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Tag Archives: Economy
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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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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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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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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Today’s Island Life
To say we live in interesting times hardly describes what is going on in our community, or for that matter, in our lives in general. We live in a time of changing retail habits. The online presence of many retailers … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Coaching, Communication, Community Futures, Customers, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Life coaching, Lifestyle, Retirement, self-employment, Social Media
Tagged Canada, Coaching, community, Construction, Consumers, Economy, Employment, Film Industry, Nanaimo, Opportunities, Retail, Retirement, Sears, Tech Field, Vancouver Island
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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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How Much ??
Reading the real estate stats for our community and wondering the effect. Last year at this time the average selling price for a single-family home in Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island, was $356,000. Today that figure is $444,000 and there are … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Coaching, Community Futures, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employment, Lifestyle, Managing stress
Tagged Businesses, Change, community, Construction, Economy, Employment, First Home Buyers, Investment, Nanaimo, Real Estate, Vancouver Island
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Of Pipelines and Perceptions
If you want to push buttons right now, just mention pipelines! There are more opinions that there are pipelines in Canada and all seem to be very polarized. On the West Coast the environment is the main issue. The increase … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Economy, Employment, Environment, Leadership, Lifestyle, Listening
Tagged Bitumen, Canada, Economic Viability, Economy, Environment, Green Energy, Oil, Pipelines, Resource Industry, Solar, Transportation, West Coast, Wind Power
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Positive vs. Negative
Every day we are bombarded by media, whether television, radio, or print, with negative events in the world, in our country, and in our communities. For many of us that becomes the expected or the norm as we go about … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Communication, Economy, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Networking, Sales, self-employment
Tagged British Columbia, Business, Climate Change, Economic Summit, Economy, Employment, Entrepreneurs, First Nations, Government, Industry, Nanaimo, Non-Profits, Seminars, State of the Island Report, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Conference Centre, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, VICC, VIEA, Workshops
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