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How to use core values as a tool for better decisions

How to use core values as a tool for better decisions

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...
How effective people edit their way to results

How effective people edit their way to results

by David Porter | Jun 20, 2018 | Decision-making, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Development, Performance excellence, Process Improvement

“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, subtract things every day.” Lao-tzu The constant challenge for the busy and productive leader is not figuring out what to start; it’s determining what to stop. The best writers fill the page without...
Unlocking some secrets about executive coaching

Unlocking some secrets about executive coaching

by David Porter | May 1, 2018 | Coaching, Decision-making, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Development

Nearly everything we do has numerous paths to deliver a result. Executive coaching is no exception. While there aren’t hard and fast rules to define a successful coach-client relationship, there are some worthwhile things to consider before working with a coach....
Crush the fear of rapid decision making

Crush the fear of rapid decision making

by David Porter | Mar 26, 2018 | Decision-making, Leadership, Leadership Development, Performance excellence, Work Culture

Leaders are required to make decisions and deliver results. When we face a problem, we make decisions, we act, and we succeed, fail, and sometimes learn. As we reflect on a decision, we often find that the decision and subsequent actions were available to us early in...
Stop thinking, start moving, and zap the mental gridlock

Stop thinking, start moving, and zap the mental gridlock

by David Porter | Feb 13, 2018 | Decision-making, Leadership Development, Organizational Learning, Process Improvement, Team Effectiveness

My caption for this picture: Mind over mattress this week. Start something. Start anything. Move. Starting and moving are not remedies for laziness. They are remedies for being stuck. Too often, we wrestle with problems in our head in a few ways. First, we do not work...
Creating value with less noise

Creating value with less noise

by David Porter | Jan 31, 2018 | Communication, Decision-making, Leadership, Leadership Development, Meeting Effectiveness

Lately, I’ve noticed more cars with after-market upgrades that make them significantly noisier, but little else. A similar thing happens at work when extroverts drown out introverts in meetings. In Texas, all hat and no cattle describes things and people that...
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