GDS - Guttman Development Services | organization development

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LEADER

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Howard Guttman

Executive Coach,

Organization Development Expert & Leadership Mentor.

"The results you achieve are proof of your intention".

What We Do

Guttman Development Strategies (GDS) specializes in organizational development, executive coaching, and leadership training. We focus on transforming traditional hierarchies to build aligned agile, high-performance teams that enable faster decision-making, stronger collaboration, and exceptional performance.

We tackle real-time challenges with precision, delivering expert solutions that guide early-stage startups through private equity, prepare them for IPOs, and support Fortune 500 companies in achieving their strategic goals.

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Why We Stand Out

What makes us unique is our ability to create high-performance teams at every level, resulting in a truly high-performance organization. We typically initiate the transformation process by engaging the organization’s leadership, starting with the senior team and progressively working down through the levels, as this approach is crucial for driving meaningful change.

Our clients consistently tell us that we go beyond traditional consulting, uncovering foundational truths, addressing blind spots, refining processes, and fostering a culture-driven approach. By exceeding expectations, we empower organizations to achieve extraordinary, measurable outcomes that redefine success and establish a new standard of excellence.

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How You will Succeed

We transform how teams and organizations function, focusing on leadership dynamics, decision-making, performance management, and conflict resolution. Through fostering accountability at all levels, we help organizations evolve into agile, high-performance teams that minimize hierarchies, collaborate cross-functionally, resolve challenges openly, and gain a competitive edge.

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Start a new era of organizational development

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Thousands of Leaders from Iconic Brands

Uncover the Core Issues in Your Organization

Organizational dysfunction begins with individual disengagement rather than arising solely from conflicts.

We create high-performing teams to foster authenticity and psychological safety, enabling open communication and trust within your organization.

It is about how quickly real issues can be identified and addressed!

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Be a High-Performance Leader

Shift your company from the hierarchal model to a team of leaders.

We transform teams into fiercely competitive, high-performing entities where every member is a leader.

A high-performance leader actively listens, processes feedback, and effectively manages resistance while cultivating a team of aligned leaders to achieve strategic results.

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Someone Is Sabotaging Your Team

Avoiding conflicts, playing games and not being honest, inadvertently generating a disingenuous team dynamic.

We transform your organization into a transparent environment, helping you mitigate the costs and challenges associated with a lack of authenticity.

High working atmospheres and low conflict scores give the illusion of a warm friendly environment.

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Power Up Your Leadership

To be open and vulnerable with your team will solicit their perspective.

We help you remove fears and minimize blindspots which increases your organizations transparency to create high-performance teams and partnerships.

Create the notion to be vulnerable and the team will be at stake for you to win.

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Shifting Mindsets

To recognize the potential of your team, you need to understand the current picture that people have of your organization.

We shift mindsets in your organization within a few hours, helping you move beyond your core limiting beliefs.

Self induced stories that people are holding on to are sabotaging your performance.

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Mastering Critical Choices

To make a call on tough decisions, recognize the core issues know your core players and appoint a person to drive the process with distributed decision making.

We help you deploy SWOT teams in your organization who determine powerful deliverables in a fixed timeframe with transparent communication to create high-performing outcomes.

Debating issues to reach consensus isn't productive.

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Getting Stakeholder Support

Effectively influencing individuals outside your direct authority is essential for achieving success.

We help you identify key players who support you and shape people who agree with you.

Strategically line up opponents, uninformed stakeholders, loyal oppositions and partners to produce the outcome you want.

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Conflict Management Mastered

Influencing without any degree of positional authority requires a high degree of EQ and the ability to negotiate differences.

We transform your teams' communication to be authentic and descriptive rather than judgmental resolving conflicts with assertion and listening skills.

When conflict is mismanaged the implications are dire for an organization.

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Coaching For Limitless Success

You are limiting your success by not consciously choosing your behavior

We uncover the gaps between your intentions and behavior, guiding you toward a more successful path.

What part you play is crucial to your success.

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Becoming Great & Achieving Greatness

Your barriers are holding you back; greatness demands a profound transformation.

We transform your teams to embrace accountability while adopting new criteria for measuring success.

Building effective, aligned, and high-performing teams will deliver outstanding results in any business environment.

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Startups, Private Equity Firms, Publicly Traded Companies, & Fortune 500 Corporations

What We Do

Why We Stand Out

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How You will Succeed

Start a new era of organizational development

Trusted by Thousands of Leaders from Iconic Brands

Organizational dysfunction begins with individual disengagement rather than arising solely from conflicts.

We create high-performing teams to foster authenticity and psychological safety, enabling open communication and trust within your organization.

​​It is about how quickly real issues can be identified and addressed!

​Shift your company from the hierarchal model to a team of leaders.​​

We ​transform teams into fiercely competitive, high-performing entities where every member is a leader.

A high-performance leader actively listens, processes feedback, and effectively manages resistance while cultivating a team of aligned leaders to achieve strategic results.​

​Avoiding conflicts, playing games and not being honest, inadvertently generating a disingenuous team dynamic.

We transform your organization into a transparent environment, helping you mitigate the costs and challenges associated with a lack of authenticity.

​High working atmospheres and low conflict scores give the illusion of a warm friendly environment.

To be open and vulnerable with your team will solicit their perspective.

We help you remove fears and minimize blindspots which increases your organizations transparency to create high-performance teams and partnerships.

Create the notion to be vulnerable and the team will be at stake for you to win.

​To recognize the potential of your team, you need to understand the current picture that people have of your organization.

We shift mindsets in your organization within a few hours, helping you move beyond your core limiting beliefs.

Self induced stories that people are holding on to are sabotaging your performance. ​

​To make a call on tough decisions, recognize the core issues know your core players and appoint a person to drive the process with distributed decision making.

We help you deploy SWOT teams in your organization who determine powerful deliverables in a fixed timeframe with transparent communication to create high-performing outcomes.

Debating issues to reach consensus isn't productive.​​​

Effectively influencing individuals outside your direct authority is essential for achieving success.

We help you identify key players who support you and shape people who agree with you.

​Strategically line up opponents, uninformed stakeholders, loyal oppositions and partners to produce the outcome you want.

Influencing without any degree of positional authority requires a high degree of EQ and the ability to negotiate differences.

We transform your teams' communication to be authentic and descriptive rather than judgmental resolving conflicts with assertion and listening skills.

​When conflict is mismanaged the implications are dire for an organization.

You are limiting your success by not consciously choosing your behavior

We uncover the gaps between your intentions and behavior, guiding you toward a more successful path.

What part you play is crucial to your success.​

Your barriers are holding you back; greatness demands a profound transformation.

We transform your teams to embrace accountability while adopting new criteria for measuring success.

​Building effective, aligned, and high-performing teams will deliver outstanding results in any business environment.

Trusted by Startups, Private Equity Firms, Publicly Traded Companies, & Fortune 500 Corporations

Trusted by
Thousands of Leaders from Iconic Brands

It is about how quickly real issues can be identified and addressed!

Shift your company from the hierarchal model to a team of leaders.

We transform teams into fiercely competitive, high-performing entities where every member is a leader.

A high-performance leader actively listens, processes feedback, and effectively manages resistance while cultivating a team of aligned leaders to achieve strategic results.

Avoiding conflicts, playing games and not being honest, inadvertently generating a disingenuous team dynamic.

High working atmospheres and low conflict scores give the illusion of a warm friendly environment.

To recognize the potential of your team, you need to understand the current picture that people have of your organization.

Self induced stories that people are holding on to are sabotaging your performance.

To make a call on tough decisions, recognize the core issues know your core players and appoint a person to drive the process with distributed decision making.

Debating issues to reach consensus isn't productive.

Strategically line up opponents, uninformed stakeholders, loyal oppositions and partners to produce the outcome you want.

When conflict is mismanaged the implications are dire for an organization.

What part you play is crucial to your success.

Building effective, aligned, and high-performing teams will deliver outstanding results in any business environment.

Trusted by
Startups, Private Equity Firms, Publicly Traded Companies, & Fortune 500 Corporations