David Elser - Certified Talent Development Professional, Executive Coach, and Author.
We lead, we follow—but we Thrive when we collaborate.
Welcome to Doing The Chores Academy!
You deserve the same level of development that your manager receives. If you are a contributor working in factories, warehouses, farms, restaurants, hospitals, or offices, your growth and success should matter just as much as anyone else’s.
DTC Academy uses farming analogies creatively to enhance learning through storytelling. Farming has existed for over 13,000 years and Farmers have spent centuries being the best at developing the next generation of talent while humbly feeding their communities and the world.
Farming lessons easily translate directly into workplace skills, making complex ideas practical and easy to apply no matter where you sit in the organizational structure.
My passion is helping everyday workers improve their quality of life by sharing impactful learning and development opportunities and productively tools.
Ways to Grow Together:
- Doing The Chores – Creating the Groundwork for Success (Training and Development Book): An entertaining book filled with short stories about farm chores, paired with coaching questions to help you apply the lessons to your current role and help your team thrive.
- Contributor Motivational Coaching: Improve your life and your relationships by discovering what science says about what motivates you.
- Chore Chats: Quick, action-packed YouTube coaching sessions that’ll help you think through challenges and spark real progress.
- Doing The Chores: Plowing a Path Into Leadership (Udemy Course): An interactive, on-demand course designed to help you grow your influence, boost your visibility, and land those big opportunities.
- Doing The Chores: Be Like A Farmer (Children’s Book) A fun and engaging book to read with your children. Can you spot the hidden bees?
Achieve Your Desired Success, One Chore at a time!
Talent Development 2.0:
DTC Academy embraces a post-industrial definition of leadership and pioneers the concept of smart followership, the reciprocal counterpart to management.
This forward-thinking approach sets DTC Academy apart from others. We focus on rolling up our sleeves and doing the work, while challenging popular platitudes in traditional leadership development.
After all, if you are talking about leading, it’s about you. If you are talking about following, it’s about me. If you are talking about collaborating, it’s about us.
Therefore, we focus on learning all roles — leader, smart follower, and collaborator — no matter where you sit in the organization.
Partner with me to plow the way toward your success!