Clik here to view.
How offices can forecast happiness to head off problems early
(BraunS/Getty) “How happy are you today?” There was the question again—it pops up regularly when you open the Plasticity Labs app—and by Week 3 of our Happy Office Project, my answers started to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A happy office is about more than just adding a ping-pong table
(Sydney Roberts/Digital Vision/Getty) John Stix founded what may be one of the happiest companies in Canada. And thanks to the Plasticity Labs app that our own office is now experimenting with, he has...
View ArticleCanada’s top female entrepreneur says culture is the best sales tool
This is a placeholder post. You can read the original here. The post Canada’s top female entrepreneur says culture is the best sales tool appeared first on Canadian Business - Your Source For...
View ArticleWhy sales should be about relationship building, not profit
This is a placeholder post. Read the original here. The post Why sales should be about relationship building, not profit appeared first on Canadian Business - Your Source For Business News.
View ArticleClik here to view.
How a new wave of food entrepreneurs hope to persuade us to eat bugs
(Photo by Erik Putz) There’s something disconcerting about watching a nine-year-old kid scarf bugs from a bowl in quick, greedy handfuls. But for Kaya Goldin, a fat roasted insect holds the same...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to get your team to bond? Lock them in a room together
From left, Eric Arnold, Matt Leedham and Cassie Young attempt to gather clues and solve the puzzles at Escape Room Live in Washington, D.C. (Katherine Frey/Washington Post/Getty) The room is dark, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The unspoken loneliness of working from home
(G. Merrill/Getty) If you’ve never worked from home, you probably envy people who do—at least a little. They’re the lucky dogs (maybe you use a different word) who can take conference calls in their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eight CEOs who actually express their political opinions
Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield. (Paul Morris/Bloomberg) As Twitter rants go, Stewart Butterfield’s was epic: a 19-tweet barrage of comments about racial injustice, the Charleston shooting and a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
To get more women on corporate boards tomorrow, mentor them today
(Thomas Barwick/Getty) Are Canadian business leaders failing women in the workplace? Recent signs aren’t encouraging. A federal government initiative aimed at signing up 5,000 “champions” of women is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The best countries for women starting businesses
(Eternity in an Instant/Getty) Canada may not be the best place in the world for female entrepreneurs, but it’s close: It tied for second place in a recently released ranking of global business...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interview: Hudson’s Bay president Liz Rodbell on taking retail upscale
Hudson’s Bay president Liz Rodbell. (Portrait by Nick Wong) Liz Rodbell became president of Hudson’s Bay Co.’s department store group in February 2014, after spending the bulk of her career working at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Economist Sherry Cooper on her best (and worst) predictions
Dominion Lending Centres’ chief economist Sherry Cooper. (Portrait by Derek Shapton) If Canada has a celebrity economist, it’s Sherry Cooper, whose high profile forecasts for BMO were required reading...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Axonify CEO Carol Leaman is turning workplace training into a game
Axonify CEO Carol Leaman: “We can teach anything.” (Portrait by George Qua-Enoo) Carol Leaman is a serial entrepreneur who has built several startups into multimillion-dollar companies, including...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Kiip CEO Brian Wong helps brands make ads people actually like
Kiip CEO Brian Wong: “We help advertisers find that moment when people actually give a shit.” Vancouver native Brian Wong is one of the youngest entrepreneurs to ever get venture capital funding—he...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Got a shortage of talented hires? Build your own pipeline
(Illustration by Miguel Montaner) This is one in a series of profiles of the PROFIT 500—Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies. For more, go to PROFIT500.com. Mandy Gilbert knows what employers want when...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Twitter VP Kirstine Stewart on what comes after “leaning in”
Twitter vice president of media Kirstine Stewart. (Portrait by Rodrigo Daguerre) In 2013, Kirstine Stewart made national headlines when she announced her departure from CBC, where she oversaw the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Peter Aceto on why CEOs need to pull shifts in the call centre
Tangerine Bank CEO Peter Aceto. (Portrait by KC Armstrong) Trained as a lawyer, Peter Aceto began working at Tangerine—known then as ING Direct—in 1996, as the company’s general counsel. But he soon...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Trudeau’s gender-balanced cabinet matters for corporate Canada
Newly sworn-in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walking on Parliament Hill with his recently appointed cabinet ministers. (Justin Tang/CP) This morning Justin Trudeau was sworn in as Prime Minister, along...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Canada’s Most Powerful Business People 2016: #10 — Deborah Gillis
.p50-photocredit { text-align: right; } .p50-topline { font-weight: bold; } .p50-topline>span { color: #FF1493; } .p50-twitter a { font-family: sans-serif; padding: 0.5em; color: #fff;...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Specialized niches help recruiters stand out in a crowded field
Emergitel CEO Aneela Zaib. (Portrait by Nikki Ormerod) A CEO like Aneela Zaib isn’t really supposed to admit her company might have a problem finding staff: She runs a recruitment firm, after all....
View Article