What I Do
Leadership Development
Practical, engaging leadership development that goes beyond simply presenting information. I design experiences that challenge people to think, reflect, and grow — and that actually stick.
Leadership Development Built Around Your People
I design leadership academies, team workshops, and facilitated conversations around the challenges your people face. Sessions combine reflection, discussion, and practice so participants leave with skills they can use in their work.
Programs & Offerings
Leadership Academies
Custom leadership programs that combine workshops, peer learning, and workplace application. An academy might begin with an opening workshop, continue through regular sessions and practice, and finish with a closing workshop that brings the learning together. The format fits your people, culture, and goals.
Team Workshops
Focused, high-impact workshops for leadership teams. Topics include communication, trust, conflict, decision-making, accountability, and more. Workshops can be standalone or part of a larger development initiative.
Facilitation
Expert facilitation for leadership retreats, strategic planning sessions, team offsites, and other high-stakes conversations. I create the conditions for productive dialogue and help groups move from discussion to decision.
Customized Learning Experiences
Not every challenge fits a standard program. I design and deliver customized learning experiences built around your specific situation — whether that's onboarding new leaders, developing a high-potential cohort, or addressing a specific organizational challenge.
Areas of Focus
My leadership development work covers a wide range of topics. Here are some of the areas I work in most often:
- Leadership Foundations
- Communication & Influence
- Emotional Intelligence
- Building Trust
- Accountability & Ownership
- Navigating Conflict
- Coaching Skills for Leaders
- Change Leadership
- Team Effectiveness
- Decision Making
- Developing Others
- Leading with Integrity
My Approach
I believe leadership development should be practical, engaging, and directly connected to the real work people do every day. I want people to leave with something they can actually use.
Every program I design starts with a conversation about what you're trying to accomplish. I get to know your organization, your leaders, and the challenges you're facing. Then I build something that fits — not a generic off-the-shelf program, but a learning experience designed for your people and your goals.
Certifications & Credentials
My leadership development work is grounded in evidence-based frameworks and tools. I hold certifications in several widely used leadership and organizational development methodologies, which I integrate into programs and coaching engagements as appropriate.
Situational Leadership II
Certified facilitator in the Blanchard SLII® model. Teaches leaders to match their style to the development level of each team member, building competence and commitment at every stage.
Crucial Conversations
Certified facilitator for Crucial Learning's Crucial Conversations program. Equips people to speak up effectively when the stakes are high, opinions differ, and emotions run strong.
Crucial Accountability
Certified facilitator for Crucial Learning's Crucial Accountability program. Provides tools to address performance gaps and broken commitments without damaging relationships.
Getting Things Done (GTD)
Certified facilitator in David Allen's GTD methodology. A five-step personal productivity system — Capture, Clarify, Organize, Reflect, Engage — that helps leaders clear mental clutter and act with confidence.
Prosci Change Management
Certified Prosci practitioner in the ADKAR® model and the Prosci 3-Phase Process. Helps organizations plan, manage, and sustain change by focusing on the people side of transformation.
Leadership Circle Profile
Certified in the Leadership Circle Profile, a 360-degree assessment that measures creative competencies and reactive tendencies. Gives leaders an integrated picture of how their beliefs and assumptions drive their behavior and results.
What Participants Say
Heard directly from the classroom.
David is an outstanding facilitator of leadership development. There is no one more dynamic and loved in the classroom.
David has a true gift of teaching, training, presenting, and coaching with passion and energy that keeps everyone involved from the moment he starts to the moment he finishes.
I have worked with David for 10+ years. David is without a doubt one of the best speakers, trainers I have ever seen.
David is one of the most effective communicators and teachers I have ever had the pleasure to learn from.
Let's Connect
Let's Talk About Your Leaders
Whether you're building a leadership academy from scratch, looking for a facilitator for your next leadership retreat, or trying to address a specific challenge — I'd love to hear about it.