Dave K., PhD, PCC

Dave is passionate about helping leaders show up with clarity, courage, and connection. With deep expertise in leadership development and team dynamics, he brings warmth, candor, and strategic insight to every coaching conversation. Dave is known for his engaging, evidence-based style and his ability to unlock the conditions for sustainable change—individually and systemically.

MY PASSION TO COACH

  • People-first approach that fosters curiosity and courage to enable high-performance teams that no one wants to leave.
  • Helping leaders identify their personal leverage points to create transformational results in their professional and personal lives.
  • Coached 150+ executives and senior leaders across industries including tech, healthcare, law, retail, entertainment, education, government, and start-ups.

MY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Designed and delivered 25+ experiential and practice-based leadership development workshops focused on courageous leadership, trust, coaching skills, accountability, boundary setting, and actionable feedback.
  • Scored in the top 5% of coaching effectiveness metrics while coaching over 50 global leaders through BetterUp.
  • Conducted over a hundred 360 assessments for executive leaders to provide honest, unbiased feedback, and build go-forward plans.
  • Created and sustained behavioral change for executives at Fortune 500s.

MY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Six years of private practice, partnering with senior leaders and teams to deliver coaching, workshop facilitation, and strategy across the Americas.
  • Senior Leadership Development Manager, Shopify, created and scaled development for senior and frontline leaders across product and service lines.
  • Leadership development manager with more than 10 years of experience shaping and managing programs across the leadership lifecycle. 
  • Served as a mentor-trainer for executive coaches and learning consultants, developing programs that expanded leadership impact across organizations.

MY CREDENTIALS

  • International Coach Federation, Professional Certified Coach
  • Co-Active Training Institute, Certified Professional Co-Active Coach
  • Brené Brown Education & Research Group, Certified Dare to Lead Facilitator
  • LeaderFactor, 4 Stages of Psychological Safety Certified Coach
  • University of Toronto, Certificate in Brief Coaching
  • UCLA, MA, PhD, Higher Education and Organizational Change
  • Miami University, MS, College Student Personnel
  • Loyola Marymount University, BA, Music & Recording Arts