Real organizations.
Real outcomes.
Every engagement on this page started with a manager who was struggling, a team that was underperforming, or a leader who wasn't quite ready for what was next. These are the results when you address the actual problem.
The problems change.
The outcomes don't.
Undertrained managers cost organizations more than most want to admit. These engagements show what changes when you fix it.
The challenge
A Fortune 500 sales team ranked 9th out of 10 with no clear path forward.
Misaligned priorities from the senior leader had fractured team dynamics, stalled communication, and left the division consistently missing targets. The fix was not a sales program. It was leadership.
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Five consecutive years of missing targets with their biggest annual event on the line.
Scattered goals, unclear priorities, and a culture of complacency had taken hold. Working with the CEO, executive team, and all staff, we rebuilt accountability from the top down before their flagship event.
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Technically excellent, not yet executive-ready — a VP earmarked for CFO.
A mid-sized financial services firm needed their top internal candidate to close real gaps: strategic mindset, executive presence, and the political fluency required inside an LLP. The ASCEND process delivered all three.
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High costs and low participation — managers were not getting the development they needed.
In-person training was expensive and logistically impractical. Participation was low, bench strength was thin, and succession planning was stalling. A virtual ASCEND cohort replaced the entire program at a fraction of the cost.
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Census sliding, team struggling, and an ED who could not step away without things falling apart.
A Senior Executive Director at Commonwealth Senior Living was working long hours and still falling behind. Occupancy sat at 80% and was dropping. The coaching work started with the leader, not the building.
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A DoD technical director whose team ran on emergencies instead of priorities.
She led engineers, cybersecurity staff, and military contractors. Everything became urgent because nothing had a deadline. ASCEND gave her the structure to change that — and the results went to a three-star general.
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They had an internal training function. For leadership development, they needed a specialist.
A national nonprofit brings Arrington Coaching in specifically for leadership. Over several years and 20+ sessions, a curriculum covering goal setting, accountability, performance conversations, and change leadership has reached 400+ leaders.
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A multi-site manufacturer needed every level of leadership speaking the same language.
Supervisory staff lacked a shared framework for accountability and performance. The Leadership Pipeline Builder brought the entire organization into the same development process, with individual coaching at the executive level.
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The challenge
A VP who needed to align her team, cast a compelling vision and earn the top seat.
Individual coaching built her executive presence and strategic clarity. Team coaching aligned her leadership group around a shared direction. She was promoted to CEO.
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The challenge
Passed over for promotion six years in a row and no clear reason why.
She had the skills. What she lacked was the visibility, confidence, and executive presence to make the case internally. Twelve months of focused coaching changed how she showed up — and changed the answer she kept getting.
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The challenge
A culture built around surfacing problems not solving them.
Consistent leadership development workshops shifted the default from problem amplification to problem solving — a cultural change that required patience, repetition, and buy-in at every level.
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In their words
Clients who experienced it directly.
This resulted in a 24% profit increase year over year for one of our signature events. David is straightforward — he lets you know you have to do the work, but he does this with warmth and compassion.
Lisa Chacon Development Manager
He coached me towards positive results including increasing customer satisfaction, Net Operating Income, and building effective relationships with my team. I highly recommend any organization make this investment at every level of leadership.
Reuben Canty Senior Executive Director
Each of my goals were not only met but exceeded. I developed a more influential executive presence, made significant impacts on strategic objectives, and promoted 3 members of my team. Anyone looking to make a pivotal shift will not be disappointed.
Valencia McCrimmon Senior Director
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