Why I Served Road Kill to My Investors
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...
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Dave Fuller
Aug 26, 20212 min read
How Burned-Out Are You? Burnout is The Upcoming Leadership Crisis!
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...
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Dave Fuller
Aug 12, 20215 min read
Taking Family Out of Family Business
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...
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Dave Fuller
Aug 5, 20214 min read
5 Things You Should Know about Selling your Business
After a couple of years of pandemic stress, business owners are pondering their next steps. You might be an owner who has decided that...
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Dave Fuller
Jul 29, 20214 min read
5 Leadership Lessons from the Tokyo Olympics
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...
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Dave Fuller
Jul 8, 20213 min read
3 Things Every Business Needs To Do To Improve Sales (But They Don’t)
Debra was flustered. She had taken over a business with the intent of growing it but had come to the realization that increasing the...
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Dave Fuller
Jun 30, 20212 min read
Incremental Change is the Key to Success!
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...
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Dave Fuller
Jun 24, 20213 min read
Don’t Let Your Job Define Who You Are!
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...
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Dave Fuller
Jun 17, 20213 min read
Why Many Leaders Are Lonely, And What To Do About It!
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...
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Dave Fuller
Jun 10, 20214 min read
What You and Your Business Can Learn From Strava
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...
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Dave Fuller
Jun 3, 20213 min read
The Tourism Rebound, Are We Ready?
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...
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Dave Fuller
May 27, 20214 min read
5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Start or Buy a New Business?
Weekly we get people reaching out to us at Pivotleader to get some advice on whether or not they should diversify their current business...
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Dave Fuller
May 20, 20214 min read
Buying or Selling a Business? How Much Is a Company Worth?
The current economic climate has changed the way that business owners think about their businesses. While we had worked with companies...
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Dave Fuller
May 6, 20214 min read
Does Your Boss have this Deadly Problem? E.D. is a crippling disease for many organizations!
“I need your help” were the first four words out of John’s mouth when I walked into his office recently. “We are starting a new business...
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Dave Fuller
Apr 30, 20213 min read
Should You Control or Surrender Your Future?
Early last year, I received a call from Sergey Shchepotkin asking if I would be his assistant coach for the University of Northern...
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Dave Fuller
Apr 22, 20214 min read
Why Most Contractors are too Busy to Make a Profit and 4 things You Can change!
The word “profit” is one of the most misunderstood and misconstrued words in the English language. Customers often think that profit is...
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Dave Fuller
Apr 8, 20213 min read
Why Trust is the Foundation for Success
When I was a child, I had a tremendous fear of falling. I would climb a tree and I couldn’t trust that the branch wouldn’t break. I...
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Dave Fuller
Apr 1, 20213 min read
What are You Willing to Sacrifice to Achieve Your Goals?
One of my biggest regrets is that I didn’t stop home for a quick visit more often when my kids were young and my wife was stuck at home...
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Dave Fuller
Mar 19, 20214 min read
Fake it until you Make it! Your Self Image and its Effects on Your Performance
Believe it or not, your performance is limited. However, that limitation to what you can do with your life, in your job or in your sport,...
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Dave Fuller
Mar 5, 20213 min read
Why We Need to do a Better Job of Supporting Indigenous Entrepreneurs!
Jeff and William approached me in the fall of 2019 about helping them with their Ecotourism business. They had started the business in...
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