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Category Archives: Chamber of Commerce
Measuring ‘Best’
I just finished reading an article on the biggest companies in British Columbia, ranked in order. Impressive, to say the least! Interesting to see the changes from a year ago and the newcomers to the top 100. Personally, biggest doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Chamber of Commerce, Community Futures, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Environment, Lifestyle
Tagged Arts, Best Companies, Biggest Companies, British Columbia, Business, Charities, community, Corporate Taxes, Employees, Environment, Good Corporate Citizen, Social Footprint, Sponsorship, Youth Activities
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The Network
Whether you are in business, starting a business, or looking for employment, you need a network. If you are in business, you need a network that will tell you what competitors have emerged from the woodwork and what they are … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Chamber of Commerce, Clients, Coaching, Community Futures, Customers, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Life coaching, Marketing, Networking, self-employment, Service Clubs, Social Media, Volunteering
Tagged Business, Career, Chambers of Commerce, Clients, community, Community Futures, Competitors, Customers, demographics, Economy, Employer, Employment, Market Share, Network, Networking, Organizational development, self-employment, Service Clubs, Volunteering, Wage Subsidy, WorkBC Employment Centre
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Pursuing the Target Market
The one thing I love about new entrepreneurs is their enthusiasm. Most will overestimate their sales forecast and underestimate the difficulty in dealing in their target market. The difficulty is in knowing how to promote the product or service to … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Chamber of Commerce, Clients, Coaching, Communication, Community Futures, Customers, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Entrepreneurs, Marketing, Networking, Sales, self-employment, Social Media
Tagged Business, Business Cards, Clients, Communication, Customers, Entrepreneurs, Networking, Product, Promotions, Sales Forecast, Service, Sole Proprietor
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Giving Back
For many of us, there comes a time when we think about helping or contributing to a cause that has meaning for us. For some it is the result of ourselves or a loved one being afflicted by an ailment, … Continue reading
The Empty Position
Interesting walking around town and the malls seeing the help wanted signs in the windows. It started as the summer season approached and now is becoming more prevalent as the businesses start the ascent to the Christmas season. The economy … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Chamber of Commerce, Coaching, Customers, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Employees, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Human resources, Learning styles, Managing stress
Tagged Affordable Housing, Business, Businesses, Communities, Construction Industry, Economy, Employees, Help Wanted, Housing, Human Resources, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Professionals, Recruitment and Retention, Short-staffed, Small Business, Trades, Tradespeople, Working Homeless
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A Challenge of Business
Recently, we were invited to go to Penticton with friends. The appeal was not only to be with our friends but to simply get away from perhaps our comfort zone and enjoy an escape from routine. The challenge was the … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Chamber of Commerce, Clients, Community Futures, Customers, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Marketing
Tagged BC Wildfires, Business, Chamber of Commerce, Change Management, Clients, Customers, Economic Development, Fraser Valley, Hope, Hope-Princeton, Kelowna, Lakeshore Drive, Penticton, Penticton Market, Small Business, Tourism, Tourists
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How Do I Keep Up?
I am often asked by entrepreneurs starting small business, “How do I keep up with what is happening in the business? This is not a simple question to answer as it depends on your communication style, level of knowledge on … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Chamber of Commerce, Coaching, Communication, Community Futures, Customers, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, FaceBook, Internet, Learning styles, Lifestyle, LinkedIn, Listening, Networking, Relationships, self-employment, Service Clubs, Social Media, Volunteering, Young Professionals
Tagged Business, Change, Change Management, Coaching, Communication, community, Human Resources, Organizational development, Personality, Personality type, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance
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The Times They are a Changin’
It wasn’t that long ago that Nanaimo had trouble attracting visionaries who would invest in the economic well being of the city. This has changed in the last few years partially due to the geographic location, improved transportation access through … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Chamber of Commerce, Communication, Community Futures, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employment, Entrepreneurs, self-employment, Young Professionals
Tagged Business, Change Management, community, Employment, Harbour Air, Helijet, Hyas Infosec, Indus Controls, Inuktun Services, Lifestyle, Nanaimo, Northern Biomass Consulting, Real Estate Webmasters, YCD
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What will it take?
Working with entrepreneurs is fascinating! Some have had an idea percolating for years before they decide to put it into action. Others have so many ideas and no focus that allows them to start. Some don’t know they have an … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Chamber of Commerce, Clients, Coaching, Communication, Community Futures, Customers, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employment, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Life coaching, Marketing, self-employment
Tagged BDC, Board Development, British Columbia, Business, Business Development Bank of Canada, Coaching, community, Community Futures, Employment, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Entrepreneurs, Jobs, Knowledge, Marketing, Product, self-employment, smallbusinessbc, SOHOVictoria
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A Hand Up
Small business is the backbone of British Columbia employing 1 million workers or 40% of the working population and accounts for 33% of the GDP. By definition small business is a business of fewer than 50 employees. In 2015, 79% … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Career professional, Chamber of Commerce, Community Futures, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, self-employment, Training
Tagged British Columbia, British Columbia Economy, Business, Coaching, community, Economy, EI, Employment, Employment Insurance, Entrepreneurs, Mentoring, Organizational development, Organizational training, Small Business, Trades Training, Training, WorkBC, Workshops
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