Business Keys To Success: Add Value To People

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

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

Business Keys To Success: Enlarging Others

Enlarging others is an important key to success.  As a young employee and ultimately business owner I was striving for success and somehow it was always painful.  It turned out that I had the wrong attitude.  Instead of enlarging others I was always 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

Business Keys To Success: You Are Responsible For Your Attitudes

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

Business Keys To Success-Building A Team

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

From The Business Coaching Chronicles-A Little Extra Change

Most people are resistant to change.  They desire improvement but they resist changing their everyday routine.  That’s a problem because, as leadership expert Max DePree says, “We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”  To sharpen your Read More

From The Business Coaching Chronicles: Confrontation Is A Good Thing

One of the things most self-employed business owners, entrepreneurs and solo professionals dislike is confrontation.  What I have seen time and again in my personal business coaching practice is that avoiding confrontation very often causes problems to fester, grow bigger and explode. Confrontation The Wrong Way I had a client with seven employees.  One employee Read More

The Business Coaching Chronicles: Who Is Running Your Business?

Who is running your business?  For this one particular client, a self-employed business owner, the answer or the truth was a revelation.  As a personal business coach I have collaborated with and supported business owners, executives and managers in various stages of business and personal growth. The business in this story was entering 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