CLARITY • PURPOSE • DIRECTION

Find clarity.
Build momentum.
Make what’s next matter.

I guide people through Paterson LifePlan to help them understand their story, clarify what matters most, and move confidently toward what’s next.

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What can LifePlan help you discover?

LifePlan helps you step back, see the patterns in your life, and gain clarity about who you are and where you’re going.

YOUR STORY

Understand Your Story

See the experiences, relationships and turning points that have shaped who you are and how you see the world.

YOUR DESIGN

Discover Your Design

Identify the gifts, passions, values and natural wiring that make you uniquely you.

YOUR FUTURE

Clarify What’s Next

Bring everything together into a clearer picture of where you are, what matters most, and where you want to go next.

WHY DAVE?

I’ve spent my life helping people and organizations move forward.

For more than three decades, I’ve led organizations, developed leaders, navigated change and helped teams work through difficult seasons. I’m especially drawn to places that are stuck, facing transition, or ready for something more.

Today, I bring that experience together through consulting, speaking and Paterson LifePlan—helping people discover clarity and helping organizations turn clarity into momentum.

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30+ YEARSLeading Organizations
Ed.D.Organizational Leadership
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PATERSON LIFEPLAN

Your life has a pattern.
LifePlan helps you see it.

LifePlan is an intensive two-day guided process that gives you the space to step back from the noise and see the bigger picture of your life.

Together, we explore your story, gifts, passions, values, wiring and experiences—and discover the patterns that have been shaping you all along.

You leave with greater clarity about who you are, what matters most, and where you should go next.

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LEADERSHIP & ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING

Sometimes you’re too close to the problem to see the way forward.

I work with leaders and organizations facing change, complexity, conflict or stalled momentum. Together, we identify what’s really getting in the way and build a practical path forward.

Organizational Assessment

Get an outside perspective on what’s working, what isn’t, and what needs attention next.

Leadership Team Development

Build greater trust, alignment, accountability and effectiveness among the people leading your organization.

Change & Turnaround

Navigate difficult transitions, regain momentum and move an organization from stuck toward healthy.

Executive Coaching

A confidential thinking partner for leaders facing significant decisions, challenges and opportunities.

Strategic Retreats

Step away from the daily noise, clarify priorities and leave with alignment around what matters most.

Staffing & Organizational Structure

Make sure the right people, roles and structure are in place for where your organization is going next.

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