Our Commitment to You

The Leadership Edge provides help with tough systems problems. 

• We have tested our ideas and principles in a broad range of industries and organizational sizes, with thousands of executives. 
• We know they work because of our history of success and our client satisfaction.
• We also know each setting requires a solution for its unique circumstance.
• We tailor our services to your immediate needs in a time responsive manner.
• We take the time to talk and find out what is really happening.
• We care about your success.

Dr. Surrenda has assembled an experienced group of organizational development consultants who collaborate with him on complex system change projects. They bring a variety of skills and perspectives to the diverse organizations we serve.

Dr. David Surrenda, a licensed psychologist, is the Director of The Leadership Edge, a group specializing in the challenges of executive leadership. Dr. Surrenda developed The Leadership Edge to assist leaders to manage the process of organizational change and to insure that change efforts really succeed. He has conducted executive level organizational consultation with business, government, education and health systems for thirty years. His creative change strategies generate sustainable solutions for the complex challenges facing organizations in times of turbulence. Dr. Surrenda has consulted in over 200 national and international organizations in industries including high technology, health, hospitality, consulting, manufacturing, food and venture capital.

Dr. Surrenda's innovatively designed seminars have been presented on 3 continents and have inspired thousands of men and women towards a new experience of organizational and leadership effectiveness. His book on leadership development, Retooling on the Run: Real Change for Leaders with No Time, (co-authored with Stuart Heller) is a unique roadmap for cultivating versatility of leadership action styles while continuing to manage the ongoing challenges of daily work.

As the co-CEO of a training and research corporation, Dr. Surrenda developed nationally recognized innovations in conflict resolution and crisis intervention utilizing train-the-trainer strategies and state-of-the-art learning methodologies. His work (with Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz) was acknowledged by the Justice Department as the standard for training in the area of crisis management. He has co-authored 3 books (with Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz) on conflict resolution as well as numerous professional articles.

Dr. Surrenda is an accomplished public speaker. As a conference leader, he has designed and directed 9 major professional conferences. These cutting edge conferences brought professionals into dialogue with the lay public about social and industrial changes.

Dr. Surrenda has served as the Executive Director of The Natural Step, an environmental organization that provides consultation to major industries about the efficient utilization of natural resources as well as a coherent strategy for long-term business development.

He also worked for 2 years as a Chairman for a Los Angeles based T. E. C. (The Executive Committee) group of CEO's whose purpose it is to provide training, support, and consultation to each other in the management of their respective companies. 

As the founder, Dean and curriculum director for the Graduate School of Holistic Studies at John F. Kennedy for nine years. He developed 9 separate graduate programs as well as spearheaded the development and management of both research and counseling centers. Dr. Surrenda supervised 31 faculty and 600 graduate students. He was appointed to teach within four separate university departments: Management, Psychology, Liberal Arts, and Holistic Studies. He has taught in ten colleges.