Welcome to
Success Factors Scales®
Premier SCIENTIFIC Personal Development Tools for the Athletic and Corporate Worlds.





Your Key to Success

Your Key to Success will be determined by how fervently you utilize the valuable personal information you receive in the Executive Summary from the results of the Athletic Edition or Corporate Edition of the Success Factors Scales®.
The Athletics Edition measures the level of strength in 10 traits that have been identified scientifically as critically important psychological traits that coaches seek in their student-athletes. Those traits include cohesion, competitiveness, confidence, coping with pressure, injury rehabilitation, integrity, leadership, maturity, mental toughness, and motivation.
The Corporate Edition measures the level of strength in 13 traits that research literature indicates are traits that successful people possess in any job environment. Those traits include assertiveness, cohesiveness, communication skills, coping with pressure, integrity, leadership, maturity, mental toughness, motivation, passion, receptiveness to new things, rehabilitation from injury/illness, and self-confidence.
What Our Clients Say
“Steve, the results of our baseball team’s Success Factors Scales® – Athletics Edition assessment proved to be right on the money. The indicators of psychological tendencies and readiness has positively facilitated our players.”
Bob Herold,
Head Baseball Coach, University of Nebraska-Omaha
“I felt the Success Factors Scales® – Athletics Edition is an excellent test for athletes to look more deeply into important aspects of competing that they usually don’t consider. It would be an excellent tool for coaches of current athletes and for coaches to use for recruiting.”
Donna Martin,
Athletic Director, Mary Baldwin College
“I just completed the Success Factors Scales® – Corporate Edition, and found it to be one of the most unique assessment tools in the business world. The results were eye-opening to me. It certainly offers a person several opportunities for personal development.”
Louise Waszak,
Wells Fargo
“It’s always good to get confirmation of your skills through your personality and try to improve the weaknesses shown in the results. This is a great personal development tool.”
Gary Christian,
PGA Tour Professional
“I liked the Success Factors Scales® – Athletics Edition website. It was easy to navigate, and the results pages were great!”
Alan Pokorski,
Director of Athletic Recruitment and Head Golf Coach, Midland Lutheran College
“I took the Success Factors Scales® – Corporate Edition test and thought it was very interesting. I felt it was fairly accurate on how I perceive myself to be and different behaviors of mine.”
Sarah Julius,
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Ready to be Successful?
Coaches, do you want to discover the “Intangibles of Winning” traits in your players?
- Athletes, do you want to discover your success traits that will advance you to the next level of competition?
- Business people, do you want to discover your success traits that will push you up the ladder in corporate America?
Now is the time to invest in yourself to discover the behavioral traits that may be holding you back from becoming the best you can be.
The Success Factors Scales® – Athletics Edition and the Success Factors Scales® – Corporate Edition are the premier scientific personal development tools that can provide you with the answers you’ve been searching for to take you to the next level of athletic and corporate greatness.
What’s holding you back from discovering your success traits?
Enter one of the Edition portals now!
About your Developer
STEVE BRENNAN, a former college basketball coach and college basketball referee, has Masters degrees in Educational Administration and Sport Psychology, and a Doctorate in Performance and Health Psychology. He held adjunct faculty positions at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and Hamline University in St. Paul, MN.
Steve is the author of multiple publications, including SECRETS of the Five-Star Recruiter, Six Psychological Factors for Success, The Recruiters Bible (3 rd Ed.), The Mental Edge: Basketball’s Peak Performance Workbook (3 rd Ed.), and the four-volume set of Inside Recruiting™: The Master Guide to Successful College Athletic Recruiting.
Steve is also a listed contributor in The Basketball Bible and Coaching Basketball. He has been included in editions of the World Sport Psychology Sourcebook, World Sport Psychology Who’s Who, Who’s Who in American Education, Two Thousand Notable American Men, and the International Who’s Who of Business Entrepreneurs.
Steve is the founder and president of Peak Performance Consultants, an Omaha, Nebraska-based global consulting firm specializing in motivation and education, including teaching mental preparation and performance enhancement strategies to athletes, coaches, educators, and business people. Currently, he is the President and CEO of The Center for Performance Enhancement Research and Education™ (CPERE), a non-profit foundation based in Omaha.
