About Us
Welcome to Dark Matter Consulting. The Executive Coaches at Dark Matter will help you to get your stalled project moving again so you can finish it!
What is “Dark Matter,” anyway?
You’ve no doubt heard the phrase “tip of the iceberg,” meaning that what you see above the water is only a fraction of what’s really there, hiding beneath the surface. Physicists currently believe that only a small portion of the matter in the universe is visible, and they labeled the rest Dark Matter. Like our iceberg, there is much more that is hidden than is visible, and this invisible matter has a powerful effect on everything we do see.
At Dark Matter Consulting, we believe we believe that success depends more upon the often unseen and unarticulated values, beliefs and emotions of the leader and the team than on the visible resources and timelines. With our help, you will become to aware of the “dark matter” and how it influences your performance so that you can use it to your advantage, so that you get your project back on track and completed.
DAVID KAISER, Ph.D., A.C.C.
David Kaiser began coaching by working primarily with 1> job-seekers and 2> graduate students who were struggling to finish their dissertations. He noticed that both groups shared many of the same struggles around managing their time and their emotions, procrastinating, laboring in dysfunctional conditions, focusing on low-risk and low-value tasks, feeling guilty, constantly working and re-working without ever finishing, and allowing themselves to be swamped by day to day tasks so they never find time for their project.
Through his work with these two groups, Dave has discovered a system that helps his clients, whether they are grad students or executives, to get their critical projects moving again.
How do his clients get moving again? By
- Establishing routines (and eliminating distractions) to bring out their best work
- Making explicit the PAIN and GAIN of their choices
- Planning work and tracking progress
- Pacing and self-care
- Connecting their actions with their values and their vision of success
- Identifying options at key junctures
- Removing perfectionism by allowing incremental improvement
Dave has helped dozens of clients to pull themselves out of the guilt, fear and stress of stalled projects and guide them through to successful completion.
Dave is trained at the Coaches Training Institute and certified by the International Coaching Federation. He has 20 years of corporate and academic experience. Dave has worked in Finance, Marketing and Project Management at blue-chip companies including Marriott, MCI and General Growth Properties. He also holds a Doctorate in Linguistics from the University of Chicago, a Masters in Russian from the University of Arizona, and a Bachelors in Finance from Georgetown University (go Hoyas!). Dave has lived in Russia, serving as a US-AID consultant, and studied in Poland. He speaks Russian fluently and some Polish. He is certified to use Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Campbell Leadership Index, LH-Step, FIRO-B, Emotional Competence Inventory, and has extensive experience using Process Communications Model.
Contact us at Dave@DarkMatterConsulting.com to learn more about how we can help you get your stalled projects moving again.