EEC 083 Creating Moments of Meeting in Coaching Your host Katrina Burrus, PhD interviews David Drake to find out what he thinks are the biggest challenge in developing leaders at the moment? (speak to integrative development). What are you working on these days? (speak to attachment theory). What are “moments of meeting” and why do they matter in leadership? You are most known as the founder of the field of narrative coaching. How did you become interested in people and their stories? Both Katrina Burrus, PhD and David Drake earned their PhD in Human and Organizational Development from Fielding Graduate University in California. David has been an adjunct faculty member teaching management and leadership for three universities and lectured at over 20 others around the world. David serves on the Senior Advisory Board for Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice. He is the author of over 50 publications on narratives and coaching and editor of The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching (2008, Jossey-Bass). He is the author of Narrative Coaching: Bringing New Stories to Life (CNC Press, 2015) and the co-editor of SAGE Handbook of Coaching (Sage, 2016). He is a Thought Leader for the Institute of Coaching affiliated with Harvard Medical School.