About David
I didn’t get fired.
But I still walked away feeling like I’d failed.
The firm brought in an outsider to lead the team — the role I thought I’d been building toward for years.
I stayed professional. I kept it together.
But inside? It hit harder than I expected.
Not because I lacked experience.
Not because I wasn’t capable.
But because something in my work had stopped feeling solid long before the announcement.
I was stretching myself thin.
Overthinking simple decisions.
Carrying more pressure than anyone realized.
And convincing myself I should be able to handle it all.
The truth was simple:
I was working against myself, and I didn’t know why.
At the time, I didn’t have language for any of it — I just knew I needed to rebuild.
So I rebuilt how I work from the ground up.
I stopped trying to force old habits to work and stopped pretending more pressure would fix anything.
I rebuilt my entire system around clarity, structure, and steady progress.
Timers, boundaries, simple frameworks, routines that didn’t collapse at the first sign of friction — nothing fancy, just structure that reduced noise.
And it worked.
I went from feeling scattered and reactive to feeling grounded and in control again.
That shift changed my career.
And eventually, it became the backbone of the work I do now.
Today, I run a coaching practice helping senior leaders get clear on their direction, tighten their positioning, and build momentum toward their next move — without the guesswork.
I work with senior leaders who know they’re capable.
They just can’t lock in what comes next.
You’ve done real work. You’ve led teams. You’ve built things that mattered.
But choosing your next move isn’t about capability — it’s about clarity.
Maybe this sounds familiar:
🟠 Your resume → technically solid, but not telling a clear story
🟠 Your LinkedIn → scattered, unfocused, or half-positioned
🟠 Your network → full of people, but no direction
🟠 Your expertise → strong, but not showing up where it matters
And while you’re weighing options, everyone else seems to be moving.
That tension — that “I could go in several directions” feeling — is exactly where leaders get stuck.
That’s why I built the Core 4 Framework.
It’s the structure I wish I had when I needed my own reset.
A simple sequence for leaders at a crossroads:
1. Clarity
➝ Figure out what actually fits — not all the things you could do, but what makes sense now.
2. Cohesion
➝ Build a through line that shows who you are and where you’re headed.
3. Connection
➝ Engage the right people in ways that feel natural, not performative.
4. Communicate
➝ Share ideas that build visibility, trust, and authority.
When these four pieces line up, everything downstream finally clicks.
Why leaders come to me
Before coaching, I spent 20 years in recruiting, HR, and hiring leadership.
I ran a full desk.
Built teams.
Worked with hedge funds, PE firms, asset managers, and some of NYC’s largest companies.
I’ve been:
✓ An agency recruiter
✓ An in-house HR lead
✓ An executive hiring manager
I know exactly how hiring decisions get made — and where leadership searches fall apart.
Most leaders don’t struggle with the work.
They struggle with direction, positioning, and choosing the next move with confidence.
That’s where the One Path Principle comes in.
It’s how we cut noise, lock in direction, and give your entire search structure.
And once that clarity hits?
“I finally stopped spinning and started making real moves.”
Former client — now leading a team in a role they almost skipped
You don’t need more advice.
You need a strategy that aligns with how leaders actually operate.
If you’re ready to stop weighing every option and start building real momentum, let’s talk.
Momentum, my eight-week one-on-one career accelerator, is where we do the real work.