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

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...

I just about quit. I was almost two hours and 55 km into a 152 km gran fondo cycling event in Penticton a few weeks ago when I felt like...

Jim was visibly upset when he sat down for our coaching session. He told me that the previous day one of his staff had started yelling at...

As a child at this time of year I remember my parents and their friends gathering at New Years and talking about their New Year's...

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...

The current economic climate has changed the way that business owners think about their businesses. While we had worked with companies...

A client of mine was buying a new business. The company they were purchasing had been successful, however as a result of the effects of...

“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...