I’ve been meaning to write two separate blog posts. One was about a terrific meeting that I had back in November with Mark Dance, a former President at Creo. The other post was suggested to me by an Impact leader who was looking for advice on how to stop herself for micromanaging her team. Tonight, […]
Communication: A weakness, a strength, and a desire
Communication has been on the forefront of my mind. Yesterday, during a meeting in Toronto in with one of my mentors, she asked me what type of operational role in an organization I felt I was best situated for. While she herself is a master of Sales and currently loves to focus on Business Development, […]
Just one reason why Impact is so amazing
It is less than a week until the 6th annual Impact National Conference in Toronto! A couple of days ago, I was given yet another reason to why Impact is so amazing: I got an email that said that Mike McDerment, CEO of Freshbooks was coming to Vancouver to speak for the Vancouver Entreprise Forum. […]
The Importance of Being Put in your Place
It had been a while since I had been put in my place. Generally, it can happen in two ways: either someone tells you about it, or you realize it through your actions. Yesterday, it was the later, and it occurred during a soccer referee training session where were running a modified version of the […]
The Failing Image of Success in Entrepreneurs
It is all about image? Is it about having that attitude of success? Is it for the good of your peers, employees, customers, and investors? Let me back up a step with this observation: Many young entrepreneurs (that I admire), seem to put on an external image of success even thought it later turns out […]
Scheduling Time with Others and Yourself
When I first met one of my closest mentors about two years ago, he was one of the “busiest” young people that I had met (I hate using the word “busy” and I will probably end up explaining why in a future post). At the time, he was in his final year of engineering classes, […]