My guest today is David Achata.

David is an author, coach, trainer, facilitator, and speaker. He brings over twenty years of leadership experience to organizations, team development, and training. He holds a master’s degree in Spiritual Development and is an ICF Certified Executive Coach at the PCC level.

Over the years, David has worked in a wide array of capacities from high school teacher, to pastor, to organizational health consultant. His coaching firm, Achata Coaching Inc. was founded in 2011 to make space for leaders to find vision.

He lives in the mountains of east Tennessee with his wife and two children. 

David and I first crossed paths when we were both working as pastors.  Then later we reconnected as coaching colleagues and over the years have enjoyed connected rather randomly, hearing about each others journeys, and cheering each other on.

I’m delighted to share this conversation with you today as David shared pieces of his story, the reflections of how he’s made sense out of the chaos of life, and how he’s continuing to choose growth and expansion both in his personal and professional life.

David, thank you so much for sharing, for your candid reflections, for inviting us into your journey and processing.  Your deep questioning and curiosity is inspirational!

Throughout the conversation David references a number of books and there are links to these in the show notes.  David also has two upcoming books, and we link to his author page on Amazon so you can find all his publications there!

Links:

• Website
• Author Page

Books referenced:

• Edgar Schein, Humble Inquiry
• Parker Palmer, A Hidden Wholeness
• Runde & Flanagan's Conflict Competent series
• NT Wright, After You Believe  
• Curt Thompson, Anatomy of the Soul

David’s two  books:

• Embrace What You Don't Know: A Stupid Guide to Smart Leadership 

Make Life Less Difficult