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Tag Archives: British Columbia
Is It Just Me?
A major telecommunications company has had a major equipment failure that affected a large percentage of the population. This has disrupted email communication for the everyday user including small business. While an inconvenience for the personal user, it is a … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Communication, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Empowering people, Environment, Internet, Leadership, Lifestyle, Relationships
Tagged British Columbia, Business, Coaching, Communication, community, E-mail, Energy, Internet, Plastic, relationships, Self-sustaining, Small Business, Society, Technology
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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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Relaxation & Recreation
While many of us derive our pleasure from the day-to-day production of (hopefully) tangible work, we all need to step back occasionally and get away. Such is the case for me this past few days. We traveled to Waters Edge … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Environment, Family, Life coaching, Managing stress
Tagged British Columbia, Cameron Lake, Cathedral Grove, Coaching, Kennedy Hill, Kennedy Lake, Kennedy River, Port Alberni, Recreation, Relaxation, Sea Lions, Sproat Lake, Stress, Tofino, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, Waters Edge Resort
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Labour Shortage
We have no excuse, we were warned in 1996 by David Foot in his best selling book, “Boom, Bust & Echo that this was coming. Twenty-three years later some employers are just waking up to the fact that there is … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Career professional, Coaching, Community Futures, Diversity, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Human resources, Leadership, Older Worker, Team development, Training
Tagged Boom, British Columbia, Business, Businesses, Bust & Echo, David Foot, Disability, Employee retention, Employees, Employment, Human Resources, Jobs, Labour Shortage, Organizational development, Professions, Recruitment and Retention, team building, Teams, Training, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate
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Politics and Business
We are at that time in our British Columbia communities where we need to choose our leaders, whether it be municipal, regional district or School District. My frustration is in hearing many of our local business owners/operators say they can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Communication, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Leadership
Tagged British Columbia, Business, Candidates, Change, Communities, community, Economic Development, Elected Officials, Election, Government, Leadership, Local Business, Municipal, Regional District, School District, Tourism, Vote
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Smoke Gets in Your ………..
Recently we have been breathing, tasting, squinting, through the pall of smoke that has blanketed our province. The children, elderly, and those with respiratory ailments are at risk. Much as that has impacted our lives, there are many who have … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Environment, Lifestyle, Managing stress
Tagged British Columbia, British Columbia Economy, Business, Campfire, community, Employment, Evacuation, Evacuation Alert, Lightning, Mother Nature, Nanaimo, Natural Resources, Orange Sun, Smoke, Stress, Vancouver Island, Wildfires
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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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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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Are They Really the Top 100?
One of my favourite magazines came out with its annual issue highlighting the ‘Top 100’ companies in British Columbia ranked by revenue. The rise and fall in revenues over the past year is certainly one economic indicator within the various … Continue reading
