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David Emerald

David Emerald is a consultant, facilitator, executive coach, speaker and author. He is co-founder of the Bainbridge Leadership Center Bainbridge Island, WA. As director of the Center's Organizational Leadership and Self Leadership practice areas, his focus is on supporting and facilitating individuals, teams, and organizations in making a conscious shift to leading and working from a vision-focused and passion-based orientation for their lives and livelihoods. David helps clients cultivate collaborative capabilities to create sustainable change and growth and to create powerful partnerships. David brings his own life experience, and 30 years of communication, leadership and organization development practice, to The Power of TED. He now makes his home on an island in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.


David Emerald is a prolific author who weaves storytelling through a rich narrative that merges Diabetes with the author's innovative psychological and social paradigm model-- TED The Empowerment Dynamic. David's personal experience with Type 2 Diabetes adds to the authenticity of personal emotions people experience when diagnosed with an illness, disorder or disease.


David is sought by businesses, organizations and institutions through his position as co-founder and Organizational Leadership director of Bainbridge Leadership Center. David is the founder of The Power of TED.