We have an eastward facing living room. It’s my zen space. Usually, I go there to read in the early morning before settling in with a...

We talk a lot in our newsletters about strategies that leaders can take to improve their work teams. We seldom talk of the home-team...

The labor force has changed. Earlier this year, a colleague shared that he was seeking someone to help him. Familiar with the ins and...

Recently I have been able to rub shoulders with a number of immigrants who are interested in buying businesses and who are interested in...

Last week I asked a group of university students how they were using Artificial Intelligence or AI in their studies. Their response was...

Like many people, I was facing significant challenges and burnout last year. It was so bad that I told my team in September that I was...

Unless you are a manager complaining about your employees' lack of performance, most of us don’t consider our own performance on a...

In 2014, one of my professors in my MBA program asked the question, “Why are you here?” As he went around the class, many people...

It was my lucky day when Emile told me that he had some road kill in his freezer that he would give me in trade for a couple cases of...

If you are in a leadership position and feeling burned out, you are not alone! It seems that weekly I am hearing from leaders who are...

In early 2000, I had to fire my wife from our business. The business, a start-up, was struggling, and my wife was involved in running one...

After a couple of years of pandemic stress, business owners are pondering their next steps. You might be an owner who has decided that...

My Olympic fascination started in 1976 when the summer games took place in Montreal. As a 12-year-old I was glued to our black and white...

Debra was flustered. She had taken over a business with the intent of growing it but had come to the realization that increasing the...

Help is a word that is foreign to many entrepreneurs, and so when I get a phone call and the caller verbalizes that they need help, I...

Norm was a faller! For three years, Norm fell big trees in the wilds of British Columbia. Norm was so good at falling trees that he could...

It was Sunday afternoon when I went over the handlebars of my bike, bent my front wheel and landed on my head. My son Caleb wasn’t...

My cycling buddies have been using Strava for years to track their rides. Strava, for those of you who are unfamiliar with it, is a phone...

Canadians are ready for the borders to be re-opened and will be flocking to sun destinations this winter like never before. The number of...

Weekly we get people reaching out to us at Pivotleader to get some advice on whether or not they should diversify their current business...