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Small Town Politics… everywhere…
I grew up in the small Town of Summerside and there was a very fine gentlemen there in the name of Wally MacGillivray an accountant who was the Treasurer of M. F. Schurman Company Limited, one of the Town’s oldest and largest employers. It was said that Harold Schurman back in the late sixties had parachuted young Wally into Town …Continue Reading
Micro Social Media: Purpose-built for Non-Profits
This week, a social media acquaintance of mine, Danny Brown, announced the total monies his charity drive raised last year: $91,275. *cough* Throughout the 2009 calendar year, Danny, a Toronto-area PR and Communications consultant, ran a campaign he called “12 for 12k”. He dreamed up a simple concept: raise $12,000 per month, for 12 charities, over 12 months. It may …Continue Reading
Why Master Leaders Set Tipping Point Goals
One of the most important things I discovered from the 32 people I profiled in my book, The Seven Strategies of Master Leaders, is that Master Leaders don’t just set goals, they set Tipping Point Goals. In his best selling book “The Tipping Point” Malcolm Gladwell masterfully demonstrates in case after case where seemingly small changes can make a big …Continue Reading
Top Ten Reasons Why Your Business Will Probably Fail
Year One: You and four other entrepreneurs start your own businesses. Year Five: Only one of you is still in business. The other four have tried and failed. (They most probably are working in someone else’s business now.) Expressed as a percentage, less than 20% of businesses in North America survive past five years. Why is this? Are we perpetuating …Continue Reading
Aboriginal Taxation Exemption
Aboriginal Peoples in Canada pay taxes. There appears to be a perception that we are all free from the long arms of the Canada Revenue Agency. For some Indigenous Peoples living on sanctioned and recognized reservations, an exemption from paying income tax applies. Now before anyone jumps on this, let’s take a serious look at this.
Maybe it’s time for some “new shoes”…
I woke up Christmas Day with a call from my horse trainer Earl Smith with the news that my 2 year old colt Sea Danny Win (after my oldest boy) had taken a virus which turned into a stomach knot and they had to put him down… and somewhere in my little brain the old words of wisdom from one …Continue Reading
Social Media: Towards A Better Mouse Trap
eBuddy, Technorati, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Topix, Flickr, MedHead, PollGenius……
The list of weird and misspelt names never seems to end, continually changes, and you think you’ll never keep up. Is this all just Greasy Kid Stuff, or is there something about Social Media that means something to you?
Proroguing Parliament
If leadership is about one thing and one thing only, it is about accountability. This sentiment was made famous by President Harry Truman’s aphorism, “The Buck Stops Here.” Canada is a country that is in the midst of a financial crisis, we are involved in a war in Afghanistan, and there was an inquiry into our role in turning over …Continue Reading
Workers Compensation 101
Over the coming weeks, I will chat with you regarding workers’ compensation and occupational health & safety issues. I encourage and invite you to leave comments or ask me any questions you have in this realm. I will start by providing some basic information concerning the Workers’ compensation system to set the stage. The Workers’ compensation system in Canada is …Continue Reading
Stop giving so much of your hard earned money to Workers’ Compensation!
Employers have to stop giving so much of their hard earned money to Workers’ Compensation! It’s that time of year when workers’ compensation sends their annual assessment invoices in the mail. If you’re like many employers, you open it, cuss a few times and add it to the pile of ‘invoices to pay or send for processing’. A few weeks …Continue Reading