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: Enlarging Others

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Steve Scott

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

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Steve Scott

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: Confrontation Is A Good Thing

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Steve Scott

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

Keys To Success: Matching Marketing With Client Expectations

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Steve Scott

For the self-employed business owner, marketing your business is essential.Success comes when the expectation from your marketing is exceeded by the experience. Read More

Business Keys To Success: Confrontation

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Steve Scott

Confrontation is very challenging for most self-employed business owners. As a personal business coach, and having owned several successful small businesses I found myself in a state of Read More

Business Keys To Success: Become More Solution Oriented

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Steve Scott

Coming up with a solution, as any self-employed business owner, entrepreneur or solo professional knows is the key to advancing in small business. Small business by its very nature is about Read More

Challenge: The Holidays

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Steve Scott

For all of us, the Holidays will have an impact on our businesses and lives. Why? Even if you don’t celebrate the Holidays, people you know and work with do. And, there will be three specific days, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s, where most business stops or is very limited. And for a time that Read More

From The Business Coaching Chronicles: Success Comes In Creating Your Crowd

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Steve Scott

Small business success for the self-employed business owner doesn’t happen overnight. As this story shows, success is truly a process of one step at a time. Read More

Action: You May Talk The Talk But You Must Walk The Walk

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Steve Scott

Action is the bridge the self-employed business owner must cross to have small business success. Action is the bridge between involvement and commitment. Read More