Business Keys To Success: Control

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Steve Scott

Control can be a good thing and it can be a bad thing. For most people, the first thing they think of is that if I am in control that’s good and if someone else is then it is not. Over years in my personal business coaching practice I have observed while collaborating with and Read More

Business Keys To Success: You Must Quit To Succeed

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Steve Scott

One of the interesting paradoxes is that we are raised with the thought that there is something inherently bad or wrong about us when we choose to quit. Yet, if we don’t quit the thoughts, emotions, ways of thinking and ways of doing things that are holding us back, there is no 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: 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: Being Approachable

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Steve Scott

Being approachable over my career has brought me opportunities and contacts I could never have imagined. I attribute much of the success I have experienced and continue to experience to being approachable. Obviously there are other important factors. But being approachable and having the ability to connect are in the top five. Opportunity for a Read More

Business Keys To Success: Add Value To People

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Steve Scott

Your attitude determines what you value. And when it comes to people it is no different. Human relations expert Les Giblin remarked, “You can’t make the other fellow feel important in your presence if you secretly feel that he is a nobody.” Isn’t that true? I think you would agree that you find it difficult Read More

Business Keys To Success-Building A Team

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Steve Scott

Building a team is one of the quickest paths to business success. Whether you are running a small business, starting your own business or in a corporate environment the value of having a good team is critical to any success. Yet, very often in my business coaching practice, whether it be with self-employed business owners, Read More

Who’s In Charge? The Case For A Job Description

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Steve Scott

A job description can be the tipping point to having a successful small business. Too often,the self-employed business owner becomes immersed in performing the business and really doesn’t know what his employees are doing and how they are doing it. This is a recipe for Read More

Business Keys To Success: Become An Influencer

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Steve Scott

Are you an influencer? Leadership is influence. Much of small business success and growth is based on self-employed business owner’s ability to influence. Read More

Business Keys To Success: Developing Leaders

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Steve Scott

Leaders are an important component to small business growth and success. Develop the leaders from within and they will lift you and your business. Read More