by David Porter | Jan 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. It’s not just a lyric from the television show, “Cheers,” it’s a sound starting place for creating trust as you build a high-performing team. Dale Carnegie once said, “A person’s name is to him or her the...
by David Porter | Jan 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Our need to control things reflects our need for certainty. It has notable downsides like added workload, reduced capacity, less trusting relationships, and solving problems when others only wish to be heard. When we control, we adopt other peoples’ monkeys. We decide...
by David Porter | Oct 3, 2018 | Decision-making, Leadership, Work Culture, Workplace Culture
The path from defining a problem to implementing a solution is rarely linear. Despite applying the knowledge and skills of our best people, there are moments of uncertainty that precede critical decisions. We create doubt with a list of intended and unintended...
by David Porter | Sep 8, 2018 | Coaching, Communication, Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Personal Development
The saying that we judge others by their behaviors and ourselves by our intentions is a coachable point I’ve made countless times. By itself, it distinguishes between observable behaviors and initial insight into how we and others define what things mean. However, it...
by David Porter | Aug 20, 2018 | Coaching, Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Personal Development
Executive coaches work with their coachees to move them from where they are now to where they want to be in the future. Coaching focuses on the behaviors necessary to forward action. While there is some time spent looking backward for understanding, the majority of...
