Category: Leadership

The past week was a busy one for BIAs across BC, Alberta and beyond as we hosted the Regional Annual Conference in Victoria BC. As you well know by now, BIAs across the province have been very vocal on our concerns over criminality, health, and safety reforms. Our Policy Committee have been actively lobbying government […]

You can tell when election season is upon us, social media posts start showing up, polls suddenly appear in your e-mail boxes, and then there is the partisan language that many declared, or yet to declare, candidates start using on a daily basis… “so….. what do you think about…….?”  “Can you believe……?”  Here at the […]

Last week, the Starbucks on the North Shore moved to a new building at 12th and Tranquille. It is a total move of 1 kilometer. The drive takes exactly 4 minutes if you don’t get stopped at the light. Yet, I heard numerous people say: “I’m not driving all the way over there!” This statement […]

Leadership, at whatever level it takes place, is always about creating and maintaining a positive and trusting partnership with others, in order to develop and/or maintain a high degree of personal influence, which can create or effect positive change. I wrote this leadership definition early on in my career as a leadership trainer, and during […]

The Masked Avenger rockets across the sky, a flame of yellow fury emanating from his heels. In the nick of time, he swoops to the ground, shields the innocent from the villain and stands defiantly to protect the values of justice. At least that is the way that it plays out in comics, movies, folklore. […]

(with intent and understanding) Now that I have your attention, this article is about how to read; feedback, criticisms, letters, emails, text messages and the like. The truth about communication is that while we may all think we are excellent communicators, a lot gets in the way of open, effective communication. Most of our communication […]

Each and every leader has a unique perspective, built upon years of interactions, rewards, concerns and issues. They have most often honed their skills through experience, intuition and strong core behaviours which enhance the natural abilities to communicate and create followership. In the past century hundreds, if not thousands, of books have been written on […]

Lets face it, 2020 was a bit of a chaotic mess. We went from optimism and a fully functioning economy to a lock down and completely new work environment. Our business members went from a pretty decent marketplace to struggling to survive; a condition which will continue for the next six months or so. I […]

How you define yourself can indicate how successful you will be. In recent weeks I’ve been having many discussions with business owners about who they are, and what they aspire to be. In these conversations two types of leaders emerge: Transactional and Aspirational. Transactional business people focus on the here and now. They look at […]

“Evaluations are the single greatest indicator of your long term success in business. They support accountability and create performance environments.” Organizations without a strong evaluation framework are what we call operationally focused. Each day they bring a new set of challenges, which must be resolved prior to the execution of other business tasks or goals. […]