About Us

Emergent Executive Coaching

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A leader at any level can benefit from executive coaching, not just people with C-level job titles or a corner office. Using the Three E’s to guide the coaching experience, we take the time to understand your unique goals, circumstances, and challenges. Emergent meets you where you are, and works alongside you using an individualized plan that's tailored to your needs and goals.

Emergent Executive Coaching is a coaching practice dedicated to supporting leaders at all levels of organizations to reach your fullest professional and personal potential. Each program is designed to fit your unique needs through the Three E’s: Evaluate, Expand, and Enact. 

Emergent’s clients are people who have a desire to achieve more for themselves and from themselves, so they can do more, give more, and be more. Close partnership and client-centered engagement are foundational values that are woven into the entire Emergent coaching experience.

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Meet Dave

Emergent Executive Coaching was founded by Dave Dessauer. Dave is an associate certified coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation, and he holds a certification in executive and professional coaching from the University of Texas at Dallas. He has extensive experience in leadership, training, and development.

Emergent is headquartered just outside of Nashville, Tennessee, and serves clients nationwide with virtual coaching conversations.

Working with Emergent Executive Coaching

  • "Dave gave me the clarity to define what I want in a new position, the confidence to advocate for myself, and the vision to see my future goals in a way I hadn't previously considered. I actually surpassed my own professional expectations after our coaching sessions. I recommend him to all of my colleagues who feel they may be at a crossroads in their career or life."

    —C.B.

  • "I've yet to have a session with Dave that hasn't resulted in a lightbulb moment for me. I'm constantly amazed at how he is able to ask the exact right questions to help me realize the answers to my problems were right in front of me all along. The progress I have made towards starting my own business is all thanks to Dave. I look forward to my coaching sessions because I know that I'll be better after each one."

    —Z.F.

  • "Dave and I set up biweekly meetings to help me discover: What is my life calling, and how do I make a career out of it? Dave coached me in discovering what motivates me, how to optimize this motivation, and how to transfer it into the workforce. By the end of our three-month plan, I was offered a job that matches exactly what we had discussed."

    —G.R.

  • "Dave always knew how to ask questions to help me reach epiphanies. He guided me through re-evaluating my previous job to understand why the role was not fulfilling me and figure out what I was looking for. Instead of accepting the mediocrity of feeling stuck in my previous job, I was able to search and find a position that I was truly passionate about. It was a lightbulb moment that if I was not happy, I could find another company that aligned with my values better."

    —L.D.

  • "Dave’s coaching is intuitive, insightful, and transformative. I’ve discovered so much about the way I think and act, who I am as a person, and how to take the next logical step to move forward. Dave can always get me un-stuck when I’m spinning on a problem."

    —A.L.

Fulfill your potential.