David B. Sarnoff, Esq., ACC

Meet David Sarnoff

David B. Sarnoff, Esq., ACC, is an ICF Certified Executive Coach and leadership trainer with Loeb Leadership. As a former attorney, experienced executive search consultant, business owner, and former board of education president, David is uniquely qualified and experienced to understand the mindset, demands and challenges of attorneys, directors, corporate executives, managers, and individual contributors.  

David utilizes his strengths as an executive coach to elevate the professional performance, mindset, emotional intelligence, soft skills, leadership potential and team building skills of his clients. He also counsels high potentials and high performers around leadership skills, raising self-awareness, understanding the impact of words and actions on others and empathy. David is also committed to raising awareness about inclusion and allyship. In September 2020, he was appointed to serve a three-year term on the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee of the New York City Bar Association.  In September 2022, he was appointed as Co-chair of that committee.  Also, in December 2021, David became an Adjunct Instructor at iCoach New York, (n/k/a iCoach Global), a Professional Coaching Program that is affiliated with the Zicklin school of Business at Baruch College.  David is an alumnus of this program. 

David also facilitates workshops and is a frequent speaker at conferences and webinars on a variety of topics including EQ vs. IQ, giving and receiving feedback, time management, setting boundaries at work, generational challenges and solutions, mentorship and allyship, among other topics.

Additionally, David served on the Fort Lee Board of Education for several years and presided as Board President for three consecutive years. In 2015, he received the Archie Hay Award for distinguished service and leadership from the Bergen County School Boards Association. He also served on the statewide NJSBA Mental Health Task Force.

Experience

• Coached an IT leader at a large law firm to increase self-awareness and learn how to adapt communication style to get the results needed from direct reports and colleagues.

• Coached a Security Executive at a large well-known hospitality center to enhance emotional intelligence leading to game changing impact on the team’s morale. This leader was recognized for enhanced leadership capability.

• Coached a law firm Partner focusing on business development. Engagement included cultivating and nurturing relationships. Additionally, the client learned how to design, plan, develop goals and successfully execute the business development plan.

• Coached a law firm Partner to strengthen communication skills to better manage and inspire direct reports, enhance leadership skills, refine and execute on a business development plan.

• Coached a General Counsel at a non-profit to increase self-awareness and take ownership for interpersonal communication skills so the GC could make intentional decisions to adapt behavior for more favorable relationship building.

• Coached an IT leader as the leader transitioned into a global role, focusing on communication skills, raising self-awareness and awareness of non-verbal communication, building relationships, managing up and navigating firm politics.

• Coached a Chief Human Resources Officer of a large non-profit to enhance leadership skills and relationship building while adopting a strategic mindset.

• Coached a hedge fund executive to increase self-awareness, emotional intelligence skills, conflict resolution and effective communication.

• Moderator, of multiple Safe-Space Dialogue Panels on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Allyship, for Loeb Leadership  

• Presenter, Giving Effective Feedback Equitably, DEI Committee of the New York City Bar Association 

• Presenter, Leading in Adverse Times: The Leadership Challenge, NALP Professional Development Institute Conference 

• Keynote Speaker, Change Management and Preparing for the Post-COVID Work Environment, Association of Legal Administrators, DC Chapter, Human Resources Retreat 

• Presenter, Active Listening is a Critical Skill for Attorneys to Practice Law at a High Caliber During Coronavirus and Beyond, Faculty, Practising Law Institute CLE One Hour Briefing 

• Using EQ as a Tool to Improve Lawyers’ Well-Being and Performance, New York City Bar Association CLE 

• Generational Challenges Between Law Firm Partners and Associates, PLI – One Hour Briefing 

• Facilitated a large group Everything DiSC© Assessment workshop at the Lafayette College Leadership Institute 

• Co-presented at a Leadership Conference for the Native American Leadership Forum