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Tag Archives: Vancouver Island
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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Passion!
On Vancouver Island, as in the rest of the province, I encounter those who would prefer to work for themselves. Some have found through experience that they work best on their own, while others have a hobby or trade that … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Clients, Coaching, Communication, Customers, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Entrepreneurs, Life coaching, Marketing, self-employment
Tagged Business, Business Knowledge, Coaching, Competition, Customer base, Customer Needs, Customer Service, Customers, Entrepreneurs, Financing, Innovations, Location, Market Research, Market Share, Passion, Product, Profit, Regulations, self-employment, Service, Suppliers, Timing, Vancouver Island
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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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Are We Being Nice Enough?
Perhaps it seems like a silly question to ask a Canadian, given our reputation, but are we? Where we might do better is with the tourists and visitors who come to visit and take in our beautiful sights or attend … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Coaching, Communication, Customers, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Listening, Marketing, Relationships
Tagged Business, Businesses, Canadian, Communication, Customer Service, Customers, Nanaimo, Rotarians, Staff Training, Tourism, Tourists, Vancouver Island, Visitors
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Paying Attention!
Ever wonder how some businesses seem to always be on the cutting edge? It is not really that much of a surprise. It usually is a combination of networking and observation. Networking will connect you with the information in the … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Career professional, Chamber of Commerce, Coaching, Communication, Community Futures, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employment, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Life coaching, Networking, Relationships, self-employment
Tagged Building Permits, Business, Business Examiner, Chamber of Commerce, Change, Change Management, Coaching, Communication, Major Projects Inventory, Networking, Observation, Opportunity, Small Business, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance, VIEA
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Changes and Opportunities
Looking back, the face of business in my lifetime has had quite a ride. As a teenager in Five Acres in Nanaimo, I remember the neighbourhood and what it provided to our family. Our eggs came from two blocks away, … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Customers, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Entrepreneurs, Marketing
Tagged Business, Change, Departure Bay., Eaton's, Entrepreneurs, Marketing, Nanaimo, Opportunity, Shopping malls, Simpson Sears, Vancouver Island
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What was I Thinking – or was I?
According to Statistics Canada, 64% of Canadians are on social media. Facebook has the highest percentage of users at 71% with 87% of them between the ages of 18 – 29. The average user spends 40 minutes a day on … Continue reading
