Larry is a people focused leadership coach passionately driven to help change land softly and stick. He has a unique ability to embrace/integrate opposites; be visionary as well as pragmatic, be intuitive as well as rational.
Larry has over 30 years of experience facilitating impactful change in businesses, teams, and individuals. While serving in various roles in financial services, technology, and health care. He has become proficient with many of the methodologies used to drive/support change effectiveness such as leadership training and coaching, change management, and business process improvement.
Larry has served as a board member of Triangle's Organizational Development Network (TODN) in 2007 and 2016 and Unity of the Triangle from 2009-2011. He also developed "Leaders in Life" program to develop volunteers.
Larry served as adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University from 1991-1995.
The certifications Larry has achieved include: Associate Certified Coach (ACC) from ICF in 2021, Brain-based coaching certificate from NLI in 2020, Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP) from Prosci in 2013, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (ICBB) from MoreSteam in 2013, MAS from Johns Hopkins University in 1991, BSEE from University of Maryland in 1987
Additionally, Larry completed a 200 hour Yoga teacher training in 2017. He practices Transcendental Meditation (TM) and Yoga daily to keep firing on all cylinders
Larry has worked with clients like Thermo Fisher Scientific, Citizens Bank, General Electric, and Genworth.
David helps leaders and teams imagine an inspiring vision of the future, develop a collaborative work culture, and share responsibility for taking joint action. David models enthusiasm and common sense as a facilitative leader.
Prior to joining IA as a Program Leader, David worked as a teacher, adult education director, and youth-at-risk advocate and adviser.
David delivers training, meeting facilitation, organizational development consulting. He is a frequent keynote presenter at national conferences, including the International Association of Facilitators, the National Association of Teen Institutes and the Association for Humanistic Psychology. He is the author of three books and several stage plays.
David aims to Facilitate Agreement (a practice from the FL workshop) in all areas of his life.
"Now that the language and process of propose/check for understanding/check for agreement has become second nature for me, I find it essential for setting expectations and providing accountability."
David has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.