The David Goldsmith legacy in the executive coaching space is epic. He is a founder and longtime leader of the executive coaching profession. For more than 30 years, he’s expanded and improved the global coaching landscape through training, advocacy, and organizational leadership. During that time, he’s advised hundreds of executives and founders who have quickly achieved positive results and enviable success.

David co-founded the Foundation of Coaching, now the Institute of Coaching at Harvard University Medical School. He served as the first president of Coach U, one of the oldest and most established coach training schools. He co-founded the International Coaching Federation (ICF), the largest association of coaches worldwide with over 50,000 members, and he trained the first coaches in Japan, helping establish the first Japanese coaching company, coachA.com. Most recently, through his breakthrough company, 7 Paths Forward, he introduced the Accelerating Coaching Excellence (ACE) program. That program is actively building a vibrant and growing global community of 3,000+ elite and uniquely certified professional coaches.