David Cole,
The Leadership Coach Advantage
David is an Organization and Leadership Development expert with over 30 years experience
at Cummins Inc., a leading U.S. multi-national manufacturing firm. Having served
in leadership positions in corporate strategy and corporate quality, as well as
corporate HR, David has a unique appreciation for strategically integrated approaches
to performance improvement and organization effectiveness.
David's rich experience with large system change has included providing leadership
to several global change initiatives at Cummins Inc. focused on: leadership development,
performance management, new product development, diversity engagement, functional
excellence, and quality operating systems. He brings expertise in process design,
development, deployment and assessment to large system change efforts.
David has particular talent and passion for coaching, and learning facilitation.
He has extensive experience training and certifying organization leaders in these
roles as internal change agents. In addition to his US experience, David has coached,
trained and certified leaders in India, China, Mexico, Canada and the UK. He has
been certified as a Master Trainer with Achieve Global and Development Dimensions
International (DDI) and is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF).
David earned a BA from Hanover College with a double major in Sociology and Political
Science. He continued his education at Indiana University through the School of
Public and Environmental Affairs and through the National Training Lab’s Center
for Applied Behavioral Science.