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

Jeff and William approached me in the fall of 2019 about helping them with their Ecotourism business. They had started the business in...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...