About Me
Meet Scott Charlton
Having retired as a business coach from Slipstream Group, the company I co-founded, I am now actively engaged in a collection of long term interests. The connection between seemingly disparate pursuits is that I relish helping others reach their potential.
I do this in conjunction with an enjoyable lifestyle that includes learning, writing, travel, fitness and photography. I am grateful for the business career which ultimately provided me with the financial means to explore these interests.
If aspects described on the Services tab resonate, please reach out. I look forward to hearing from you.
My personal mission
My mission is to help others attain their potential, hence the domain name used for this website.
I worked this out 20 years ago, looking back over my life and identifying where I was most engaged. Clarity of mission has propelled me forward ever since and added meaning to my life. It continues to drive me – at a time when friends, colleagues and family members are embracing retirement, I am enthusiastically focused on helping those who are motivated to achieve more.
I’m happy to put you in touch with people I’ve worked who will vouch for what I do.
My career background and credentials
Relevant to many of the services that I provide, I enjoyed 40+ years in business. The first half was as an accountant in practice and the second half as a business coach to accountants and financial planners.
Formerly a Chartered Accountant and a CPA, I have a Commerce Degree, an MBA and a Graduate Certificate in Financial Planning. I’ve had the privilege of working with professional services firms all around Australia. I wrote three books about professional practice and worked in some amazing businesses during my career. I also started, built and successfully exited businesses as part of this journey.
I’ve also had extensive experience in using the Instinctive Drives profiling system and more recently became an advocate for the Working Genius system as well.
In 2024-25 I stepped back from my business career to become a qualified personal trainer and group fitness instructor. My aim in taking this step was to help clients enjoy a level of fitness which enables them to live a great life and pursue their interests. Personal training now sits comfortably alongside the coaching services I provide.
Ideas man
I’m happiest when presented with a fresh problem to solve or a situation which enables me to call on my experience and knack of coming up with ideas. I am great at facilitating workshops and like nothing better than to help clients achieve breakthroughs in these forums. Reviewing websites and marketing copy is a highly honed skill. I will always come up with suggestions and discussion points on such matters. As evidenced by the hundreds of guides, checklists, systems, workbooks, cartoons, podcasts and slideshows developed during my career I’m great at creating pathways for others to follow.
My life in fitness
I’ve enjoyed a lifetime interest in physical fitness and have engaged in many outdoor activities including surfing, sailboarding, canoeing, running, triathlons, mountain biking and hiking.
An enduring love has been cycling. Early days, I rode my bike to school and later, to University and to work. I have completed numerous road cycling events in Australia and experienced the joy of riding some iconic roads in Europe.
I’ve also been lifting weights since my mid 20’s, an activity I continue to enjoy in my home gym four times a week. In recent years, introducing others to strength training has become a calling.
Business owners and professional practitioners that I coach are often surprised when I ask about their exercise regimen. Yet I consider physical fitness to be an important contributor
to business success. This was a major factor in undertaking formal qualifications to be a personal trainer.
These days, my particular interest is providing strength and conditioning services to those in their 50’s, 60’s and beyond.
