David J. Pollay is best known as the creator and author of the international blockbuster, The Law of the Garbage Truck™: How to Respond to People Who Dump On You and How to Stop Dumping on Others, translated into 13 languages. David’s No Garbage Trucks! Pledge has been taken by people from more than 100 countries and in nearly 50 languages.
“David Pollay is a master at creating instruction manuals for living one’s best life. In his hands, research findings from the science of positive psychology become clear, practical, and deeply transformative.”
“I have never seen professional and personal transformation happen faster. I didn’t think it was possible. David Pollay’s coaching is extraordinary.”
“David’s unique ability to recognize, understand, and explain complex business relationships has revolutionized my thinking, and most importantly, my actions.”
David helps his executive coaching clients make more money, get promoted, enjoy better relationships, drive positive organizational performance, and find more fulfillment at work and at home. He achieves this by serving as an executive coach to business leaders from the world’s top companies, where he distinguishes himself through his expertise in positive psychology and his own experience in leadership roles at Yahoo!, MasterCard, and other leading organizations.
David is a pioneer in applying the science of positive psychology to fuel organizational performance and personal transformation. David’s signature coaching methodology, The Relationship Bottom Line™, enables his clients to accelerate their own growth and success as they simultaneously activate the productivity, creativity, and collaboration of the people in their organizations. The bottom line: David gets business results. Through the power of investing in positive work relationships, David’s process builds and develops the strengths of each leader, and evokes and amplifies the positive core of their organizations.
David’s coaching and writing have been endorsed by executives who have served in top leadership roles in companies such as:
David was a co-founding associate executive director of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). For nearly a decade he has served as the on-air host of the Positive Psychology Leader Series, where he has been dubbed “the voice of IPPA.”
In addition to executive coaching, David shares his experiences and insights in other forums. He is the best-selling author of two books. David’s The Law of the Garbage Truck™ is his trademarked method for liberating millions all over the world from the shackles of other people’s negativity. David’s second book, The 3 Promises: Find Joy Every Day. Do What You Love. Make a Difference, has attracted an international following of readers who have transformed their lives by committing to The 3 Promises™ every day.
David is also a keynote speaker to audiences around the world. He gave a TEDx talk on his mantra, “Spread Gratitude. Not Garbage.Ô” David has been featured on ABC, NPR, Univision, and in Forbes, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, and media worldwide.
Much of David’s knowledge stems from practical experience. He has held leadership roles his entire career. David was the first director of customer care at Yahoo!, Inc. and the first director of Yahoo!’s learning and development organization. He partnered with the Gallup Organization in 2000 to bring strengths-based leadership and management development to Yahoo!’s top performers worldwide. Previously, David held director roles at MasterCard and Global Payments, and he was the CEO of AIESEC (the world’s largest student-run, university-based leadership development program) in the United States. In 2006, David was inducted into AIESEC’s Global Hall of Fame in a ceremony held in Agra, India, just minutes from the Taj Mahal.
David holds a master’s degree of applied positive psychology (M.A.P.P.) from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University. He completed his professional coaching studies at the University of Miami, earning the title of Certified Professional Coach. The International Coach Federation (ICF) conferred upon him the designation of Professional Certified Coach (PCC).
When he’s not coaching executives, writing books or speaking, you can find David devoted to his family. He coaches his daughters’ sports teams, spends time with his parents, and has fun enjoying everyday moments with his wife, Dawn, and their two daughters, Eliana and Ariela. David, an avid Green Bay Packers fan, is an athlete himself. He was a college football running back and attended Yale after breaking Shorewood (Wisconsin) High School’s all-time career rushing and scoring records.
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