GLOBAL THOUGHT LEADER
Incorporated and launched the International Coaching Federation, the largest association of coaches worldwide with over 50,000 members | coachingfederation.org
Co-founded the Foundation of Coaching which is now the Institute of Coaching at Harvard University Medical School | insituteofcoaching.org
Trained the first coaches in Japan and helped establish the first Japanese coaching company in 1997 | coacha.com
Served as the inaugural president of Coach U - one of the oldest and most established coach training schools. While there, partnered closely with industry pioneer and founder, Thomas Leonard (now owned by Coach A) | coachu.com
Wrote a regular column for the London Sunday Times, penning the “Dear Coach” feature.
Organized innovative global coaching conferences and was the first to showcase coaching research at the Coach99 conference.
Helped establish other professional associations | certifiedcoach.org
Affiliated with 100 Coaches Agency - “The World's Best Executive Coaches for the World’s Top Leaders.” | agency.100coaches.com
CREDENTIALS
ICF Master Certified Coach - MCC (first cohort) | coachingfederation.org
CCE Global Board Certified Coach - BCC | cce-global.org/bcc
EMCC Global Individual Accreditation - EIA - Master Practitioner | emccglobal.org
EMCC Global Supervision - ESIA | emccglobal.org
EMCC Global Team coaching - ITC | emccglobal.org
Institute of Coaching - Harvard - Fellow | insituteofcoaching.org
Cornell University, United States - BS | cornell.edu
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
“The Robots Are Coming” - Coach X - 2019
“The Robots Really are Coming. Why Being a Great Coach is More Important Than Ever!” - Keynote - WBECS 2019
“The Coaching Robots are here! Now What Do You Do?” - Keynote - WBECS 2019
“The Practical Realities of Coaching in Today’s World” - Keynote - WBECS 2021/2022
“Coaching the Disrupted Leader” - Keynote - Coaching.com - 2022
“Thriving as a Coach Amidst Global Disruption” - 2021
“Thriving Beyond the Golden Age of Coaching” - Keynote - WBECS 2019
“Aim Higher: Raising the Bar on the Profession of Coaching” - Keynote - WBECS 2018
“What we learned about Disruption in 2020 and what you need to do to prepare for an awesome 2021” - ICF Malaysia 2021
“Good to Great Coaching” - Australia Coach Week - May 2020
“Leading from the Learning Edge” - San Francisco 2019
“Golden Age of Coaching” - APAC - Keynote Mumbai - 2019
“Marriage of Coaching and Therapy” - American Psychological Association - San Francisco 2018
“Coach Mastery” - ICF Ukraine 2020
“Future of Coaching” - Many venues
David is routinely one of the top 5 speakers at WBECS/Coaching.com annual Summit with over 15k attending.