David Taylor-Klaus brings three decades of experience as a successful serial entrepreneur spending the last decade as a coach for successful entrepreneurs and senior executives.
Through coaching, David’s clients shift from leadership competency to leadership mastery. The result: dramatic shifts in their performance and their career trajectory. David believes that a powerful leader exists in each of us.
He empowers his clients – both individuals and teams – to unearth and unleash their leadership potential and take an active, intentional, and dynamic role in their professional and personal lives. His clients become better leaders, make better decisions, and generate better results.
Prior to establishing DTK Coaching, David was CEO of Digital Positions (DP), an internet strategy and web development firm he co-founded in 1995 and sold in 2009. As DP’s strategist, he worked with C-level executives, senior management teams and boards of directors, helping them to broaden their perspectives and see how interactive initiatives support corporate visions and values for positive growth.
In the pre-internet age, David was a partner in a technology consulting and systems integration firm focused on advertising agencies, marketing/communications firms, public relations firms, and printers.
David holds a Professional Certified Coach credential from the International Coach Federation, is a Certified Professional Co-active™ Coach, is one of the first to become a Certified Team Performance Coach™ and a Certified Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ) Coach, and he is a 15-year member of Vistage International and a Vistage Speaker.
David is driven by his passions for growth and creativity. Both his personal and professional worlds clearly reflect a journey in pursuit of excellence, always with a great deal of humor and heart. Known for his sharp intellect and incisive ability to see and say what others do not, David balances his fierce candor with genuine compassion.
David and his wife are almost empty nesters, living in Atlanta with the youngest of their three children along with their three dogs of different sizes and energy levels. A gold-medal rower in the Georgia State Games, an avid cyclist, and an enthusiastic wine-collector (and drinker), David also enjoys kick-boxing, really great jokes, laughing with others … and at himself.
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Sneak Peek Into What You’ll Learn…
2:09 – What are some of the lies we tell ourselves and how can we manage them? David shares great tips about how to overcome them.
06:01 – David gives concrete advice about how to re-frame the negative thoughts you may have before a big meeting, presentation, or any circumstance that causes you to doubt yourself.
13:13 – If you struggle with self-confidence and standing in your power, David has profound wisdom to help you..
21:30 – David discusses his personal struggle with depression and adult ADHD. He gives thoughtful advice about how to support someone with atypical wiring.
31:55 – How can you think about success in a way that will support healthy self-confidence and self-esteem? David shares specific advice about how to re-frame your definition of success.
37:48 – David hates the term work-life balance and discusses how to integrate family and work life.
46:30 – Brass Tacks: The lightning round of concrete advice and tips
Quotable quotes:
“Think of your saboteur as a misguided angel. They’ve got a terrible strategy, communicated badly, and at the worst possible time.”
“…there are other voices that we have–the higher self, the sage—those positive voices that we have. They get drowned out by the cacophony of all the negative voices.”
“‘Up until now’…those three words will change what’s possible instantly…change the language you use so you can change the belief.”
“Don’t shame the kid. Unpack the failures and success to help them figure out how to set them up for success in the future.”
“Financial security is not measured by how much you have in the bank. It’s that if you lose it all tomorrow, you know you can earn it back or make it again. That’s financial security.”
“…it’s life-work rhythm. How do you integrate the two to get a flow that works for you…”
“Don’t make any compromises in the short term you can’t live with in the long term”
Links to Resources
Learn more about David and DTK Coaching here
Here’s a link to David’s Mindset Mondays videos
Here’s a link to join David’s Mindset Mondays Facebook Group
Check out this free guide that will give you 5 Key Steps to Launch and Scale Your Coaching and Consulting Business
Here’s more about Positive Intelligence referred to in the episode
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