As a business owner you have a lot of strengths, right?  Otherwise you would have gone out of business before you got to read this.  But just maybe you believe you need to develop some skills and capabiities that will help you manage your business more effectively.

Here's a short survey that will help you identify your strengths and perhaps some of your weaker areas. Assess yourself on a scale of 1 to 10.  10 means this is a strength in your business and 1 means you don't do it at all or are really bad at it.

Most coaches were born coaches.  We naturally attract people who want our support and advice.  But, as is true with any profession, there is a learning curve in the process of mastering the coaching skill set.  Here is a list of the most common coaching mistakes - and all of them are fixable once you become aware of them!  As you find yourself making fewer and fewer mistakes, your confidence will grow, thus adding to the power and effectiveness of your coaching.

How high is your quality of life?  Delve deep into the areas of family/relationships, career/business, money/finances, joy/delight, effectiveness/efficiency, personal foundation/responsibility, personal development and personal evolution, self-care/well-being, happiness and pleasure.

Score you current situation by taking this test, then use the questionnare to identify goals for the areas you would like to work on.  Measure your success by taking the test again a few months after you have been working on your goals, to see if you are on track for achieving them!

If a fantastic romantic relationship is what you want, then Love 101^TM  was designed for you!  Chart your progress against the 101 key attributes, behaviours and styles characteristic of individuals in highly successful and satisfying intimate relationships.

Self esteem is about feeling OK about who you are. If you have good self-esteem it means that you like yourself and you believe that you are as 'OK' as everyone else. If you have poor self-esteem it means that you believe that you are not OK, or that you are inferior to others.

This action sheet is great to use at each session with your mentor or coach.  It will help you to keep track of where you are at with your goals, how you are feeling about them at the moment, how far towards completion you feel you have gone; and provides space to write down the notes and actions from each of your mentoring sessions.

This daily planner is a one-page organiser that will help you focus on your activities for the day, the purpose behind each activity (is it contributing to your overall objectives?) and optimise daily productivity.  Try using this planner for a week, in conjunction with your mentoring or coaching goal plan, and see if it helps with the achievement of your weekly goals.

This program is a great one for all the coaches (or aspiring coaches) out there, and can also be used effectively for mentors.  It outlines a hundred key skills a coach or mentor should have grouped into the following 10 categories, and a 4 step exercise for rating yourself on mastering these skills: