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Coaching Negotiators, Organizations, Leaders

Negotiation Mastery Circle

Nine Domains and Enneagram

Conflict Management, Public Engagement

Professional Speaking

Consulting

 

David B. Savage, BA (Econ), ACC, President

A successful negotiator, leader, entrepreneur, explorer, trail maker, capacity builder and connector

FOCUS: We work with organizations and professionals to explore, engage and energize their negotiation and leadership awareness, capacity and success. We convene negotiation, leadership and public engagement circles to realize collective and collaborative wisdom. We provide business consulting. We engage, challenge, connect, create, speak, write and more.

KEY CORPORATE EXPERIENCE: CREATING VALUE AND MAKING MONEY FOR SHAREHOLDERS:

• Savage Management President, (founder,1993 to present, private),
• Marmac Mines Ltd. Vice President, (cofounder, 2004 to present, private),
• Sebring Energy Vice President, Business Development, (2005 – 2007, public),
• TriQuest Energy Vice President, Business Development, (2002 – 2005, public),
• Sommer Energy Senior Vice President, (cofounder, 2001 – 2002, private),
• BXL Energy Vice President, Joint Ventures and Land, (1996 – 2001, public),
• Westar Petroleum Chief Operating Officer and Director, (1980 – 2001, public),
• Total Petroleum, Ashland Oil, Bank of Montreal, Bank of Commerce (1974 – 1980).

Credentials

• BA (Economics), University of Calgary 1975.
• ACC, International Coaching Federation 2009.
• Nine Domains Team and Organizational Development Facilitator
• Art of Convening World Café Facilitator
• Negotiation and management in the Canadian and American petroleum industry. Leadership in appropriate dispute resolution, mediation and conflict management.
• Professional executive coaching.
• Professional speaker and writer to Canadian Bar, NAFTA DR Committee, University of Calgary, Petroleum Joint Venture Association, Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen, Canadian Gas Processors Association, Synergy Alberta, Association for Conflict Resolution, JCI and more. Author and videographer on negotiation.

Creating Transformational Collaborative Organizations

• Global Negotiation Insight Institute (GNII) Co-Founder and Executive
  Formed in 2007 to bring leading edge negotiation to the world. Our community includes negotiators and mediators who wish to integrate insight, intuition, and ancient wisdom traditions into their daily professional and personal lives. GNII has a wisdom council with representation from USA, Canada, Australia, England, France, Germany and Holland.
• Company to Company ADR Council (C2C) Co-Founder and Chair
  Formed in 2003 with over 100 volunteers to create recommendations, documentation and process improvements to the upstream petroleum industry. A total of 13 professional, provincial and national organizations (including CAPP, SEPAC, NEB, ERCB, PJVA, CAPL) signed the declaration in 2006. Published “Let’s Talk: The Why and How to Manage Conflict and Improve Productivity, Profitability and Corporate Relationships”.
• Energy and Resources Conservation Board ADR Committee Co-Founder
  Formed in 1999 bringing together industry, landowner and regulatory representatives to improve the way industry and the public work together.
• Synergy Alberta Co-Founder
  Formed in 2006 to encourage ongoing roundtables for industry, communities, first nations and government authorities and boards to enhance communication, collaboration and trust.
• Professional Enneagram Association of Canada (PEAC) Co-Founder
  Formed in 2010 to bring together and advance the use and development of the Enneagram in Canada for professionals and organizations.

KEY NOT-FOR- PROFIT ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Past President, Petroleum Joint Venture Association, Life Achievement Award
• Past Board Member of Small Explorers and Producers Association of Canada,
• Past Chair of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce Dispute Resolution Committee,
  
• Co-Chair of Alberta Roundtable on Interprovincial Trade (Chamber of Commerce),
  
• Active member of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen (since 1976), Distinguished Citizen of the Year Award.
  
• Past Chair of several Independent Petroleum Association of Canada Committees,
• Past Member Alberta Executive Policy Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers,
• Member of industry task forces responsible for developing
  • CAPL 1990 and 2007 Operating Procedures, Farmout Agreement
  • JP-05 Gas processing negotiation framework
  • PJVA Gas Processing Agreement
• Past Director of Trails BC (provincial organization for the TransCanada Trail) and Rosen Lake Ratepayers Association

MEMBERSHIPS

• Chambers of Commerce- Calgary and Cranbrook
• Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS)
• International Coaching Federation (ICF)
• Sunrise Rotary Club Cranbrook
• International Enneagram Association (IEA)
• Professional Enneagram of Canada (PEAC)
• Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen (CAPL)
• Petroleum Joint Venture Association (PJVA)
• Trails BC

“David Savage is deeply insightful and highly intuitive. He is a skilled and highly regarded practitioner with a strong sense of ethics and values. He has a profound commitment to personal and organizational transformation and can be counted on to be honest, resourceful and supportive. I recommend him highly.” Ken Cloke Founder Mediators Beyond Borders.

“Negotiation mastery is not about hard-line positions or even winning specific deals. Negotiation mastery is about presence, connection and mutual exploration to create meaningful and sustainable success together. Such outcomes are those that may never have been believed possible before the negotiation commenced.”

David B. Savage