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Norm Adams

Aug 21, 20236 min read

How was your time off?

If you haven’t taken a holiday from your small business this year, what’s your plan? I ask because I’ve yet to meet a business owner who con

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Why We Need to do a Better Job of Supporting Indigenous Entrepreneurs!

Dave Fuller

May 4, 20233 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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The Benefits and Challenges of a 4-Day Work Week for Your Employees

Dave Fuller

Apr 25, 20233 min read

The Benefits and Challenges of a 4-Day Work Week for Your Employees

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

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Dave Fuller

Apr 13, 20233 min read

Are Immigrants Better Entrepreneurs?

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

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When Did Accountability Become an “Offensive” Word?

Dave Fuller

Feb 16, 20232 min read

When Did Accountability Become an “Offensive” Word?

Recently I was invited to speak at a zoom meeting with leadership professionals from across North America. I was talking about the...

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Dave Fuller

Oct 27, 20225 min read

How To Lay Off Staff with Compassion

There comes a time in every business leader's life when they have to make tough decisions about who is going to be working in the...

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5 Things you can Do to Re-Energize Your Job and Your Life

Dave Fuller

Sep 22, 20224 min read

5 Things you can Do to Re-Energize Your Job and Your Life

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...

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Investing and Business Timing is Everything…. Or is it?

Dave Fuller

May 19, 20223 min read

Investing and Business Timing is Everything…. Or is it?

Peter told me about the latest and greatest idea that he had to improve his business. He was so excited because this new revenue stream...

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5 Trainings Your Staff Needs to Reduce Your Stress

Dave Fuller

Mar 17, 20223 min read

5 Trainings Your Staff Needs to Reduce Your Stress

Most leaders are stressed out when their staff doesn’t understand how to do their job properly. Here are 5 training areas most business...

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3 Tips to Get Better Results with Your Team this Year

Dave Fuller

Jan 13, 20222 min read

3 Tips to Get Better Results with Your Team this Year

If you are burned out at the thought of another daunting year and trying to plan, you are probably not alone. Trying to figure out what...

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What Your Christmas Tree Says about Your Leadership Style!

Dave Fuller

Dec 16, 20215 min read

What Your Christmas Tree Says about Your Leadership Style!

Thanks to the Women’s Suffrage movement and their demands for equal work for women, I was at home last week while Margaret was slaving...

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3 Things You Need to Do to Prepare for Calamity!

Dave Fuller

Sep 30, 20214 min read

3 Things You Need to Do to Prepare for Calamity!

My father had a stroke last week. Thankfully at almost 83 this is one of the first serious ailments that he has had in an otherwise...

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3 Reasons You May Be Floundering as a Leader, and What to Do About It!

Dave Fuller

Sep 23, 20213 min read

3 Reasons You May Be Floundering as a Leader, and What to Do About It!

If you have been in a leadership position, you have probably gone through a time when you didn’t feel very effective. Perhaps it was a...

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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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5 Things You Should Know about Selling your Business

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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5 Leadership Lessons from the Tokyo Olympics

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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3 Things Every Business Needs To Do To Improve Sales (But They Don’t)

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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Incremental Change is the Key to Success!

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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Why Many Leaders Are Lonely, And What To Do About It!

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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