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Monthly Archives: July 2018
The Business of Business
When some think of business men and women, they think of them as successful, they have a good life with all the money they could want. Other’s think of fast food chains and the success that must go with it … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Clients, Community Futures, Customers, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Marketing, self-employment
Tagged Business, Business Model, Clients, community, Customers, Employees, Entrepreneur, Franchises, Independence, Opportunity, Passion, Product, return on investment, Service
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Island Proud!
With a potential Trade War looming in the not to distant future, there have been Nationalistic movements on both sides of the US/Canada border. The truth is we don’t realize how much we depend on the Global Marketplace for our … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Communication, Customers, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employment, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Lifestyle, Marketing
Tagged 49th Parallel Grocery, Canada, Consumers, Country Grocer, Customers, Employment, Global Marketplace, Island Good, Local Economy, Nanaimo, Quality Foods, Shoppers, Thrifty Foods, Trade War, USA, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, VIEA
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Who are They Really?
This post departs a little from the norm in that it as a bit of a rant. A magazine that I respect and read cover to cover religiously has just posted its annual ‘Top 100 Businesses in British Columbia” as … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Leadership, organizational change
Tagged British Columbia, Business, community, Companies, Corporations, Economy, Lifestyle, Province, Social Enterprise, Social Responsibility, Top 100 Businesses in British Columbia
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Community
The annual Dragon Boat event took place in Nanaimo this past weekend. The value of community really is evident by the sheer numbers involved in creating a successful event. A volunteer board contributing hundreds of hours. Save-On Foods sponsoring the … Continue reading
Posted in Career development, Economy, Empowering people, Lifestyle, Volunteering
Tagged community, Dragon Boat, Economy, Kathaumixw, Nanaimo, Nanaimo Hospital Foundation, Powell River, Powell River Academy of Music, Rotary Club of Nanaimo North, Save-On Foods, team building, Volunteering
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Canada Day 2018
Wow! One Hundred and Fifty-one years young! Our vastness has been both a benefit and a curse. Economic Development has been a challenge as it has flourished where transportation is prevalent and slow where the cost of moving goods is … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Communication, Diversity, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Empowering people, Lifestyle, Marketing, Relationships
Tagged Canada, Canada Day, Canadians, community, Economic Development, Global Market, Great Depression, Local Economy, relationships, Transportation, Unemployment, Vancouver, Vancouver Island
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