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...

We couldn’t have had a better boarder! Billy Burchell would come each and every week from McLeod Lake to live with our family while he...

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to hear a talk by Kaleb Dahlgren, a young man who was a member of the Humboldt Broncos Hockey...

The day I got married was the scariest day of my life. I walked up to the altar shaking like a leaf. At 31, I would have thought that I...

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...

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do. - ...

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...

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...

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...

Early last year, I received a call from Sergey Shchepotkin asking if I would be his assistant coach for the University of Northern...