Dr. David Arrington

Arrington Coaching, LLC

Often an outside perspective can make the difference between rapid progress and a prolonged stall. 

When you need to get people on the same page, identify ways to increase employee engagement, chart a path to your next promotion, or develop your leadership skills, often an outside voice is just what the doctor ordered. 

That's where we come in. Arrington Coaching specializes in 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 through coaching, training, and speaking.

💥 We help you gain the clarity, focus, and decisiveness you need to lead courageously. 
💥 We help your team communicate more effectively and break down silos. 
💥 We level up your team's leadership skills.  
💥 We empower and engage your entire organization through workshops, training, and coaching. 
💥 We create custom courses to build the leadership skills you need.

𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗦: 
👉 Providing Strategic Direction (1-3 days)
👉 Leading High-Performing Teams (1-3 days)
👉 Developing High-Performing People (1-2 days)
👉 Leading Change that Lasts (1-2 days)
👉 Managing, Supervising & Leading (1 day)
👉 Getting Results with Positive Accountability (1-2 days)
👉 Clear & Effective Communication (1-3 days)
👉 Presenting Like a Boss! (2-3 days)

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗗𝗗 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗨𝗘
🏆 Executive coaching for clarity, vision, and acceleration
🏆 Leadership coaching for performance improvement
🏆 Team Coaching for alignment
🏆 Business coaching for focus and profit
🏆 Career coaching for ambitious leaders
🏆 Leadership training for leadership development (of course)
🏆 Keynotes that motivate and inspire your entire organization
🏆 Workshops that empower and equip all your employees

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗨𝗦
Wondering if we are as awesome as we say? Take a test drive before you decide. 
Schedule, a complimentary 30-minute Goals Call here: https://arringtoncoaching.com/schedule/

Chief Operating Officer

Promotable: How to Demonstrate Your Value, Highlight Your Potential & Land Your Next Promotion

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Want to land your next Promotion?

But, how will you answer the most crucial question: why you?

You’re mid-career, and you thought you’d be further along by now, what happened? You’ve got the experience. You’ve worked long and hard. But it just seems like you can’t catch a break. What are your options at this stage of your career?

Maybe you’ve been passed over for a promotion (again) what should you do? Stay pissed off? Rage on Facebook? Quit (cause that’ll show ’em)? Stay on and become a toxic teammate and a living hell to manage?

And if you’re a mid-career Gen Xer, getting promoted today is more difficult because the workplace is growing more crowded every year. Boomers aren’t leaving the workforce, they’re coming back! More Millennials are entering the workforce every day, and now Gen Z is graduating from college and entering this job market mosh pit.

In Promotable, you will get some solid career advice for getting promoted (even after you’ve been passed over). 

In Promotable, you’ll learn step-by-step how to:
create a career action plan;
clarify your reasons for wanting the promotion;
identify and mitigate experience gaps;
reshape negative perceptions; 
build influence; 
create strong relationships;
demonstrate your value to the team; 
highlight your potential;
become the obvious choice;
land your next promotion;
all while not losing sight of work-life balance.

 Amazon #1 Best Selling Author

Allegheny East Conference Corporation

* Chaired several committees. P/L Responsibility.
* Coached organizational leaders.
* Managed multiple teams from 10 to 150 people.
* Successfully delivered stalled $1.24M construction project on time and under budget. 
* Improved organizational structure and direction by leading team through strategic planning exercises. 
* Worked with organizational leaders to develop annual budget.
* Developed annual organizational training program.
* Mapped existing organizational systems, allowing for organizational attention and resources to be directed to non-functional systems.
* Organized multiple organization-wide, community-facing events, promoting complete employee buy-in. 
* Developed partnerships with corporations and community organization to reach goals.

Non-Profit Leadership

Schlumberger

North American Recruiting Manager
* Staffed new, high profile consulting business unit with 32 new hires within four month time frame. 
* Controlled $600K budget. 
* Developed global recruitment process and interview schedule to ensure acquisition of industry-leading talent.
* Held final hiring authority, and assigned new hires to specific geographic regions.
* Presented recruiting processes and methods to worldwide organizational leadership in Paris. 
* Exceeded recruiting targets by 31%, enabling business unit to begin operations on schedule. 
* Received promotion to worldwide recruiting coordinator as result of project being delivered on time and under budget.
* P/L Responsibility.

Network Engineer 
* Managed design of VPN with input throughout entire lifecycle, including gathering requirements, defining project scope, selected equipment, testing, security and global installation. 
* Developed end user documentation to facilitate roll-out and ongoing network operations. 
* Identified international network hub locations and qualified local bandwidth providers for service availability, bandwidth reliability and cost. Provided comprehensive technical support.

North American Recruiting Manager

ExxonMobil

* Designed dial-in VPN solution that served as front-end for Citrix server farm. Selected hardware, secured best pricing, and outlined and finalized dial-in process which was used as a template for the global roll out. Documented project and communicated milestones to senior management.
* Managed Knowledgebase System Document Conversion Project. Led five-member team in project planning, converted integrated documentation into database, and ensured adherence to timeframe and budget deliverables.
* Served as project lead for Exxon Chemical Company Global Modem Pooling Project.

Systems Analyst

Are you a senior executive caught between strategic vision and daily firefighting? You're not alone. Many C-suite leaders find their growth initiatives derailed by operational chaos and team misalignment.

I'm Dr. David Arrington, Executive Coach, COO of Arrington Coaching, and Amazon bestselling author of "Promotable." With 20+ leadership courses developed and over 1,000 leaders trained across 13+ industries, I help senior leaders develop executive presence, enhance emotional intelligence, advance their careers, and build high-performing teams.

Our comprehensive solutions include:

One-on-one Executive Coaching
Executive Presence Development
Leadership Team Coaching
Group & Team Development
Organizational Culture Transformation
Leadership Training & Development
Keynote Speaking on Leadership Excellence
Virtual Leadership Courses (training.arringtoncoaching.com)

Leaders engage our services when:

Seeking to strengthen executive presence and influence
Pursuing career advancement and increased promotability
Looking to enhance emotional intelligence and leadership impact
Caught in constant firefighting instead of strategic execution
Leading teams struggling with accountability and alignment
Managing change initiatives meeting unexpected resistance

Our ASCEND methodology has delivered proven results:

Transformed an underperforming sales division from 9th to 1st place ($1.6M YoY improvement)
Developed executive presence that drives boardroom influence
Successfully guided multiple VP-to-C-suite transitions
Created measurable improvements in team performance and cultural alignment

"Working with David as a coach is intense, challenging, and extremely rewarding. He develops a strong relationship during the coaching journey, ensuring you will challenge norms, meet goals, and grow as a leader." - Tracy Keller, CEO

I specialize in helping executives:

Build compelling executive presence and influence
Advance their careers and increase their promotability
Develop emotional intelligence for greater leadership impact
Shift from crisis management to strategic leadership
Build aligned, high-performing executive teams
Navigate organizational change with confidence

Whether you're strengthening your executive presence, pursuing career advancement, or seeking to elevate your strategic impact, my programs adapt to your demanding schedule through virtual and hybrid delivery.
Ready to move from constant firefighting to strategic leadership? 

Let's discuss your goals: https://arringtoncoaching.com/connect/lets-chat/

Often an outside perspective can make the difference between rapid progress and a prolonged stall. 

When you need to get people on the same page, identify ways to increase employee engagement, chart a path to your next promotion, or develop your leadership skills, often an outside voice is just what the doctor ordered. 

That's where we come in. Arrington Coaching specializes in 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 through coaching, training, and speaking.

💥 We help you gain the clarity, focus, and decisiveness you need to lead courageously. 
💥 We help your team communicate more effectively and break down silos. 
💥 We level up your team's leadership skills.  
💥 We empower and engage your entire organization through workshops, training, and coaching. 
💥 We create custom courses to build the leadership skills you need.

𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗦: 
👉 Providing Strategic Direction (1-3 days)
👉 Leading High-Performing Teams (1-3 days)
👉 Developing High-Performing People (1-2 days)
👉 Leading Change that Lasts (1-2 days)
👉 Managing, Supervising & Leading (1 day)
👉 Getting Results with Positive Accountability (1-2 days)
👉 Clear & Effective Communication (1-3 days)
👉 Presenting Like a Boss! (2-3 days)

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗪𝗘 𝗔𝗗𝗗 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗨𝗘
🏆 Executive coaching for clarity, vision, and acceleration
🏆 Leadership coaching for performance improvement
🏆 Team Coaching for alignment
🏆 Business coaching for focus and profit
🏆 Career coaching for ambitious leaders
🏆 Leadership training for leadership development (of course)
🏆 Keynotes that motivate and inspire your entire organization
🏆 Workshops that empower and equip all your employees

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗨𝗦
Wondering if we are as awesome as we say? Take a test drive before you decide. 
Schedule, a complimentary 30-minute Goals Call here: https://arringtoncoaching.com/schedule/ 


Let’s be honest: most leaders struggle with delegation — not because they don’t want to let go, but because letting go feels unsafe.

Delegation touches every leader’s deepest fears: “What if they don’t do it right? What if they outshine me? What if everything falls apart without my hand in it?”
But the truth is, holding on too tightly doesn’t protect you — it limits you.

1️⃣ You equate control with safety.
It feels easier to do it yourself because you trust your way. But the more you clutch, the less capacity you have to lead. True leadership means building systems that make success possible without you hovering.

2️⃣ You don’t trust the process — or your people.
Delegation isn’t dumping tasks; it’s transferring ownership. Without clarity, coaching, and accountability, you’re not empowering — you’re setting people up to fail. Leadership is about raising the bar, not raising your blood pressure.

3️⃣ You fear losing value.
This one’s big. Many leaders secretly equate their worth with their workload. But being busy isn’t being effective. Your real value comes from vision — not from doing everyone else’s work.

Delegation isn’t laziness — it’s leadership maturity. It’s the art of stepping back so your team can step up.

At Arrington Coaching, we help leaders reframe delegation from a loss of control to a gain of capability. Because when you empower others, you multiply your impact — and that’s what sustainable leadership truly looks like.

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Leadership Development Expert | Complete Leadership Development System | Transforming Newly Promoted Managers

Most organizations wait until something breaks before investing in leadership development — but by then, the damage is already done.

I’ve seen it too many times: talented teams burning out under unclear direction, leaders overwhelmed by responsibilities they were never prepared for, and promising initiatives that stall because no one’s equipped to sustain them.

When leadership training is neglected, the cost isn’t just financial — it’s emotional, cultural, and deeply human.

1️⃣ Burnout spreads fast.
When leaders don’t have the tools to manage pressure, their teams feel it immediately. Stress becomes contagious. Communication shortens, empathy fades, and creativity dries up. Before long, everyone’s just trying to make it through the day instead of making an impact.

2️⃣ Retention tanks.
People rarely quit companies — they quit the energy that surrounds them. A misaligned culture or overwhelmed leader drives even the best talent to look elsewhere. It’s not about paychecks; it’s about peace of mind and purpose.

3️⃣ Vision blurs.
When leaders are constantly in survival mode, strategy gets replaced by reaction. The organization loses direction — and innovation stalls.

Leadership isn’t about titles; it’s about tools. And the sooner you equip your leaders with them, the faster your entire culture begins to thrive.

👉 Don’t wait for burnout or turnover to signal it’s time. Start investing in the kind of leadership that sustains growth — not just survives it.

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We love to romanticize leadership — to act as if some people are just “born to lead.” But the truth? No one enters the world knowing how to inspire, communicate, and navigate conflict. Those skills are built, not bestowed.

1️⃣ Leadership isn’t instinct — it’s learned.
Behind every confident, composed leader is years of practice, feedback, and failure. They learned what works — often the hard way.

2️⃣ People skills require practice.
Empathy, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution — these aren’t personality traits; they’re muscles. The more you use them, the stronger they get.

3️⃣ Even great leaders keep learning.
Titles don’t end your growth; they begin a new chapter. The best leaders are lifelong students, hungry for new perspectives that keep them adaptable and relevant.

If you’ve ever thought, “I’m not cut out for leadership,” pause right there. You don’t need to be born for it — you just need the willingness to grow into it.

At Arrington Coaching, we’ve seen hundreds of “nontraditional” leaders evolve into extraordinary ones through structured learning, reflection, and mentorship. Because great leadership isn’t about charisma — it’s about consistency.

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No one talks enough about the emotional tax of leadership.
The late nights thinking about how your team’s doing. The weight of unspoken pressure. The constant balancing act between empathy and endurance.

When you care deeply about your people, you absorb their stress — and without boundaries, that empathy turns into exhaustion. Leaders often wear invisible burdens, because they think strength means staying composed. But bottling emotion doesn’t make you stronger; it just delays the crash.

You can’t clock out from leadership. Your mind keeps running even when your laptop closes. That mental load isn’t weakness — it’s emotional labor. The problem is, most leaders don’t account for it in their “workload.” They plan for strategy and meetings, not recovery and reflection.

And here’s the truth: putting yourself last doesn’t make you selfless — it makes you unsustainable.
Your resilience sets the tone for your team. When you’re grounded, they feel safer. When you’re constantly drained, they absorb that too.

At Arrington Coaching, we help leaders build systems that protect their energy while maintaining empathy. Because emotional intelligence and emotional exhaustion are not the same thing.

Leading with heart shouldn’t mean losing yourself in the process. Protect your energy like your impact depends on it — because it does.

👉 Learn how to balance empathy and endurance at https://lnkd.in/eEbG2etb
.

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The truth is — most new leaders don’t fail because they’re incapable. They fail because they were never properly prepared.

We promote based on performance, not potential. Someone excels at their role, so we hand them a team — without the guidance, mentorship, or systems to lead it. And then we wonder why they’re overwhelmed.

1️⃣ They were promoted for performance, not preparation.
Being a great individual contributor doesn’t automatically translate to leading others. Without frameworks for delegation, feedback, and motivation, new leaders end up treading water, unsure where to start.

2️⃣ They’re afraid to ask for help.
Many new executives feel the pressure to prove themselves. They wear confidence like armor and hide uncertainty to avoid looking weak. But leadership isn’t about knowing everything — it’s about being brave enough to learn.

3️⃣ They don’t know what success looks like.
Without clear expectations or mentorship, it’s easy to confuse busyness for progress. True success comes from clarity — knowing where you’re going, and how to get your team there with you.

If you’ve ever felt like you were “faking it” as a new leader, you’re not alone. The difference between drowning and thriving isn’t talent — it’s training.

That’s why at Arrington Coaching, we help leaders build confidence through systems, communication skills, and mindset shifts that create clarity and calm under pressure.

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No one loses motivation overnight. It’s not one big moment — it’s small cracks that form quietly over time.
It starts when you stop seeing meaning in your metrics. When every win feels transactional. When you’re so focused on hitting targets that you forget why you set them.

Leaders often find themselves in this silent drift.
They’re not burned out enough to quit — but not inspired enough to create. Days blur together in an endless loop of meetings, emails, and “urgent” fires. It’s not failure. It’s fatigue disguised as discipline.

When motivation fades, it’s usually because clarity has too. You’re chasing outcomes instead of impact. You’re measuring worth by exhaustion instead of alignment.

But here’s the shift: meaning reignites momentum.
When you reconnect to purpose — the reason behind the pressure — you rediscover drive. Purpose gives energy structure. It reminds you that you’re not just leading for performance, but for people.

At Arrington Coaching, we help leaders pause the autopilot and rebuild clarity — because sustainable motivation comes from direction, not deadlines.

If you’ve been operating on empty, take a breath and ask: What am I actually building?

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