Business Keys To Success: Focus And Leadership

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Steve Scott

What does it take to have the focus required to be an truly effective leader? The keys are priorities and concentration. A leader who knows his priorities but lacks concentration knows what to do but never gets it done. Very often, in my personal business coaching practice the self-employed business owner, entrepreneur, solo professional, corporate Read More

Business Keys To Success: Priorities

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Steve Scott

John Maxwell in “The 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership” talks about the law of priorities. Priorities are easy to talk about. But, very often there is a disconnect between our priorities and what we do. Whether you are a self-employed business owner, entrepreneur, solo professional, corporate manager or executive we naturally believe that when we Read More

Business Keys To Success: Are You Able To Quit?

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Steve Scott

I am challenging you to quit. Do you have the skill or discipline to know when to quit? In my personal business coaching practice I have observed that very often the greatest success among the self-employed business owner, entrepreneur, solo professional or corporate manager or executive comes when they decide to quit. In the previous Read More

Business Keys To Success: The Power of Focus

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Steve Scott

As a young boy growing up in Chappaqua, New York I learned about the power of focus. Unfortunately, I was learning how to use the power of focus this bright fall day but I didn’t have the wisdom to use it properly. I was always intrigued by my Dad’s magnifying glass. My Dad wasn’t home Read More

Business Keys To Success: Leadership Is Empowerment

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Steve Scott

Over the years my best leaders whether it be in business, sports or volunteer organizations are the ones who practice empowerment. Leaders come in all shapes and sizes. And, even with all the online training, corporate training, business courses and business skills training developing great leadership that leads to the empowerment of others is not Read More

Business Keys To Success: Leadership

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Steve Scott

There are many definitions of leadership. One that has stuck with me is that leadership is creating in others today a future willingness to follow you into something new for the sake of something great. I believe that to be true. But let’s look for a moment of the misconceptions about leadership. Leadership? The one Read More

Business Keys To Success: Lead By Giving Others Energy

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Steve Scott

Mark Twain once said, “If you want energy go out and give it to someone else.” Over the years I have been fortunate to lead not only businesses but several volunteer organizations. The ones where we had the greatest success is where all of us were creating energy. Yet, many self-employed business owners, entrepreneurs, solo Read More

Business Keys To Success: Embrace Commitment

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Steve Scott

The world has never seen a great leader in the world or in business who has lacked commitment. If you want to be an effective leader, you have to be committed. Why? True commitment will attract Read More

Business Keys To Success: When To Make Decisions

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Steve Scott

Very often we make decisions without even thinking about the context in which we are making them. This can lead to some bad consequences. Are things going well? Are they going badly? Are you under a lot of stress? Remember there is Read More

Business Keys To Success: Discernment

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Steve Scott

“Discernment can be described as the ability to find the root of the matter, and it relies on intuition as well as rational thought. Discernment is an indispensable quality for any leader who desires to maximize effectiveness.”—John Maxwell In “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader” Maxwell goes onto talk about the value of practicing Read More