Dave Cornelius

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Dr. Dave Cornelius, aka “Dr. Dave,” is a business, executive, and organizational coach, partnering with leaders and teams in for-profit, startup, and non-profit organizations to deliver a level of awesomeness that meets their goals. He works with Fortune 50 to Fortune 500 companies, helping them to deliver more than $1 billion in customer value. His clients include General Motors (GM) Financial, Pet Smart, Schneider Electric, Accenture, Improving, Centene, Citigroup, Cognizant, Univision Television, and others.

Dr. Dave is a coach to university researchers to facilitate the commercialization of their startup ideas and bring them to market.

Dr. Dave delivers in-person and virtual immersive learning experiences in agile (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.), design thinking, lean startup, and professional speaking. His doctoral manuscript focused on “The Value of Scrum to Organizations” in support of his management and organizational leadership doctoral path. He also holds a BS in computer science and an MBA.

Dr. Dave is a big community contributor and the founder of the Agile for Humanity conference and meetup that supports the BIPOC community to have a voice in the product development and technology fields. He is the founder of the 5 Saturdays (5saturdays.org) STEAM program that empowers under-estimated high school students to pursue knowledge and careers in STEM fields.

He is the author of five books (Transforming Your Leadership Character: The Lean Thinking and Agility Way, Elastic Minds: What are you thinking?, Prayers to my Abba Father God, Belonging and Healing: Creating awareness for yourself and others, and Deliver Value: happy contributing people, satisfied customers, and thriving business).

You will find his monthly podcast and blog, KnolShare with Dr. Dave, on popular streaming services as well as KnolShare.org.

Dr. Dave is a husband, dad, and grandfather.

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Belonging and Healing: Creating Awesomeness for yourself and others Jul 5, 2022

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In Belonging and Healing, author Dr. Dave A. Cornelius uses the Ubuntu principles followed by Archbishop Tutu and former South African President Nelson Mandela to help individuals and groups working in professional coaching, organizational coaching, and DEI to create genuine experiences among colleagues and teams.

Dr. Cornelius shares with leaders how Ubuntu principles can help to improve the psychological and physical well-being of colleagues and improve engagement and performance within the business environment.

Belonging and Healing explores the unique backgrounds that each person brings to the workspace including:

People of color
People with LGBTQ+ identities
Neurodiverse people
And people with mobility diversity needs

These principles are explored and presented, making it a practical, thought-provoking book that takes self-help concepts and puts them to work in the context of business success.

ISBN: 978-0-9963936-5-2 (eBook). 978-0-9963936-8-3 (Print).

About the Dr. Dave Cornelius aka Dr. Dave

Dr. Dave Cornelius, aka “Dr. Dave,” is a business, executive, and organizational coach, partnering with leaders and teams in for-profit, startup, and non-profit organizations to deliver a level of awesomeness that meets their goals. He works with Fortune 50 to Fortune 500 companies, helping them to deliver more than $1 billion in customer value. His clients include General Motors (GM) Financial, Pet Smart, Schneider Electric, Accenture, Improving, Centene, Citigroup, Cognizant, Univision Television, and others.
Dr. Dave is a coach to university researchers to facilitate the commercialization of their startup ideas and bring them to market.

Dr. Dave delivers in-person and virtual immersive learning experiences in agile (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.), design thinking, lean startup, and professional speaking. His doctoral manuscript focused on “The Value of Scrum to Organizations” in support of his management and organizational leadership doctoral path. He also holds a BS in computer science and an MBA.

Dr. Dave is a big community contributor and the founder of the Agile for Humanity conference and meetup that supports the BIPOC community to have a voice in the product development and technology fields. He is the founder of the 5 Saturdays (5saturdays.org) STEAM program that empowers under-estimated high school students to pursue knowledge and careers in STEM fields.

He is the author of five books (Transforming Your Leadership Character: The Lean Thinking and Agility Way, Elastic Minds: What are you thinking?, Prayers to my Abba Father God, Belonging and Healing: Creating awareness for yourself and others, and Deliver Value: happy contributing people, satisfied customers, and thriving business).

You will find his monthly podcast and blog, KnolShare with Dr. Dave, on popular streaming services as well as KnolShare.org.

Dr. Dave is a husband, dad, and grandfather.

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Elastic Minds: What are you thinking? Oct 7, 2017

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Elastic minds are creatives who reimagine ways to create businesses, define how people engage in learning, and create tools to change markets. People who possess the ability to think elastically produce game-changing outcomes that are available globally.
Creative abilities are highly desired attributes by most people. Musicians, artists, and business innovators are highly admired by people with an appreciation for achievements beyond the ordinary. In popular culture, fans celebrate the performance of others to the point of devotion. Most of the people we admire often have the gift of the elastic mind. People with elastic minds have the ability to hit the winning basket during a basketball game, sing with grace and feelings, or innovate the next technology that changes the business landscape. The skills of the elastic mind are, at times, the gifts we’re born with or the results of sweat and tears. Either way, we have the “can do” attitude that empower the creative and innovative spirit within.

In the chapter titled “The Power of Observation,” Tracy Treacy describes her journey as a private practice therapist.
Dr. Dave Martinez highlights his journey as a high school principal in the “Continual Learning” chapter.
Kevin Castle, Managing Director of a technology consulting business is profiled in the “Climbing the Mountains – Clearing the Hurdles” chapter.
In the chapter “The Story of Getting There,” Tammy Hawkins, Managing Director at Experis tells her story.
Richard Dolman, Vice President at Agile42, gives insights into his leadership experience in the “Smaller and More Frequent Delivery” chapter.
Alicia McLain, business owner of Operational Innovations, highlights her growth as a leader in the “Learn Fast – Inspect and Adapt” chapter.
In the chapter “You Don't Know It Until You Do It,” Jill Freeman Stack, Principle at Jill Stack PR gives her testimony of her career growth into business ownership.
James Wright, Agile Marketing Coach, tells his story of triumph in the “Check the Rearview Mirror” chapter.
In the chapter “Pay it Forward for Those Who Follow,” Wes Kliewer Director of Learning at Project Insights, tells his story. Bobby Cooper Jr., Owner of El Cheapo Lift, shares his powerful moments of courage in the “When You Fall, Stand Again” chapter.

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Transforming Your Leadership Character: The Lean Thinking and Agility Way Mar 25, 2016

by Dave Cornelius

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People need better leaders to guide them, but they also have a desire to become better leaders themselves in many aspects of life, such as businesses, churches, non-profits, sports teams, and more. Many corporate professionals and other practitioners in various disciplines pursue the goal of being solid leaders. But despite training and mentoring, these aspiring leaders still fall short of becoming the kind of leader who inspires others to deliver to the best of their abilities.
Based on extensive experience and observation, I believe we all have leadership traits, but proactive efforts are needed in order to grow and transform these skills. The appropriate level of planning, nurturing, and execution can help leaders navigate the course from a non-starter to a resilient starter and finisher.
Shawn, Chase, and Mario are three personas who represent the leadership dispositions of resilient-starters, quick-starters, and non-starters and finishers. Their stories model the ways that you can use lean thinking and agility to transform your leadership character.

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Deliver Value: Happy contributing people, Satisfied customers, and Thriving Business Sep 19, 2022

by Dave Cornelius

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A Game-Changing Framework for Evaluating What It Means to Create Value

What Does Delivering Value Look Like in the 21st Century – Future of work?

Value is one of those concepts everyone thinks they understand until the moment they must describe it to someone else.

The truth is much of our culture wants value from people, projects, and goals. In this landmark book, Dr. Dave A. Cornelius takes a renaissance view of the 21st century and future of work. He explains what delivering value means for individuals, businesses, and our society.

Deliver Value is that rare kind of book that not only clearly explains a series of abstract concepts but is also a pleasure to read. Dr. Cornelius uses fictional stories as modern-day fables to help explain what it looks like to deliver value in the real world.

In addition to these fictional stories, Dr. Cornelius also shares interviews with four business leaders to provide real-world examples of what value means in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world.

Inside this book, you will learn:

The real definition of value
What value looks like to customers
What value looks like to businesses
How value affects the future of work
What leaders want
How belonging, diversity, equity, and inclusion contribute to value
How to satisfy customers by delivering value
The link between delivering value and building a thriving business
And Much More

Delivering Value is essential reading for every business owner, executive, manager, entrepreneur, and anyone who cares about the future of work.

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Prayers to my Abba Father God Jan 20, 2019

by Dave Cornelius

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Prayer is asking, expecting, receiving, and responding based on frequent conversations with our Abba Father God. We engage in intimate conversations as many times needed to help with the journey through each day. The prayers included in this book began as songs intended to be recorded for worship. However, prayer is one way to worship and celebrate the goodness we have received as well as the corrections to help us grow. The prayers written in this book are categorized into three themes that include: 1) gratitude, 2) wandering, and 3) being still. A life that is filled with the attitude of gratitude demonstrates being content with the gifts received in life, no matter how small. We wonder physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Think of the Israelites in the Old Testament, wandering the desert for 40 years. According to historical facts, the journey should have only taken 11 days to travel from Egypt to Canaan to reach the promised land. When we take time for being still, it is acknowledging the goodness of being in God’s rest.
The book of Psalms contains many songs of praise that many people read daily for guidance. I invite you to read these prayers to help you create your own prayers. God love creative people! That is why God set aside the Levites as a special group of people responsible for music. I invite musicians to take these words and add melodies and new chord changes and share them with the world.

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