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Tag Archives: Change Management
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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Progress?
We live more and more in a technology driven world, supposedly to make our lives easier and more productive. We enjoy the benefits of this in our entertainment giving us 300 channels of questionable content on our television, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Clients, Communication, Customers, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Internet, Lifestyle, Sales, self-employment
Tagged Basic Skills, Business, Change, Change Management, Customers, Employees, Innovation, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Stress, Technology, Wikipedia
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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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Will it Change?
The housing market certainly is not what it used to be. I remember buying our first house for $19,700 with a mortgage payment of $330 per month and thinking, “How will we ever pay for this!” Homes today certainly have … Continue reading
Posted in Business Planning, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Environment, Family
Tagged Affordable Accommodation, Business, Change Management, Chemainus, Comox, Courtenay, Development Charges, Duncan, Economic Growth, Economy, Employment, Environmental Regulations, Infrastructure, Ladysmith, Langford, Mill Bay, Nanaimo, Parksville, Port Alberni, Qualicum Beach, Shawnigan Lake, Sooke, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Working Homeless
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Know When to Hold Them, Know When to Fold Them
I grew up in a community and an era when fathers worked for the same employer for 40 years, then retired. I went to school with many who thought that would be reality for them as well. Reality has a … Continue reading
Posted in Career development, Coaching, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Empowering people
Tagged Business, Career transition, Change, Change Management, Coaching, Education, Employees, Employer, Employment, Global Market, Long-Term Jobs, Opportunities, Resource Industries, Restructuring, Right-Sizing, Technology, Workforce
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Worker Shortage
While the majority of employers chose to ignore David Foote’s book, ‘Boom, Bust, and Echo’, many are regretting their lack of planning as they scramble to fill the empty positions in their organizations. It is now a regular occurrence to … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Coaching, Communication, Diversity, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Life coaching, organizational change, Team development
Tagged Ability, Business, Change, Change Management, Employee retention, Employees, Employment, Help Wanted, Human Resources, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Persons with a Disability, Recruitment and Retention, Skill Shortage, team building, Unemployment, Vancouver Island, Worker Shortage, Workers
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