Business Keys To Success: Add Value To People

Posted on June 23, 2015 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: You Are Responsible For Your Attitudes

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Steve Scott

Life is full of surprises, and the adjustment of our attitudes is a lifelong project. Think about your destiny in business and life. It will never be determined by our complaining spirits or high expectations. In my business coaching practice and in my own life I had to come face to face with my attitudes. Read More

What’s Your Ticket To Greater Small Business Success

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Steve Scott

Although small business success can be defined in different ways I have learned from my own businesses and from being a personal business coach that there is, in the long run, one thing that every self-employed business owner wants. They want greater freedom. In coaching success I have discovered that the entrepreneurs and solo professionals Read More

Successful Business Performance: It’s About Raising Your Standards

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Steve Scott

Successful business performance and how it is tied to raising your standards was the focus of a client meeting I had at the beginning of the year. He was looking for 2010 to be a breakout year. Things were going well. The marketing of his company was producing very positive results. His forays into advertising Read More

Business Keys To Success: Leader-A Larger Field of View

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Steve Scott

Leader-The Larger Context A leader has a larger field of view. John Maxwell in The 360-Degree Leader shares the following thoughts. Most people evaluate events in their lives according to how they will be personally affected. Leaders think within a broader context. They start by asking themselves, How this will impact those they lead? They Read More

What’s Your Headline?

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Steve Scott

“Good people are found, not changed. Recently I read a headline that said, ‘We don’t teach people to be nice. We simply hire nice people.’ Wow! What a clever short cut.” According to various reputable sources a business will hire 80% of all its problems. That means that the remaining 20% doesn’t have to do Read More

Business Networking 1

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Steve Scott

A great deal has been written about business networking. Whether you are a self-employed business owner, entrepreneur, solo professional or an executive or manager with a large company, business networking is important for several reasons. Read More

How Are You Catching Adversity?

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Steve Scott

When fate throws you a dagger of adversity you have a choice. You can either catch it by the blade or the handle. The key to how you catch it will determine very often the course your life will take. Adversity, in some shape or form, is something all of us experience. But it is Read More

How Have You Grown?

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Steve Scott

When we speak about growth and results more often than not, we measure it with numbers. Sales were up Profits were down My grades were in the top ten percent I ran a mile in 10 minutes Numbers are absolutely critical to measuring results……in most areas. It is easy to get number focused and miss Read More

Connection

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Steve Scott

John Maxwell in reflecting on how to win with people say to get out of your “own little world.” In order to connect with more people in a positive way you always need to be expanding your view. Otherwise the types of relationships you have will have a great deal of sameness and not add Read More