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About Dave

Dave Jennings is known as a catalyst who accelerates leaders’ impact in situations that are beyond their experience. Using performance psychology, he instigates, he questions, and he uncovers the real barriers so leaders can face their incompetence and accept their real job.

Dave knows the emotional psychology inside leadership. In the trenches with executives implementing global strategic change initiatives in complex organizations, he understands the risks, stresses, and opportunities. He has coached, trained, prodded, and cajoled thousands of leaders and high-potentials from blue-chip companies such as Deloitte, ExxonMobil, and Hewlett-Packard.

At Intel, his prodding led to $12M savings in one conversation. At Microsoft, his partnership in change initiatives led to breakthroughs that facilitated the launch of half billion dollar projects, achieved awards, and returned millions of dollars. His change management framework at the software giant was adopted world-wide.  

With a PhD in Sport Psychology and emphasis in Organizational Psychology, he knows the world of accelerating impact. His doctorial research tested the tools of resilience on a most at-risk group: uneducated women in dead-end jobs. The impact was immediate and lasted far beyond expectations. His findings set the foundation for his passion to research how leaders lead in complex, high-stakes situations. As Associate Professor in Organizational Leadership and Strategy in the #1 ranked MBA program of Brigham Young University, he continued his research in leader transition and organizational change.

Before helping leaders step up their performance, Dave knew what it meant to step up his own in the competitive world of ballroom dancing. Dave was national champion and toured world-wide. He has passed the torch to his daughter who is competitive ballroom dancing now and is supporting her performance by building a dance studio in their home.

From ballroom dancing, to women in dead-end jobs, to advising large scale transformations in blue-chip companies, Dave has made a surprising discovery: to continually succeed, performers, athletes and leaders all must adopt skills that are scalable across multiple situations. Their mindset and skill set must rise to meet the constant unknowns of the environment.