Entrepreneur has Created a “Family First” Business

To follow the last blog post Is Passion for Business Affecting Your Marriage?, I’ve captured an audio interview that you’re really going to relate to. Whether you’re already an entrepreneur or still dreaming of that freedom while you work your corporate job, you’ll be inspired. I had the privilege of interviewing Sarah McVanel, a fellow […]

Is Passion for Business Affecting Your Marriage?

business woman self employed challenges, finding balance

As business women, we may feel that we must make a choice between our love for our families and the passion that fuels our entrepreneurial spirits!  What makes this dilemma difficult for women is often an issue of balance. How do we juggle the demands of nurturing ourselves, our families and our businesses? Recently I told […]

Create Action Plans Aligned with Your Vision

business planning for action

It’s that time of year … for planning, and creating action plans for success. Are you planning to have a year better than the last one?  By how much? Do you have specific goals, written, with time frames for completion and benchmarks to know that you’re on course? 

Presents or Presence?

Be the present that others need. Give your pure presence to others.  There is no better gift.

Expert Interview – Recruit, Coach and Inspire Millennials

In this day and age, it is imperative that we change our thought process on millennials and what is expected in the workplace. I recently had the privilege of interviewing Ken Gervais, Sales Manager, Staples North Bay. In this informative interview, you will hear some great ideas on how to keep your millennial employees engaged […]

Engage and Retain Millennials (Employees)

training for millennials, engaging and retaining millennials, inclusion based culture

Having just come off Small business week, I’ve heard from many employers that their biggest struggle is finding skilled people, motivated people and people who want to stick around. In the human resources industry, Millennials In The Workplace has been the common theme of training and education to engage and retain them … as they’re now the largest population in the workforce this year. Click […]

The Human Side of Business

human side business

We get so caught up in the chase for profit that we often forget why we got into business in the first place. Hopefully we entered into business as an entrepreneur or employee, because we wanted to help solve a problem for our customer. Yet many have lost track of the customer and instead focus […]

Success is Posture – Posture is Success

gain success posture

Our posture is critical to success. I’m not talking about shoulders back, chin up so much as posturing ourselves as confident, influential people who stand up for what they really believe. In my part-time direct sales business, the word ‘posture’ is used referring to how we present ourselves and our offering in a very confident […]

Fishing Close To Bottom

fishing and conflict resolution with Penny Tremblay

Like the lakebed, the workplace environment is rich with obstacles to get snagged on but it’s much more lucrative in these zones rather than the easy ones. It just takes more patience, communication and teamwork to play at that depth.