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(Reading Time: 4  minutes)   Why counting clocks and keystrokes won’t stop time cheats   It was a problem even before Covid sent everyone working from home: how to make sure your employees are working the hours that you pay them to work. There are the mundane, daily stories: people

(Reading Time:  7 minutes)   When to hire a recruiter and what to expect   Meet Paul and Cindy. They are running a small business, making and selling heirloom baby quilts. It started out as a hobby for Cindy, who had made one for each of their children. When friends

(Reading Time:  5 minutes)   How to stay focused on your priorities, in business and beyond   Happy New Year! I hope that your 2023 is off to a good start. Now that we’re in the third week of January, you’ve had some time to get back from holiday, sort

(Reading Time:  6 minutes)   Six books to add to your reading list, or to gift to the CEO in your life   I love to read. Whether it’s for pleasure or to learn something new, I always have a book on the go, and a long to be read

(Reading Time:  5 minutes)   Applying evolutionary biology to business   Consider the cleaner fish. A very large fish will swim by a particular location where a smaller fish will go to work on them. The large fish will sit still in the water in a neutral position, and the

(Reading Time:  6 minutes)   How to set yourself up for a successful second act (or third or fourth…) You’ve worked hard and built a thriving going concern with revenue to spare. You’ve achieved all that you want to achieve, and now it’s time to move on. Maybe you want

(Reading Time:  7 minutes) A modest proposal for finding work-life balance.   You deserve a break today. It’s an old slogan for a popular candy bar that still rings true. Finding work-life balance and making time for self-care are buzzwords these days; even the Ontario government is mandating the right

(Reading Time:  5 minutes)   Build your business in a way that works for you   Meet Dan. Dan owns an HVAC company that brings in about $3.5 million a year. Married to his high school sweetheart, he owns a house, has money saved to send his kids to college,

(Reading Time:  5 minutes)   I don’t know what I’m doing, but my incompetencehas never stopped my enthusiasm. – Woody Allen Many companies start off small and, as they grow, existing, competent employees take on more responsibility and get promoted. Loyal employees are promoted again to management positions as a

(Reading Time:  5 minutes)   One real-life example of how difficult it is to win the talent war. It’s ugly out there. Organizations are struggling with a talent shortage at all levels. This is limiting their ability to seize new business opportunities that are right there in front of them.