The Growth Coach Greater Portland

The Growth Coach Greater Portland David Yassa, an award winning coach who works with business leaders, helping them achieve their goals The Growth Coach of Greater Portland is your business GPS.
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We help business owners, leaders, directors and business executives discover where their business is really at and rediscover where they want the business to be, then we walk that journey of growth through structured processes!

09/03/2026

A client once showed me a five year plan he was really proud of. I asked him one question about it: what are you doing in the next 90 days to get there?

He couldn't answer.

That's the real issue with five year visions. They sound ambitious, but they quietly let you off the hook. Nothing has to happen this month if the deadline is years away.

One year and three year visions are different. They're close enough that you actually have to move.

So skip the five year plan. Sit down, get honest, and decide exactly what you want your business to achieve in one year and in three. Doesn't matter the size of your business, this works the same either way.

The Growth Coach is here to help business owners and teams move from scattered to strategic. That transition can make wo...
09/02/2026

The Growth Coach is here to help business owners and teams move from scattered to strategic. That transition can make work feel more manageable and results feel more achievable.

When you have support, it becomes easier to stay focused, stay accountable, and keep moving in the right direction. Growth does not have to feel chaotic.

It can be intentional and supported!

08/27/2026

Once you know what your business does and how it brings in revenue, there's a decision most owners avoid making out loud. What revenue number are you actually going after? What's the real vision for this company?

Not a vague "we want to grow." An actual number, an actual picture of where the business is headed.

I see owners who can explain their product perfectly but freeze when asked where they want revenue to land next year, or what the company looks like in three years.

That number isn't about greed. It's about clarity. You can't build a plan toward a target you've never actually named.

It is easy to confuse activity with progress. A full calendar does not always mean a productive business.Coaching helps ...
08/26/2026

It is easy to confuse activity with progress. A full calendar does not always mean a productive business.

Coaching helps leaders evaluate where their time is going and whether their effort is really supporting the outcomes they want. That kind of clarity can be eye-opening.

Once owners, leaders and managers begin to see the difference between being busy and being effective, they can make smarter choices with their time, energy, and priorities.

08/20/2026

In finance, they teach you that the goal of any for-profit organization is to maximize the wealth of the shareholders. That's the textbook answer.

I've always believed we need to go one step further. Maximize the wealth of the stakeholders instead, and by that I mean everyone in the organization, including the employees.

A company built only for shareholders treats its people as a cost. A company built for all its stakeholders treats those same people as the reason it succeeds in the first place. That difference shows up in how a business actually performs over time.

The Growth Coach helps business owners turn ideas into action. When there is no clear structure, even good plans can sta...
08/19/2026

The Growth Coach helps business owners turn ideas into action. When there is no clear structure, even good plans can stay stuck in your head.

That is why accountability matters so much. It helps turn intention into follow-through and gives leaders the support they need to stay consistent.

Small steps matter. Clear priorities matter. And when those things come together, progress starts to feel more possible.

One of the biggest benefits of business coaching is having an outside perspective. When you are in the middle of the day...
08/13/2026

One of the biggest benefits of business coaching is having an outside perspective. When you are in the middle of the day-to-day, it is easy to miss what is really slowing progress down.

We often help owners uncover hidden bottlenecks, unclear priorities, or habits that are quietly draining time and energy. Once those are visible, it becomes much easier to create a better plan.

That is why coaching is not just about accountability. It is also about helping leaders see their business more clearly so they can lead it more effectively.

08/13/2026

Here's a mistake I see a lot. Leaders hand their team a big, exciting vision and then wonder why nothing actually changes. The vision was never the problem. It was too big for anyone to act on.

One of the best ways to create an environment that drives success is to break that vision into smaller chunks. Assign those chunks to specific people. Give them clear goals tied to those chunks. Then attach real KPIs so both you and they know whether it's actually moving forward.

A vision without ownership is just a poster on the wall. Broken into pieces and assigned to real people, it becomes something your team can actually execute.

08/06/2026

There's one mistake I see even in successful well run companies.

They build a vision, get excited about it, and roll it out to the entire team. But they skip the step that actually determines whether it sticks: getting the buy in from their top executives or key people first.

Your best people set the tone. If your top manager is lukewarm on the vision, that hesitation spreads through the team whether they say anything or not.

Before you roll out a vision company wide, sit down with your direct reports first. Not necessarily everyone, but the ones whose buy in shapes how the rest of the team responds.

07/30/2026

Last week I talked about deciding on your one year and three year vision. Here's the part most people skip after that.

Once you have a vision, don't just announce it. Communicate it to the people who matter to it, the ones who will actually help carry it forward.

Then ask them what they think. Get real feedback, not a rubber stamp. Consider it. Let it shape your vision if it should.

Then sit with them again and get real buy in, not just agreement.

A vision nobody helped shape is a vision nobody feels ownership over.

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