David A. Jacobson, M.A.
David is the founder and president of GOAL SUCCESS, a company dedicated to maximizing the potential of individuals, teams and organizations. David designs and delivers innovative leadership development, team building and executive coaching programs to many Fortune 100 companies.

David is the author of Inspiration to Perspiration: The Four Essential Steps to Achieving Your Goals. He was inspired to write this book after completing the 1998 Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon, with his wife Shari, as part of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training® Program. Inspiration to Perspiration empowers readers to reach their most important goals. By combining  GAIN Planning™, a proven process for achieving goals, with lessons from Team In Training, the world’s premier endurance sports training and fundraising program, readers learn to apply strategies that have already enabled thousands of people to reach goals they never before dreamt possible.

David’s areas of specialization include designing and delivering leadership and team development programs; conducting individual and team assessment and feedback initiatives; facilitating team vision, values, and mission clarification; motivational speaking; outdoor experiential education, and executive coaching.

David is an adjunct trainer for the Center for Creative Leadership and a consulting partner with The Ken Blanchard Companies.

Prior to starting GOAL SUCCESS, David was on the training staff of the Center for Creative Leadership’s San Diego Campus. He was an instructor in the center’s leadership and team development programs, as well as involved in designing and delivering customized training solutions for a wide array of clients.

David has a masters degree in leadership studies from the University of San Diego and a bachelor of arts degree in psychology, with an emphasis in communication, from Washington University in St. Louis.