Leading From Where You Are

Leadership is a set of conscious choices and behaviors, not a job title. Knowing we’re making an impact through our ideas and actions is what gives meaning to our work. The themes in Leading From Where You Are empower you to optimize your impact and increase the meaning derived through your work.

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“Dave outlines easy-to-understand leadership themes and practical applications to develop the next generation of leaders at our organizations. Leaders from every sector will benefit from reading this book and reflecting on how their leadership choices and behaviors are making a positive impact on the mission of the organization and the future leaders who work there.”

Nicole Suydam

President & CEO

Goodwill of Orange County

“Leading from Where you Are delivers engaging and quick-flowing narrative that really explains how to be a better leader in very practical ways.”

Kate Klimow

Chief Administrative Officer and Director of External Relations

University of California, Irvine Beall Applied Innovation

“As a woman in manufacturing, it took a decade of my career to understand how to bring my authentic self to leadership in a traditionally male-dominated field. I recommend Leading from Where You Are to every professional; this book will guide you to bringing your best, most authentic self, your highest skills, talents, creativity, empathy and enthusiasm to your professional life, and help you to lead from where you are today”.

Alex Parker

CME, Executive VP

Redline Detection, LLC

“Leading from Where You Are provides 7 sets of behaviors that will improve your leadership regardless of your role or the organization that you are in. Dave thoroughly grounds these principles in the research literature, and in his extensive experience in a variety of leadership roles.”

Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D.

Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology

Kravis Leadership Institute, Claremont McKenna College

About Dave Coffaro

Dave is passionate about helping individuals and organizations be as successful as they can be. He continually works on expanding and refining his craft as a strategic organizational advisor, leader, developer of people, and communicator in order to serve others in defining, designing, and delivering their vision.

Beginning his career as a banker, Dave went through a commercial banking management training program that led to assignments in business lending and private banking. After a couple years in management consulting, he was offered a role at Bank of America’s Private Bank. At Bank of America and Wells Fargo he led teams of private bankers, wealth planners, portfolio managers, real estate asset managers, business succession/sales advisors and philanthropic advisors.

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Dave Coffaro helps his clients define, design and deliver their vision. He works primarily with service businesses: financial services, insurance, medical and other professional services firms in strategy design and delivery, change leadership, organizational restructuring and executive coaching.

If you’d like to improve your business strategy, fill out the contact form and Dave will be in touch with you shortly thereafter.