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Steamboat Springs — Business coaches will lead this week's Success Steps luncheon, put on by Colorado Mountain College's Alpine Campus and SCORE. Jean-Ann and Bob Cooper will lead the workshop from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Steamboat Smokehouse, 912 Lincoln Ave. The event costs $15 and includes lunch.

The Coopers own Cooper Worldwide Coaching, a business and personal performance coaching firm. The lunch is titled "The Business Performance Review, Action Steps to Improve the Profitability and Performance of Your Business." The Coopers will address six areas that affect business: knowing your customer, products and services, staffing and training, customer service, customer attraction and retention, and the competition.

Participants also get a free two-hour coaching session. Call Randy Rudasics at 870-4491 for more information.

Course offers advice on government contracts

The U.S. Small Business Administration has launched an online training course to help strengthen access to contracting opportunities for small businesses, including those owned by women, minorities, disadvantaged individuals and veterans, according to a news release.

The course is called "Recovery Act Opportunities: How to Win Federal Contracts."

"Government contracts can play a key role in helping small businesses turn the corner in terms of expansion and job creation," SBA Administrator Karen G. Mills said in the release. "But make no mistake, the benefits the government receives are equally as impressive - working with small businesses allows the federal government to work with some of the most innovative companies in America, often with direct contact with the CEO."

The Recovery Act Opportunities course is available on SBA's Web site at www.sba.gov or directly at www.sba.gov/fed contractingtraining.