Leadership Development

Dave is known as America's Leadership Trainer^sm to businesses, corporations, and professional and civic organizations and as America’s Student Leadership Trainer^sm to high school, college, and university students throughout the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean. His innovative and practical approaches to leadership have inspired audiences for over 20 years.

Building Leaders Through Service^®

A one-day leadership seminar for students regardless of whether they hold an office in an organization, followed by a six-month community service program. Included: Leadership Resource Guide for each participant and bi-weekly follow-up newsletters during the community service period.

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Building Blocks of Leadership^sm

This is a two-day leadership retreat format that develops individual and group leadership skills. The program incorporates team building and bonding activities to help students, organizations, and corporations form more cohesive teams that strive for results as a single unit.

Sample Agenda (PDF format, 40 KB)

Club/Organization Leadership Training ("COLT")

A one-day program for leaders of clubs, fraternities, sororities, and all other types of campus organizations. Students will learn how to deal with conflict, run effective meetings, and lead their group to success during their term of office.

"Dave was fantastic!  He held a very engaging, energetic, and informative full day workshop with our students.  His balance of personal experience and motivational research made for a wonderful day.  Thanks, Dave!"
Wende' Fisher, Director of Student Development, The Art Institute of Portland (OR)

Sample Agenda (PDF format, 68 KB)

Certified Workshop Presenter ("CWP")

This session is designed to help people make better presentations, conduct more effective workshops, and create interesting speeches. All aspects of presenting are discussed including dealing with nervousness, writing presentations, and handling audio visuals. Graduation certificates will be presented to all of the attendees and can be customized with your group's logo.

Leadership Retreats

Customized for your group or organization as one-day, two-day, or weekend events. Perfect for corporations, church ministry teams, association boards, student government associations, campus programming boards, and other campus leaders. Team building games, goal attainment planning, and communication exercises will be incorporated to make this the best year ever for your group.