Executive Coaching & Leadership Development
Serving clients in Michigan and across the United States, we support leaders in higher education, non-profits, government, health care, and business. Our services include:
- Provide leaders with a 'thinking partner'
- Prepare leaders for advancement
- Onboard leaders into new roles
- Retain emerging 'high-potentials'
- Turn around under-performers
- Support over-stressed leaders
- Instill a collective team purpose
- Turn around under-performing teams
- Get new teams up and running quickly
- Ensure a smooth leadership transitions
- Design optimally effective meetings
- Transition to self-organizing teams
- Identify strengths and areas for growth
- Evaluate leadership competencies
- Provide 360 assessment perspectives
- Measure 'emotional intelligence'
- Assess 'job fit' and career path
- Chart team member alignment
- Outplacement Programs for individuals and groups
- Retirement Planning
- Spouse/partner Relocation
- Individual Career Counseling and Job Finding
- Developing Leadership Presence
- Leading with Intention and Purpose
- Managing Conflict and Difficult Conversations
- Developing High-Potential Leaders
- Leading Effective Meetings
- Leveraging Impact and Influence
- Taming the 'Inner Critic'
- Attending to Self-Care and Renewal
- Creating and Utilizing 'Thinking Time' Effectively
Powerful Conversations™ is a signature service of Career Directions focused on skillful communications, trust-building, and relationship-building. This program utilizes experiential learning including interactive seminars and individual coaching. The program can be customized to meet the needs of an individual or multiple participants.
Click here to learn more about our Powerful Conversations™ program.
Click here to learn more about our Powerful Conversations™ program.
David's Integrity
"David is someone who has been willing to be very honest with my bosses. I know that David has delivered to
some of my colleagues the candid feedback that they are not in the right jobs. I trust him more because
he tells the truth regardless of the circumstances or personal cost. I am confident that I can rely on David for real and
reliable feedback, and the value of that in my professional life is enormous."
- Associate Vice President, Ivy League University
"David is someone who has been willing to be very honest with my bosses. I know that David has delivered to
some of my colleagues the candid feedback that they are not in the right jobs. I trust him more because
he tells the truth regardless of the circumstances or personal cost. I am confident that I can rely on David for real and
reliable feedback, and the value of that in my professional life is enormous."
- Associate Vice President, Ivy League University