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David Rohlander    

The CEO's Coach - First a fighter pilot & CEO, then a speaker and coach focused on practical ways to help you create your life into a masterpiece.

David's most frequently requested presentations:

Create your masterpiece

Your life is not a dress rehearsal, you've only got one shot.

Acquire insights for living with significance and style. It's more "art" than science.

Artfully say "NO" and make them smile

Is the client always right?

Discover the hidden secrets that make people tick and how you can influence them.

How to get back alive

Learn the lessons of a combat fighter pilot.

How to make instant life or death decisions, hit your target and get back alive.

David G. Rohlander is a professional speaker, executive coach and Chairman of The CEO's Forum, David's passion is helping executives and organizations become the best that they can be. His life experience is useful.

David's career consists of military, academic, corporate and entrepreneurial successes.

• Military experience includes leadership roles and being a USAF combat fighter pilot.

• David's teaching includes being an adjunct professor at six universities in the southwestern US.

• At Merrill Lynch David became a Regional Tax Investment Specialist and was appointed to the firm's Management Advisory Council.

• As an entrepreneur, he started and ran two companies, syndicated and developed real estate and still leads DGR Communications, a division of Rohlander, Inc.

David received his MBA in finance from California State University and his BA degree in literature and history from Westmont College. Additional post graduate work was completed at Claremont Graduate University and with Peter Drucker.

David's professional affiliations include:

• Professional Coaches & Mentors Association

• National Speakers Association

• Forum for Corporate Directors

• The Association for Corporate Growth

• Association of Professional Consultants

This diverse background and an extensive client base of industries and companies combined with proven expertise in business consulting, strategic planning, marketing, management and communications have prepared David to bring insight and wisdom to many business issues.

Clients include:

Building Owners & Managers Association ----- TRW

California Association of Homes for the Aging ----- British Aerospace

Hotel Sales & Marketing Association ----- Textron Aerospace

Independent Free Papers of America ----- Firestone

National Association of Women in Construction ----- Cunard Line Ltd.

Ernst & Young ----- Hertz Penske

Deloitte & Touche ----- Honeywell

Latham & Watkins ----- Nestle

Oltmans Construction ----- Southern California Edison

Fidelity National Title ----- Xerox

Transamerica ----- How about you?

Speech Topics


The CEO

Code shows you how to develop the attitudes, knowledge, skills, and behaviors required to master leadership and build a great company. This practical presentation shows you how to design your own program of development and create a masterpiece, personally and professionally. It is based on the wisdom gained from more than 30 years of business experience.

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