Business Keys To Success: Leadership

One of my favorite quotations on leadership states, “Leadership isn’t taught.  It is caught.”  I can assure you that in my career as a self-employed business owner and as a personal business coach that there are several people who served me well as excellent role models of leadership. In fact today, when I am Read More

Business Keys To Success: Change Is Inevitable-Growth Is Optional

I know everyone reading this post has experienced change.  Yet change doesn’t mean growth.  I thought I was growing because Read More

Business Keys To Success: The Power of Focus

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

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

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

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

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

Leaders Cannot Rise Above The Limitations Of Their Character

Character counts.  Character matters.  We have heard these phrases over and over.  John Maxwell in “The 21 Indispensable Qualities Of A Leader” asks the following question:  “Have you ever seen highly talented people suddenly fall apart when they achieved a certain level of success? I know in my personal business coaching practice that collaborates with Read More

The Law Of The Team

At this time in my life, virtually everything I do is a team effort.  In my personal business coaching, public speaking and career coaching I have a team to support me.  But, when I was younger, Read More

From The Business Coaching Chronicles: The Power Of Momentum

Keeping momentum is difficult in small business. Learn to create the power of positive momentum to carry you, your business and life to where you want to go. Read More