A R E T E
"Arete drives my pursuit of character-driven excellence. I believe in the transformative power of positivity and how it can energize leaders to maximize their impact."
THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE WITH CHARACTER
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DAVE SICHTERMAN
My name is Dave Sichterman and I develop leaders to advance careers, build teams, and grow businesses. I offer leadership coaching, business coaching and consulting, public speaking, and workshop facilitation. I give emerging leaders the framework to begin building a positive leadership legacy and become the leader everyone wants to follow. Who wouldn’t want to be that kind of leader?
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Throughout my career, I often looked for mentoring opportunities or guidance in building my leadership skill set. For me, these opportunities never presented themselves. After working over twenty years as a senior-level administrator in higher education, I decided that I wanted to reach out to a larger audience. An audience of emerging leaders that are, like I was, hungry for information on how to effectively lead a team.
I decided to name my company Arete 360, based on the Greek word that exemplifies the pursuit of excellence with character. The positive leadership workshops, group, and one/one coaching sessions that I have created are all built upon this philosophy. Working as a collegiate athletic director and head coach at NCAA, NAIA, and USCAA universities, I have gained years of valuable organizational leadership experience that I incorporate into all of my programs. These experiences in intercollegiate athletics also drive my collaborative approach with my audience to help them become champions in their industry and personal lives.
I am also a speaker for the Positive Coaching Alliance. I work with organizational leaders, coaches, parents, and athletes to develop positive cultures and experiences that develop young adults into “better athletes, better people.”
I have been an adjunct faculty member at the university level where I taught foundations and principles relating to sports management. Also, I was previously a long-time member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), and the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP).
In addition to college basketball coaching experience, I have coached football at the youth, high school, college, and international levels. I am a high school sports official working in the sports of football, basketball, and baseball. I was a walk-on offensive lineman for the WMU Broncos’ 1988 MAC championship team and I played defensive tackle for two seasons for the Landsberg Express in Landsberg, Germany before ending my playing career.
Along with Arete 360, I am a licensed real estate agent and my wife and I own and operate Kaerus Rose Properties, a real estate investment company.
I am a lover of sports, a believer in the power of a team, an avid traveler, and a relentless pursuer of the power of positivity. I look forward to meeting you and helping you grow and progress on your leadership path.
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Athletic Director and Head Men's Basketball Coach, Marygrove College
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Keynote presentation for USA Gymnastics, Michigan Chapter