A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of sailing with two very distinguished sailors and business men now in their mid-eighties but looking much younger. I enjoyed listening to them talk about their sailing exploits and their business deals of the past - what they...

On September 8, 2016, Bill 132 on Harassment and Sexual Violence in the Workplace took full effect. Bill 132 expands on Occupational Health and Safety Act’s Bill 168 – Violence in the Workplace by adding harassment and sexual violence in the workplace to the...

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there………                                                                                 Will Rogers, American humorist The world has changed in some way since I started writing this. Urban legend...

Many of the organizations I have worked with are, in some way or other, a cooperative or collaborative.  These are people, and their organizations, that have come together in cooperation to create something that is more than they could be on their own.  However,...

I want to talk about a very simple idea, but one that plagues the success of entrepreneurs the world over and inhibits their ability to successfully commercialize ideas. It is based on this one premise, “Entrepreneurs love to talk about their solution, but hate to...

Collections are oftentimes the “poor cousins” of other business functions.  But you might be surprised to learn how large the pool of dollars collected can be.   It’s not unusual in larger companies to realize annual dollars collected in the hundreds of millions.  In...