Ben Porter leads CLS's executive assessment, coaching, and learning practices. He has over 20 years of "real world" executive development experience, holding executive- level positions with Fortune 50 multinational companies. He led Lockheed Aerospace's total quality effort and was Director of Organization Effectiveness for Amoco, where he worked closely with the chairman to design and implement the company's organization-wide renewal process. Later, as Vice President of Organization and Leadership Development for PepsiCo, Ben was responsible for implementing a variety of systems to build worldwide leadership for PepsiCo. Prior to forming the Center For Leadership Solutions, he was Chief Learning Officer and Vice President of Organization and Leadership Development for AlliedSignal, where he led a variety of organization-wide change initiatives. He has earned a BA in Organization Behavior and an MA in Human Resource Development from Brigham Young University and has completed several years of doctoral work in Applied Behavioral Science from the University of Southern California.

Ben's clients include such world-class companies as AlliedSignal, Honeywell, The Home Depot, General Motors, Nortel Networks, Johnson & Johnson, Ingersoll-Rand, Avery Dennison, and The Royal Bank of Canada. He currently runs the Executive Development Programs for Honeywell and General Motors, has coached numerous senior-level executives, and has delivered hundreds of executive development training programs. He offers consulting and training services in Executive Learning, Change Management, Executive Assessment, Development and Coaching, Building Leadership Talent and Team Effectiveness.