David’s outstanding coaching strength is his ability to forge a strong bond of trust and hold the client accountable for his or her own leadership, i.e, from the outset he seeks to support a client independently handle the most difficult aspects of their dilemma. This focus on accountability enables him to be an impactful coach. David’s area of development, concerns skilfully switching between coach and mentoring roles. Given his past career, people inevitably contract him due to his experience – they expect him to give advice. David handles this challenge skilfully and has developed an approach of storytelling that enables to convey his experience without being instructional. David is very adept at questioning asking. What he is aware of, and working on, moving smoothly between the two modes of support and ensuring the major focus of his sessions focus on question asking. He is good at handling this challenge. Given his career experience, it is a challenge he needs to be graceful with as senior clients can hold David in story mode beyond what’s needed.