“People of the world, unite and defeat the U.S. aggressors and all their running dogs! People of the world, be courageous, dare to fight, defy difficulties and advance wave upon wave.”
- Chairman Mao

I feel this is the battle cry of Burnaby politics, those of the NDP candidates and their minions running city hall. In Chairman Mao’s quote replace U.S. aggressors with Liberals, the centrist party. Out of 22 elected officials in Burnaby 19 are left wing NDP/Union backed hacks. Good for them you may say, they win elections. Sure but while other candidates raise money for their election campaigns these people have well-oiled special interest unions throwing money at them.

In my previous Blog, ‘Burnaby’s Incestuous Politics” I noted the nepotism of husband being the Mayor and wife running for MLA for the NDP. How about Mondee Redmon, vast experience as a ‘school trustee’ -wow- and one of the in-house folks suffering from big fish-in-a -small pond syndrome.

Living in Burnaby with these politicians makes me feel so alienated at times, cause the rest of the world doesn’t see things the way folks do in Burnaby, maybe I’m a Vancouverite at heart- but wait, isn’t the Mayor of Vancouver a former NDP MLA?

So you need help! The business you started last year is suddenly falling behind in revenues, the economy sucks and you don’t know what to do. Your buddy has a similar yet different problem keeping him awake at night. He has fulfillment issues and can’t fill orders fast enough creating backlogs, unhappy customers and more. Both have problems – where do you go for help? Read the rest of this entry

Business coaching is a ‘whole person’ development activity and can have positive outcomes for organizational change..

Business coaching is a powerful development tool, and can be beneficial for those providing the coaching (the Coach) as well as those receiving (the Client).

There are many models of coaching, some may have a therapeutic angle, some with an intention of teaching “something” and some which are more counseling based. However, whichever model is used, there some key principles which will lead to an effective result. Read the rest of this entry

You can ask any entrepreneur reasons why they are successful. The common reason may be that they had an innovative product or service, or maybe it was terrific insight. Being in the right place at the right time may be another reason for a humble entrepreneur.

When you ask them what they had to overcome to become successful, it’s a little harder to identify because some reasons are very tangible and others not so. Financing (or lack of) tops the list of tangibles, time management, systems in place for growth, finding the right people, finding the right suppliers are also tops. Read the rest of this entry

1. Recognizing tax planning opportunities and applying basic principles of tax strategy to improve the business owner’s tax position

2. The role that taxes may play in business decisions within the life-cycle of a firm, from:

a. the tax issues at start up (e.g., the choice of organizational form, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, cooperative, LLP), Read the rest of this entry