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: Control

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: Master The Art Of Quitting

I believe that quitting is a good thing.  In fact, many of the best things in my business and life have come from quitting.  In my personal business coaching practice I collaborate with and support successful people.  Interestingly, the one thing that all of them are seeking is to 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 Is Empowerment

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

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: 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

Business Keys To Success: Discernment

“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