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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...
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...
Build a stronger team after your mistakes

Build a stronger team after your mistakes

by David Porter | Jan 16, 2018 | Decision-making, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leading through adversity, Team Effectiveness, Teamwork, Work Culture

Situation A CEO focuses his growth strategy on acquisitions. Over time, some deals bear fruit while others fall short of expectations. For a while, he only shares his regret over the low-performing acquisitions with his closest aides. In time, caution subsides and, he...
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