Finding your purpose in life is a first step to finding success in business. Is your leadership style a visionary or an implementer? Learn how family businesses break up because leaders do not understand their leadership style. Discover the source of conflict in corporate board rooms around the world. Learn how great leaders sabotage their business when their leadership style gets in the way. It is said that if you find the point where your mother's path crosses your father's path you will find your purpose in life. Learn how Vera's quest took her from the court room as a litigator to the point where her father's path crossed that of her mother. Her father was a businessman her mother was very spiritual. What he found on the golf course she found as a leader in the church. At the crossroad Vera found character and soul that leads to business success. "Business Leadership and Success" helps you assess the threads in your tapestry and find a meaningful pursuit. Using principles of golf, Vera compares business and leadership strategies. The equipment in your golf bag, scorecard and par help you on a golf course in the same way that your inner and outer resources help you succeed in business. Measure regularly - monitor often - Learn to tally the score daily. Par tells you what is expected on the golf course, learn what is expected in business. In business and golf, you must start with a balanced position or you are pulled off center. Learn to adjust your alignment when resources are imbalanced. In addition to your finances, you need to balance what goes on inside of you. Within you are various degrees of loft, similar to the 14 clubs in a golf bag. Find the loft that gets you up and out of difficult situations you can expect to encounter in business. The golf drive is the stroke that uses the most power and has the fastest speed. Within each of us is a driving force that wants us to be successful. How far your drive takes you depends on whether you are listening to an empowering still small voice within. When you find yourself in the rough, do not dwell on the limiting voices of fear, anxiety or doubt. They take your focus off the goal in the distance. Be willing to unlock secrets within that take you through rough terrain. Facing your inner challenges will be the hardest mountain you will ever climb. Find concealed blind spots that leave you wondering, "Why did I say that?" or "Why did I do that?" Learn to trust the driving force within you. A deep analysis takes you into inner spaces within yourself to places you have never been, places only you can go. The more you dig the more intimate will be your experience with yourself. As you get to know yourself it reinforces your self-trust. Personal growth leads to greater self-expression. On the putting green of the golf course is where the ball rolls into the hole. This is your final stroke for each hole. It is where the cash register rings. Sometimes the green looks very flat, but something within nudges you otherwise. Do you go with what appears obvious to your eyes or do you listen to that quiet voice within you? The more you listen to your inner still small voice it becomes your trusted guide and leads you to greater success. Just because you pay an expert does not mean you get the best advice. There will come a point when all the evidence says no but your inner green light indicates it is time to go ahead and follow the dream in your heart. Apply golf's best ball format to building your team. Study your team's disabilities as well as their abilities. Learn the warning signs when sabotage may be coming from a trusted adviser. An entire team gets held up when one team member gets stuck in the rough. If your view of people is too narrow you will make an ineffective leader in a global world. Learn the key ingredients for leadership success. Develop character from within. Master your inner game. Leave footprints in the sand.