Month: September 2025
An afternoon with Seth Godin
In the wild world of business there are few voices of reason and Author Seth Godin to me is one of them. If you don’t know this author and you are a business owner you may want to check him out. I snapped a pic, maybe you will recognize one or more of them,
5 Reasons You Won’t Reach Your Goals in 2017
I’ve been a goal-setter my whole life – and whether the goals were, Professional, financial, health, or educational themed, hands down, the years I’ve been least successful its been for the following 5 reasons: My goals have been too vague My goals have no direct impact My goals aren’t challenging My goals aren’t inspiring My goals aren’t trackable paragraph here
Don’t just do Something, Stand There! -a book report on Business Leadership
When you are building your team inevitably you are going to hire and individual or two that you struggle to manage. As part of my studies on Organization Development at Royal Roads University in Victoria I read Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There! Ten Principles for Leading Meetings That Matter (Weisbord and Janoff, 2007)
How the Canada BC Jobs Grant is creating Jobs
No where in the world is government more supportive of small business than right here in British Columbia Canada, where we have the Canada BC Jobs Grant that helps small business owners pay for much needed business training. I am witnessing first hand how this program is creating great jobs right here in my
You need a plan.
When you live in kansas, you know what to do during tornado season. When you live in x, you have x. Earthquake, hurricane, snow, What’s your plan when things go wrong with a customer in your business? Failed promise, returns, didn’t meet expectations. What do you and your employees do and are they the same
Are you in business?
Riding down the road on the wrong side with no helmet, dark clothes on. Hoping to get hit? Are you making a plan for success or are you hoping disaster doesn’t occur.