The Canadian Federation for Independent Business reported in January 2023 indicating that 76% of small business owners are planning to exit their business in the coming 10-years. Of these only 9% have a succession plan in place. Given this, what are you doing to facilitate selling your business? Planning the sale of your business can be...
Life’s lessons are all around us if we are open to them. With 4 kids in hockey, I spend a lot of time in hockey rinks these days, so for me, life lessons show up in hockey rinks. ☺ This past weekend, my eldest two kids, were playing a minor hockey game AGAINST one another. Normally siblings would be in the same hockey association, and would...
I have a four-year-old daughter. She is lovely—and bossy. I recently read that by the age of five, girls are taught that it is not "ladylike" to be bossy. As the mother of a strong-willed four-year-old, I catch myself thinking, “Do not be so bossy.” And then I stop. I do not remember ever saying this to my sons. Is this bias ingrained in me, too?...
I stood on the side of a hill in the Andes at 3,700 meters altitude. A gentle rain was falling, thunder rumbled in the distance. Nearby, small homes stood—homes without running water or electricity, without the comforts I take for granted in my Ottawa home. I was standing in a field of recently planted organic quinoa, the dark, fertile soil...
As I walked through the forest this morning, the brightly colored falling leaves reminded me that all of nature transforms—and that we, too, are part of nature. For business owners, this reality can be both liberating and unsettling. You have spent years—maybe decades—building something meaningful. But at some point, every owner must ask: What...
Mid-September, kids are all back in school, parent teacher meetings are happening, hockey season has started, work is ramping back up. As the mother of 4 children, between the ages of 3 and 13, September is crazy. Last night was the perfect example. Hockey for my 7 year old at 5:30, two parent teacher meetings at 5:30 and 6:30. Dinner, baths, oh...