About David Carr
David is a collaborator in God’s creation, a husband, father, son, and Eagle Scout. He has been a business owner, marketer, sales manager, artist, newspaper columnist, author of three books, teacher, and window washer! Facilitation and coaching are his passions and where he has chosen to focus his skill enhancement and education since 1995. He is Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Qualified (ENTJ), Leadership Practices Inventory (360 assessment) administrator, and Emotional Intelligence Certified (EQ-i and EQ360).
David has utilized his strengths of connectedness, arranger, strategic, includer, and individualization in over 20,000 hours with 1,500+ leaders and teams with as few as 5 to as many as 300 participants in developing uncommon leadership, building diverse, inclusive, and equitable communities, and creating productive innovation. This has resulted in higher morale, lower turnover, increased productivity, and greater ROI.
He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, including Procter & Gamble, Hallmark, Convergys, Fifth Third Bank, and Kroger; government agencies including the E.P.A. and the I.R.S.; educational institutions including the University of Dayton, University of Cincinnati, Xavier, and The University of North Carolina; Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center; the WNC Conference of United Methodist Church; Union Square Hospitality Group, NYC, Leadership Cincinnati, and Leadership Asheville as well as small family-owned companies and not-for-profits.
David has been an HR Consultant for the City of Asheville, North Carolina. At Montreat College’s Team and Leadership Center, he was the AHA! Resource for Corporate Development. He also served as the Venture Out! Director for organizational and leadership development at Camp Joy, Clarksville, Ohio.
What Clients Are Saying About Carrpe Diem
“I loved being able to share about a difficult situation that I had gone through and having people listen with compassion and offer me methods to address that situation in the future.”
“Thanks for facilitating our retreat today. The format generated some excellent ideas. I thought your instructions for the breakout groups were especially effective in eliciting good ideas for us to use as a basis for an improved vision and mission.”
“Really nice job today, Dave. The activities were good and teased out lots of good thoughts. I also appreciated how you wove in concepts from Leaders Open Doors. It’s amazing how many times the word “love” came up. You made it okay for people to fess up about their feelings for the group. Thanks!”
“I thoroughly enjoyed your facilitation of the HR session. It was truly masterful! From what I am hearing, everyone else enjoyed it as well.”
“The best thing about today was seeing my peers appreciate one another and actually, verbally acknowledge to them what we see and value.”
“Often times, these types of workshops, for me, have been a bit mundane and seen as a time suck. However, your workshop was engaging and truly eye-opening not only for me, but for many of us among the staff. We have already seen the effect of introducing the idea of gratitude into our daily service, and naturally, it has been a positive one!”
“On behalf of our staff, we would like to thank you for the wonderful work you have done! Your results were outstanding!”
“I found so much in the exercises and conversations that stimulated and challenged me, not necessarily to be a better manager or leader or chef or asset for the company, but simply to be better. I haven’t felt so alive and engaged in quite some time. So truly, and from a place that is deeply personal, thank you for giving me a toolbox for recalibrating and re-centering myself.”
“Just wanted to make sure that I took the opportunity to properly thank you on behalf of our team. I have received nothing but overwhelmingly positive feedback about our day yesterday! Our opportunities to disengage from our day jobs and make genuine connections with each other are few and far between. You immediately set the team at ease and I think your messages about vulnerability and gratitude truly resonated with the team. Thank you for sharing your talents with us for the day!”
“Dave did a great job! Storytelling is key to building and connecting and Dave nailed it.”
“Inspiring! Come back next year!”
“Great job! Thanks for always refocusing the group and fostering discussion.”
“THANK YOU Mr Carr! You changed my life. I left the retreat a different person, though I am not able to define how at the moment, I feel the change!”
“I want you to know that you are an amazing leader. After we left the camp I immediately questioned myself on how I can help my work environment be better because it starts with me first! Your impact on my way of thinking helped me recognize that. You have an impressionable way about you, and for that I was thankful to be a part of this KLA experience.”
“It was great to connect with my peers on this level. Some of these questions are so simple, yet so often forgotten about – yet so damn important! Thank you.”
Strongly Disagree = 1 2 3 4 5 = Strongly Agree
“Presenter used effective teaching methods.” 5 “Presenter was professional.” 5 “Workshop included information I can utilize.” 5 “Presenter created an environment that was conducive to learning.” 5 If I could give more than “5’s” I absolutely would! Thank-you!
“Great job! Your facilitation skills are not only clear, concise and well presented, it helped me to learn some techniques that I need to use to help me improve in my team interaction.”
“This was a great learning experience for me. I have already asked to talk with the CMO about offering your session to all employees. Trust has been an enormous issue…this has been the beginning of conflict for employees.”
“Wow! I truly feel blessed to know and work with such an amazing group of people who deeply care about making our community and ourselves more inclusive! I thought the facilitation team was spot on! Thank you, Dave, Lynn, and, Scott for bringing you’re A-game. From the pre-work to the focus on being proximate, empathetic, and courageous, to the activities. Thank you for your thoughtful facilitation.”
“Dave is an excellent facilitator of this very important subject. I highly recommend joining in the discussion.” – M.L., Cincinnati, OH
“ I REALLY ENJOYED THE “EXTRA CREDIT “ READING AND CLIPS. I THOUGHT SEVERAL TIMES THAT IF PUBLIC SCHOOLS VIRTUAL LEARNING COULD BE STYLED SIMILARLY, STUDENTS WOULD BE MORE ENGAGED. GREAT JOB DAVE! N.W., PORTSMOUTH, R.I.
“The best thing about the White Fragility book discussions was slow learning. Gave me time to really chew on concepts in each chapter.” D.T., Asheville, NC
“You initiated this discussion series at a pivotal time in our history, and encouraged people to speak openly without judgment, Thank You!! Also, learning to be uncomfortable when discussing these issues is ok.” D.R., Asheville, NC
“The best thing about these White Fragility book discussions was sharing conversation and experiences and learning discoveries. Made it worth the effort! Well worth the time spent.” J.H., St. Paul, MN
What was your favorite part of the session? “Openness. People came with good attitudes, the presenter gave many offerings for sharing, and provided good information.”
What would you like to share that would help us improve the quality of this session for future employees? “I rarely say this, but a longer training would’ve been nice. “
Dave is phenomenal. His expertise and tramsparency are amazing. Great to have a top notch leader leading us.
I want to thank you for being a YES! Your training has made me realize how important it is to deal with our past trauma. You made me realize how trusting people is okay. Everyone is not my mother, and I can trust people.
In early January 2024, I facilitated a 2-day leadership retreat for the U.S. Forest Service. At the close of the retreat, the director presented me with a Challenge Coin! Challenge coins are used to award team members who perform their duties extremely well. Receiving one is a great honor! I feel like I received a Golden Globe award!
Great pace. Good team activities that kept folks engaged.
Dave made everyone think and I liked the interactive parts that made the point. He kept things on track and read the crowd well. Dave was very well prepared. Learned I need to be vulnerable to build trust.
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