David Belden is the founder of the facilitation and executive development company, ExecuVision International. As a Professional Outsider, he observes and analyzes organizations and relationships impartially and non-judgmentally, from the outside. ExecuVision specializes in team alignment, executive development, workshops, retreats and keynotes for companies, associations, not-for-profits, and governmental organizations. The focus of his work is to help teams discover the underlying blockers to cooperation, understanding, and profitability. A significant dimension of David’s work is individual counseling, where he has performed between 30 and 40 sessions a month for the past ten years.
Educated in Denmark, David has 30 year’s experience in international trade, garnered while living abroad. David’s focus was in purchasing, import, export and creating new operations in foreign countries. He has lived in six countries, and worked in an additional 14, providing him with some unique insights into the universal nature of organizations.
David’s main focus for ten years was establishing new offices and restructuring dysfunctional operations abroad. During this time, he lived in Denmark, Taiwan, Japan, France, Germany, and the United States. His emphasis has been on process design, training, team building and creating an organizational structure where everyone contributes to his or her highest level of competence.
David is a 12-year Chair in Vistage, the world’s leading Chief Executive organization. With 14,000 members in 16 countries, Vistage (Vistage.com) creates better leaders by helping them make better decisions to get better results. David is a Master Chair and Best Practice Chair, facilitating and counseling a Chief Executive Group, and two groups of Vistage Chairs in the Washington, DC/Baltimore region.
David has also completed all the certification and advanced training in Imago Relationship Therapy. This study is focused on the work of Harville Hendrix, delineated in his perennial bestsellers, Getting the Love You Want and Receiving Love. David uses this training in conflict resolution and counseling, as well as in relationship workshops for couples where at least one of the partners is an executive.
David is also a certified Master Facilitator in Fierce Conversations™. As a supplement to this, he is also certified in The Communication Catalyst™, a watershed methodology delineating the psychological and neuroscientific basis of conversations. He has presented over 300 workshops, retreats, and keynotes to a wide range of groups and organizations.
Most recently, David has become a Certified Strategic Partner with the Management Innovation Index ™(MIX). This unique tool helps to both measure and address the drivers and constraints to innovation and creativity within an organization.
ExecuVision collaborates with a few highly specialized international associates to tailor a unique solution to your specific needs.
To find out how David can help your organization contact us.