David Porter

Credit: Shutterstock   One day a problem came to my attention, and I wanted to lend a hand. I spoke with the management employee about how I could help, and we moved forward together to solve the resource problem. He was a long-term company employee and thanked me for my assistance.

I’m a passionate and unapologetic student of leadership and high-performance people and organizations. Living in the backyard of the most celebrated professional sports franchise of the last two decades, the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA has provided me with years of entertainment and profound learning. Gregg Popovich, the

In business and life, we all get to choose when we raise or lower standards, when we subsidize mediocrity and when we settle for something less than we desire. Standards provide a benchmark for us to aspire to achieve in sports, school, work, and life. There is often a friend,

As leaders, we spend a lot of time in our heads speculating about next steps, teasing out possibilities, and getting stuck. Often, we take simple problems, add an unhealthy dose of “what if” to the mix, and create a horrifying view of a future decision or discussion that scares us