David Kushner is an experienced and results-focused senior-level executive consultant, leadership coach, and go-to advisor on high-stakes organizational challenges and crises. He serves not-for-profit associations, government organizations, foundations, and corporations on governance and structure issues and guides leaders through strategic deliberation for major institutional change. David is well known for his expertise in organizational and board politics and respected among C-level leaders as a comprehensive risk assessor trusted for his in-depth grasp of all aspects of critical transitions.
MISSION FOCUSED, PEOPLE SAVVY
Delighting Clients for More Than 40 Years
Areas of Practice
Executive Coaching & Advisory Services
Benefit from experienced and candid perspectives about how to lead more effectively, manage internal politics, improve personal performance, grow your managers, collaborate with your governance bodies, resolve conflict, and generate sustainable, profitable growth.
Organizational Assessment & Restructuring
Approach cultural assessments, restructuring, and even mergers with a trusted partner who provides personalized, confidential, experience-based advice and counsel. Tackle turnarounds or major change in a way that achieves your goals, saves time and money, and reduces overall stress factors that accompany change.
Mediation & Conflict Resolution
Resolve problems with other organizations, improve relationships with a chapter or region, or end disputes between internal departments or divisions, and among staff, Board members, and committee members. Count on David for his calm demeanor and his superb question-asking ability, drawing out key issues and areas of potential consensus.
Executive Coaching & Advisory Services
Benefit from experienced and candid perspectives about how to lead more effectively, manage internal politics, improve personal performance, grow your managers, collaborate with your governance bodies, resolve conflict, and generate sustainable, profitable growth.
Organizational Assessment & Restructuring
Own success at every turn. Approach cultural assessments, restructuring, and even mergers with a trusted partner who provides personalized, confidential, experience-based advice and counsel. Tackle turnarounds or major change in a way that achieves your goals, saves time and money, and reduces overall stress factors that accompany change.
Strategic Deliberation & Exploration
Chart pathways forward (for the next 12-18 months and beyond), exploring new programs, building or enhancing strategic partner relationships, launching new business units, or undertaking other critical activities. More than “strategic planning,” strategic deliberation takes CEOs, Boards, and leadership teams into the conversations that can ignite opportunity and results.
Mediation & Conflict Resolution
Resolve problems with other organizations, improve relationships with a chapter or region, or end disputes between internal departments or divisions, and among staff, Board members, and committee members. Count on David for his calm demeanor and his superb question-asking ability, drawing out key issues and areas of potential consensus.
MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE
Why David Kushner?
MARKET-LEADING CLIENTS
Who Chooses David Kushner?
From the largest and most complex membership organizations in the world — to industry-leading corporations and universities — to scientific, technical, and professional societies — to certification and credentialing programs — David is called upon by top leaders at organizations built to serve, innovate, and enable progress.
SERIOUS EXPERTISE
What Has David Kushner Accomplished?
David’s clients know that when an initiative is complex, large, high-stakes, or unprecedented, David will deliver. When legacy organizations with names like “National (or International) Association of …” or “Global Society of …” or “The Foundation for …” come up against challenges or opportunities, they call David because his record of achievements for their peers and competitors precedes him.
INSIGHTS WORTH SHARING
Recent Articles
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Being Thoughtful About Governance Changes
Mini Case Study: Board Seeks to Complete Stalled Governance Change Process
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