Pilot Program

Presence to Lead: Because how you lead lifts people and results as much as what you know

A 4-week, hands-on sprint to help high achievers activate the best in people for tangible business results.

  • Kicks off: 8th of September 2025
  • Ends on: 3rd of October 2025
  • Limited to 20 Spots!
  • Special Pilot Offer: Get personalized 1-1 coaching and just-in-time hands-on guidance.

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Presence differentiates you in high-stakes situations

Have you noticed that how a leader shows up often speaks louder than how smart they are?

Presence to Lead (P2L) develops your muscle-memory to lead well - with Presence - when facing all-consuming challenges.

P2L prepares you for predictable challenges of bigger roles, like these:

  • You’re the lone voice for the future. You recognize what’s possible, but you can’t get buy-in from the critical people. They’re distracted or even resistant.
  • Your progress has slowed down. What used to work well no longer gets you the same outcomes. No amount of extra work is getting the results you need.
  • You’re not the go-to person like you used to be. You’re making great efforts to connect with key people, but they’re not leaning on you like before. And you may not realize how you’re reinforcing that behavior.
  • You’re discouraged, even worn down. Sometimes you feel out of your league, and self-doubt is creeping in. But what if those feelings aren’t signaling failure, but that you're on the verge of a leadership breakthrough?

P2L activates your innate yet underutilized leadership capabilities

You’ve successfully delivered great results with skills you’ve developed over years.
To lead at scale, you’ll need to attract people (investors, partners, doers) to bring your vision to life.

Here’s how Presence to Lead (P2L) helps you lead at greater scale:

Your idea is too big to bring it to life by yourself

How P2L helps:
It helps you attract people who want to help you build the future you believe in. You’ll learn how to uncover what matters to them and gain new tools to make it easier for them to join you.

Leading transformation is messy and challenging. Everyone gets discouraged at times

How P2L helps:
It helps you understand how to thrive in high-stress situations, becoming more present, clear, and confident than ever before.

High achievers want to work with leaders who challenge them to grow

How P2L helps:
It helps you attract high achievers and help them grow while they’re helping you build the future you envision.

People want to be around a leader who’s confident and clear in a crisis

How P2L helps:
You’ll build skills for leading others through challenges – and you can apply those skills to yourself when the pressure becomes intense.

Are you ready to step into the next level of leadership?

Start Your Leadership Transformation Today

Why is the 4-week sprint effective?

This isn’t your typical passive online program. We employ Accelerated Learning strategies to help you grow faster and create impact sooner.

Always-available Learning

You engage where and when you’re ready with always-available video, audio, and short-form reading. Make it suit your ideal learning style.

5-min “daily drip” Practices

You’re embedding new leadership habits into muscle memory every day with short, steady repetition of application-based practices.

Live "Jam Sessions" (60 min)

Big insights (and many laughs) arise on these group Zoom calls where David helps you apply ideas through Q&A and coaching.
You’ll learn faster when you’re engaging with other smart, curious people.
(Calls are recorded, transcribed, and posted in the learning portal.)

Team Learning Sessions (45 - 60 minutes)

Small group-learning sessions turn peers into teachers. You’ll grow your network of other catalyst leaders by sharing the challenges of this sprint.

Jam Session “After Party”

Have a big appetite for putting ideas into action? People often want to keep jamming on how to apply the ideas, so David stays on Zoom after the Jam Session until you’re done to help you make this learning tangible.

Community Platform

Build connections by interacting with other smart, curious people who can stay in your network after the program.

Bonus

Bonuses available for this Pilot only

Only available during the pilot:

  • Group size limited to 20 people: very hands-on work with David, plus easier to build connections with everyone in the group.
  • 1-1 Coaching with David: Two 30-minute coaching calls with a veteran coach (recorded for you and kept confidential).
  • Small group coaching: David will facilitate/coach your Small Learning Group sessions to help you deepen your application.

Get Exclusive Access – Enroll in the Pilot

Start: 9/8/2025

Inside the program: Your 4-week strength-building sprint

📌 Key Learning:

  • How Presence Builds Power Authentically
  • Recognizing Your Leadership Moves’ Highs and Lows
  • Predicting and Changing Your Future Outcomes

📌 Key Learning:

  • Building Trust That Transforms Everything
  • Growing Your Confidence Deliberately
  • How Trust Builds Better Results With Less Effort

📌 Key Learning:

  • Making it about them creates better results for you, too
  • Becoming known for leading the best and the fewest meetings
  • True catalysts know what’s the right conversations, at the right time

📌 Key Learning:

  • Targeted preparation is pure gold hidden in plain sight
  • Picture Painting brings people into your world with biology
  • Understanding why people want (and resist) change

Apply Now to Lead With Authentic Presence & Confidence

Who is this program for?

People who are the first to see what’s possible

Leaders with goals too big to create by themselves

Leaders inspired to make their world better, not just gain money or promotions

Leaders stretching into a challenging role
Presence to Lead is designed for leaders who:
  • Are hungry to make greater contributions for a positive difference
  • Have goals that are too big to create by themselves
  • Recognize that their subject matter expertise alone won't help them lead at the level they want to
  • Will to do the hard work to learn - and to help other people learn
  • Have stumbled in high stakes situations and understand that they need to build new leadership skills
This program may not be the right fit if you:
  • Can’t commit the time right now, (120 minutes per week for 4 weeks) for learning, practice, and skill-building
  • Prefer to be the doer rather than the leader of success
  • Prefer to learn alone or don’t enjoy supporting others’ learning
  • Measure success primarily by personal advancement and higher earnings
  • Believe that moving people to do great things will soon be handled by AI
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

David Martin

David Martin is an executive advisor, consultant, and coach to senior leaders and founders who are the first to see a better way forward. When they're ready to lead bold change, they turn to David to navigate the challenges of transformation.

With 30 years of experience across five continents, he helps leaders cut through the noise of change, identify high-impact levers, and build the leadership capabilities needed to drive real results. His core belief? You can't transform your business without transforming how you lead.

David's signature approach "gentle irreverence" keeps leaders laughing, relaxed, and focused, making growth feel natural rather than stressful. His leadership programs, including Presence to Lead, Mind to Win, and Leader Coach Catalyst, are sought after by Fortune 100 companies and fill up through word-of-mouth alone.

Join David in Presence to Lead and learn from a coach who has quietly guided transformational leaders to success.

What leaders say about working with David

Mike Wisler

CIO, M&T Bank

"David Martin is the most caring and capable counsel I’ve ever had. His
ability to see through walls, around corners, and into the hearts and minds
of individuals, teams, and communities is superhuman."

Ryan Halverson

Former Senior HR Leader, McKesson – now Executive Coach

"David’s wisdom has made more impact on my professional development and in my career advancement than anyone or anything, including an Ivy League degree."

Anne Chambers

Founder & CEO, 17 Ways

"David Martin’s work is truly powerful, at times profound, and always positively impactful. His commitment to seeing the light in each of us is unflinching. He’s unlike any other coach. His sense of humor and fantastic storytelling skills make his work particularly sticky."

Reuben Carranza

Group CEO, Bansk Beauty

"When you’re the leader whose work is to inspire and challenge others, who does this for YOU when you’ve hit a plateau? This is where David Martin shines. His broad experience has given him a unique and valuable insight into helping LEADERS grow."

Beth Himes

Vice President of Commercial Service Operations, Aetna

"David Martin helped me build a foundation that has served me well for over 15 years. It’s allowed me to "free the genius" and grow my leadership through multiple steps of my career, from operational leader to the executive level."

Reuben Carranza

Group CEO, Bansk Beauty

"When you’re the leader whose work is to inspire and challenge others, who does this for YOU when you’ve hit a plateau? This is where David Martin shines. His broad experience has given him a unique and valuable insight into helping LEADERS grow."

Anne Chambers

Founder & CEO, 17 Ways

"David Martin’s work is truly powerful, at times profound, and always positively impactful. His commitment to seeing the light in each of us is unflinching. He’s unlike any other coach. His sense of humor and fantastic storytelling skills make his work particularly sticky."

What you'll master

By the end of the Presence to Lead program, you will:

Expand your Cross Functional Mindset
Lead diverse teams effectively, achieving outcomes that extend beyond your primary expertise.
Enhance Your Influencing Skills
Engage and secure commitment from stakeholders, even when they aren't directly accountable to you.
Deepen Customer Empathy
Understand and communicate from your customers' perspectives, fostering stronger connections.
Align with Stakeholder Priorities
Frame your ideas to resonate with investors and senior executives, ensuring clarity and alignment.

What you'll walk away with

This is not just theory, Presence to Lead (P2L) is a sprint toward that leadership transformation.

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Leadership Influence
Lead teams with authority and trust.
Tangible Growth
Gain promotions, recognition & higher earnings.
Confidence in High-Stakes Conversations
Stay composed and persuasive in critical moments.
A Powerful Network
Connect with like-minded professionals.
Habits That Stick
Daily micro-practices for lasting change.
Direct Coaching & Feedback
Get expert insights from David Martin.

Frequently asked questions

Time commitment: 120 minutes per week for each of the 4 weeks.

  • Part of this time is in small chunks of time at your pace for watching videos and completing the “Daily Drip” practice to build your muscle memory.
  • 60 minutes per week for the Jam Session Zoom or the Team Learning Session call.

All calls are recorded, transcribed, and available in your learning portal.

David created Presence to Lead in 2007 at the request of a group of executives frustrated that their best subject matter experts weren’t successful as cross-functional business leaders. The execs asked David to help these talented people fill the leadership gaps that were halting their success. He developed a pilot program that participants said was the best leadership program they’d ever taken. David and his team then delivered another 20 P2L programs until all high-potential leaders had completed it. Participants started getting the promotions they’d been struggling to earn and winning coveted roles as their reputations and comp grew.

Because it touches such a common, costly challenge for companies that need to develop future leaders, P2L is still in demand. Today, graduates of P2L who are now executives request it for their teams.

David still loves watching participants have breakthroughs that help them grow their impact and transform their careers. 

David was frustrated that Presence to Lead wasn’t accessible to people who weren’t chosen for the program by their employer. After delivering over 40 successful online programs, he’s offering this online pilot of P2L so that people who know they’re ready to make a greater contribution can choose themselves for P2L.

After this pilot, the price of Presence to Lead will rise to $2000 per person, and the direct, hands-on bonus work with David will go away or be delivered by the highly skilled team members whom he’s personally trained.

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📆 Starting Date: 9/8/2025

Special Pilot Price: get personalized coaching, exclusive bonuses, and hands-on training.

$1000
Normally $2000

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Limited to 20 Spots

14-day Money Back Guarantee

Presence to Lead comes with a 100% Action-Taker's Money Back guarantee. If you don't feel it's the right fit, submit your completed coursework by the second week of the online program, and we'll issue you a full refund. The reason we ask for your completed coursework is simple: if you do the work, you'll gain great value.

Everything you need to lead with confidence and maximize your impact:

  • Master leadership influence
  • Practical, action-based learning
  • Exclusive bonuses
  • Join a powerful network

Can't wait to see you inside!

David Martin - Lead Instructor