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Bringing out the best in people and teams.

I coach leaders, run workshops, and help organizations build teams where everyone feels valued and can do their best work.

Emily M. David

Evidence you can use on Monday morning.

I'm an organizational psychologist and have been working as a business school professor for over 15 years. My work is about the questions leaders actually face: how to build teams that perform, how to make inclusion real, and how to keep good people from burning out.

Every engagement is shaped around your context and designed so people leave with something practical to apply straight away.

How I can help

Open a service to see what it covers, then get in touch and we'll shape it together.

Executive coaching

For senior leaders and rising executives

One-to-one Co-Active coaching on leadership presence, navigating complexity, and the decisions in front of you right now.

Stepping into new rolesCo-Active approach360 feedbackPresence and influence

Career and transition coaching

For professionals at any stage

Support through career changes, plateaus, and big decisions. We map what matters to you and build a plan you can act on. Available individually or as a suite of employee benefits (e.g., return to work support).

Career transitionsPlateausProfessional identity

Team workshops

Half-day to multi-day, in person or online

Interactive sessions on inclusive leadership, high-performing teams, and performance conversations.

Inclusion and belongingHigh-performing teamsFeedback that works

Keynote speaking

Conferences, leadership forums, corporate events

Talks on future-proofing leadership, psychological safety, and the future of work, tailored to your audience.

Future of workPsychological safetyWellbeing

Organizational consulting

Assess, diagnose, and change

Engagement surveys, inclusion audits, talent assessment design, and culture change work.

Engagement surveysInclusion auditsAssessment design

Build your strategy with your hands.

In these hands-on workshops, everyone builds a model, tells its story, and the group arrives at a shared understanding.

I facilitate them using the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology and materials.

It gives every voice equal weight and gets to breakthroughs a normal meeting rarely reaches.

Team buildingLeadership offsitesStrategy alignmentCorporate eventsChange initiatives
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Emily M. David

How I work.

I start with your situation, not a script. We agree what success looks like, then design the shortest path to it.

My coaching is grounded in Co-Active training, which starts from the belief that you are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole. My role is to ask the questions that bring your own answers into focus, then help you follow through on the actions you choose.

Sessions are practical and direct. You leave with tools and language ready for the week ahead, and I stay available between sessions so momentum doesn't stall.

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Future-proofing your leadership

A free masterclass on the skills leaders need as work keeps changing.

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On leadership education in Singapore

A short conversation about teaching leaders in Asia.

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