, enthusiasm, and energy. David coaches every level of organizational position from the President and Chief Executive down. David’s experience allows for a distinctive blend of specialist and scholar, helping him to empathize with the uncertainty and ambiguity those in organizations face.
David concentrates on bringing self-awareness to the core skills of human and organizational interaction: Communication, influence and persuasion, negotiation, managing networks, impression management, and dealing with conflict. David’s work is rooted in common sense, critical thinking, and social intelligence. He helps professionals address difficult subjects with techniques that are practical and easy to understand. David’s coaching is uniquely impactful because he makes you feel about what you discover: He empowers you and makes you care, creating years of continued personal resourcefulness.
Notable Client Achievements
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Coached Sales and Distribution Team through a 30% increase in revenue with totals of over $5 million.
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Coached Senior Vice President through a successful transition to Chief Financial Officer, now overseeing a global team of 500.
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Coached Chief Communications officer and team through global restructure.
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Coached the Chief Marketing Officer and team through a global restructure, resulting in a 20% increase in revenue.
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Coached Chief Executive Officer over 6 months, leading to an employee attrition decrease of 30%.