Dave Chauhan is an author and leadership navigator who equips professionals to thrive in high-stakes, uncertain environments. With over 17 years of experience leading multimillion-dollar strategic, construction, and manufacturing projects, Dave has spent his career in the trenches of "live event" scenarios—managing complex logistics, diverse stakeholders, and last-minute crises where failure is not an option. This real-world experience, from boardrooms to project sites, revealed the limits of traditional leadership and sparked a journey to find a more human and resilient framework. The result is the 'Nautical Leadership Model', the core of his book, Captain, Set Sail. Dave’s unique gift is translating the timeless wisdom of navigation into practical, actionable strategies that help leaders build psychologically safe teams, make courageous decisions, and find their 'True North' in a world of constant change. He holds an MBA from the prestigious University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is a co-founder and principal at the advisory firm Purple Spark, and is a passionate advocate for purpose-driven leadership that creates lasting, human-centric impact.