Dave Carpenter

Dave Carpenter hosts the Peak Performance show where every week Dave interviews peak performers from business, athletics or the arts, as well as leading performance experts and coaches.

Dave Carpenter’s name is synonymous with peak performance.

After a distinguished 25 year career advising companies on restructuring to achieve corporate peak performance, Dave came to believe that corporate peak performance is largely a function of the personal performance of its leaders. That conclusion led to a decade long study on how high achievers, in any field, achieve a level of personal performance that is superior. His research combined extensive literature review, interviews with high performers in a variety of fields, studies of personal performance among partners in professional service firms, and extensive participation in the famous Outward Bound program.

Dave has successfully completed six Outward Bound programs, each of which was at least ten day experiences. Outward Bound creates experiential learning through their intensive expeditions that provide participants with a means of evaluating their personal performance and their relationship with others. From performing a peak ascent of Mt. Popo (17,000 feet) in Mexico to white water canoeing in the Carolinas, to desert hiking in California, Dave has had the opportunity to study how people of all ages perform under the stress provided by natural elements.

Dave’s personal commitment to peak performance has led to uncommon career success. He was officer of a major bank by the time he was 23. He was the youngest consulting partner in the history of the major accounting firm, Coopers and Lybrand (now Pricewaterhouse Coopers), having attained partnership by the time he was 31. And, while accomplishing this, he managed to obtain both a graduate degree in finance and his law degree. And just after turning 40, he was named the National Director of one of the five lines of business for Coopers. Under his leadership, his line of business grew to very profitable revenues of over $125 Million.

Dave’s greatest success is centered in the breadth of his efforts to help others achieve uncommon success. He has taught hundreds of courses on improving performance. He has mentored many dozens of peak performers. And, he is the creator of the Quantum Leap Strategies web site which has become one of the most popular sites devoted to personal development. This widely acclaimed site attracts visitors from around the world who enjoy the wisdom and activities designed to help people be the very best that they can be.

His extensive work in helping people to be their best has resulted in his being chosen by SelfGrowth.com as their official guide on peak performance and by Exceptional Wisdom as their scholar on personal peak performance. Exceptional Wisdom launches his multi-media program on Peak Performance in January. This innovative program is designed to help participants achieve a quantum leap in their personal results in any aspect of their life.

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