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Monthly Archives: March 2016
Thinking of the Trades?
The Rotary Club of Nanaimo North is hosting a Trades Information Evening on April 14th starting at 7 p.m. in the Malaspina Theatre at Vancouver Island University. The purpose of this event is to provide information related to the variety … Continue reading
Posted in Career development, Career professional, Chamber of Commerce, Coaching, Communication, Community Futures, Employment, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Networking, Older Worker, self-employment
Tagged Apprenticeship, Career, Career transition, Change, Coaching, Employment, High School Students, ITA, Nanaimo, Nanaimo North Rotary, Red Seal, SD#68, STEP, Trades, VIU
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Creativity at Work
Two phrases that limit an organizations ability to maintain its market share and have both good employee and customer relations are; “We’ve always done it this way” and “We tried that and it didn’t work.” Just because you have always … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Coaching, Communication, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Life coaching, Listening, Team development
Tagged Change Management, Coaching, Communication, creativity, Employee retention, Life coach, Organizational development, Recruitment and Retention, relationships, team building, Teams
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The Challenge of Change
Life is not simple. The world is moving at an accelerating rate especially when it comes to technology. It used to be that six months after you bought something it was obsolete. Then it was said it was obsolete as … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Clients, Coaching, Communication, Customers, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Entrepreneurs, Human resources, Leadership, Life coaching, Managing stress, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, organizational change, Relationships, Training
Tagged Assessments, Change, Change Management, Coaching, Communication, Competition, Employees, HR, Human Resources, Leader, Life coach, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Organizational Change, Personality type, Preferences, Soft skills, Stress, Workplace
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Stress is Different for Everyone!
Last week I rode the BC Ferry to Vancouver in my brief escape from paradise and watched the crew cope with the motion of the ship in the uncaring wind and waves. At one point someone who actually braved the … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Coaching, Customers, Diversity, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Life coaching, Managing stress, MBTI, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Tagged BC Ferries, Change Management, Coaching, Customer Service, Employment, Life coach, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Nanaimo, Personality type, Preferences, Stress, Vancouver, Vancouver Island
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Entrepreneurial Thinking, It’s Up To Us
The election takes place and we all make our choices as to which candidate or party we want to represent us, then the next four years complaining that it is not going according to what they said and what we … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Chamber of Commerce, Coaching, Community Futures, Diversity, Elephants, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Life coaching, LinkedIn, Networking, Older Worker, organizational change, self-employment, Young Professionals
Tagged Business, Change, Change Management, Coaching, Communication, Competitive Advantage, demographics, Economy, Employment, Human Resources, Nanaimo, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Technology
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So You Want to Move to Vancouver Island!
As an employment counsellor in Central Vancouver Island I saw 6 or 7 people a month who were new to the area and looking for work. Typically they were from large metropolitan centres such as Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary or Vancouver. … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Chamber of Commerce, Community Futures, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Life coaching, Retirement, Sales, self-employment
Tagged BC Ferries, Campbell River, Campbell River Economic Development Corporation, Career, Career transition, Central Vancouver Island, Change, Change Management, Chemainus, Comox, Comox Valley Economic Development Siciety, Courtenay, Duncan, Economic Development Cowichan, Employment, Gold River, Greater Victoria Development Agency, Hellijet, Ladysmith, Lake Cowichan, Lifestyle, Nanaimo, Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation, Parksville, Port Alberni, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Qualicum Beach, Retirement, Retirement Career, Sidney, Sooke, Tofino, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, Vancouver Island Real Estate Board, Victoria, VIEA, Washington State Ferries, WorkBC
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