I put leaders in the DRIVER'S SEAT
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ABOUT
Dr. David W. Carter
is an organizational development specialist.
He advises organizations on
how to develop a motivating, creative,
and inclusive workplace.
Christy Classi, CAE
Executive Director
Kansas Society of Association Executives
Dr. Carter's presentation for KSAE was engaging and inspiring. Participants continued to discuss his thoughts on leadership for the rest of the conference and found his take-aways to be valuable and thought provoking.
Elizabeth Lenherr,
Director of Learning and Development
Advisors Excel
We hired Dr. Carter to speak to our employees, with high hopes that he would come into Advisors Excel and rock the house. He did not disappoint. His speaking style is high energy, relevant, and challenging and our entire team, over 400 employees, thoroughly enjoyed his keynote. He took a drab topic like Business Ethics, spiced it up by giving the workshop an aerospace theme, and then topped it all off by showing up and presenting wearing his flight suit! Dr. Carter is a true class act! He is an accomplished individual who brings his topics to life in a brilliant motivating, and relatable way.
Best speaker I have ever hired!
Kim Savage,
CIS Project Director
Westar Energy
Dr. Carter did an amazing job and provided great ideas for us to apply as we went through our merger.
SPEAKING
"I don't give lectures. I give experiences."
Justin Lamison
Operator
Chick-Fil-A
After working with Dr. Carter I have more of a team focus, more on the results of the business, and my team has taken significantly more ownership.
Wendy Coates
Office of Civil Rights
MOA Coordinator
Kansas State Dept. of Education
I highly recommend Dr. Carter.
He did our opening session for our Student Leadership Conference. He was fantastic!
I can’t say enough good things about him.
One other cool thing about him – he has a foundation and works with organizations to give local scholarships when he books an engagement.
Kevin Bragg
Division Director
San Bernardino County
Probation Dept.
Dr. Carter gave an inspiring message and much needed training to our department.
Services
Leadership Development
Implicit Bias Training
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Employee Wellness Coaching
Team-Building Exercises
Professional Development Workshops
Performance Management
Training & Development Systems
Business Process Improvement
COLLABORATIONS
Dr. David W. Carter grew up in abject poverty, in a drafty shack in rural Kentucky, with holes in the roof.
Both of his parents were illiterate, and most of his siblings were incarcerated during his childhood years.
But he didn’t let that upbringing define him.
Today, Dr. Carter is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, influencing audiences around the globe to reach their maximum potential by pushing themselves beyond what they thought was possible. An organizational development specialist for several institutions, businesses, and non-profit organizations, he has served in the United States Air Force as a combat engineer, as a police officer, and as an education technician for the National Park Service.
Dr. Carter has built a career around personal growth and success by doing two things: growing personally and achieving success. No gimmicks. No substitutes. He holds a doctorate in education, leadership, and organizational change from Benedictine University (summa cum laude), and he has given two TED Talks about leadership: The Lesser Seat (2015) and How Old Are You? (2016).
In 2016, Dr. Carter established the Laurie Marie Foundation—a non-profit devoted to developing student leaders and providing scholarships.
His past work has appeared on multiple news and media outlets and, C-SPAN’s Book TV, which highlighted his 2013 bestseller, Mayday Over Wichita.