Employee Standards Act (Bill 148) Review
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1520953091007{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] Employment in Ontario has changed significantly over the past 12 months and will continue to change over the coming years with the introduction of the new Employment Standards Act (ESA) / Bill 148. This is the most significant amendment to the Employment Standards Act in the past 18 years, and there […]
Sherpa Insights: What Makes a Good Leader?
In This Video What exactly makes a good leader? In this quick video, Walter Pranke offers some of his insights into trying to answer this question. Walter Pranke, CHRL, CEC, is an Executive Leader and Coach. Music: Ukulele – Bensound.com
BSG’s 10th Anniversairy
I am thrilled to announce we’re celebrating Business Sherpa Group’s (BSG) 10th anniversary! It sounds cliché, but the years have truly flown by – 2008 feels like only just happened. This has really been an amazing and humbling journey. Looking back to when it was just me in my basement office to today’s large, diverse and […]
Family Values Can Help to Minimize Conflict in Family Business
Is there value in taking the time to develop core values for a family business? Research consistently supports the benefit in having a set of core values that provides a “true north” for a business to make decisions and reinforce the behaviours that are required to make the family and the family business successful. Conflict […]
Five Practical Practices to Defining Family Business Values
In my first blog on family business values, the focus was on how conflict may be minimized by leveraging values to clarify expectations and guide behaviour. So now that you recognize the value in identifying family values, where do you start? Following are several practical suggestions which can be leveraged to build your family values. […]
Shoppers Love You Run For Women
“Living with mental health challenges is hard but we can come together make a difference” And together some of our Sherpas walked and ran with thousands of others to work towards making a difference for the Women’s Mental Health program at The Royal in Ottawa. It was a fun event that contributed to an invaluable […]
Respect in the Workplace: From Reactive to Proactive
Imagine this… You begin a conversation with someone who has a differing opinion on an issue. Both of you know YOU are right! You begin to get defensive when your opinion is not being heard and your colleague begins to act the same way. The conversation is circular, with each of you waiting for the […]
Announcement: Growing Leadership Team
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1527516717923{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]I want to share some exciting developments at Business Sherpa Group! With more and more SME organizations adopting the fractional or virtualized model to build out their teams, particularly in HR and Finance, I am happy to say we have hit our own scaling moment and are responding to this growth by […]
Leadership Matters in Family Business
“…the owner who does not tend to the needs of the organization is not creating a business. He or she is just self-employed with a lot of helpers.” – Craig Aronoff. When you read this quote what thoughts come to mind about leadership? What does leadership mean and look like to you? When speaking with […]
Do you need a Mentor, an Advisor or a Coach?
“….what makes Mentors, Advisors and Coaches unique. Each approach offers you something the others don’t necessarily provide, so it’s important to understand what type of guidance is best suited to you in your current situation before investing time, money, or both.”