Inspiring Business Podcast

In this week's episode of the Inspiring Business Podcast, Simon Bedard from the Exit Advisory Group and I start with a discussion about the current economic environment and how business owners could look for opportunities in the aftermath of Covid 19 and the financial tsunami that is approaching us.We expectedly navigate our way toward Emotional Intelligence and how to use it, and

I had an epiphany while listening to this episode. There is no villain in Karl’s story. He hasn’t had to overcome any massive tragedy, or Phoenix rising from the ashes. In fact it’s an unremarkable success. But a great story nevertheless.Karl’s story is about his progress from taking over the family business; creating a business that reflected his values and purpose; buildi

Francois Lupien is a dynamic coach, mentor and speaker whose experience includes successfully working with Tony Robbins, Stephen Covey (7 Habits of Highly Effective People) and as a consultant with Bob Proctor (Movie: The Secret 2006).Achieving excellence in everything he puts his mind to, Francois has been a Tae Kwon Do Canadian champion, a Top Real Estate agent for 11 years with

Andrew Fox has a long list of academic achievements that he is proud of however he doesn’t display them on his wall. He says he feels that it is the person, not the credentials that are really at the core of cultural clarity.There are so many beautiful nuggets of common sense on how to behave in a genuinely caring way. Respecting a person’s views and beliefs and taking the time

As you can tell Damian has a very positive attitude towards business and lifeThere are a few lessons that I think we could take away from this conversation.The first is that going back to basics is a mistake. What worked years ago may not work today. Although we didn’t discuss this a lot of what Damian spoke of was first principles.You can be experienced and not confident, and no

It’s interesting that regardless of the times and the business environment, regardless of the financial, political or societal position, people are a constant. In today’s world we talk about Psychological Safety, in the 80’s and 90’s it was Emotional Intelligence and before that it was Management Theory.So as business evolves so does the development of people and one could

Every asset is eventually sold (or transferred in an Estate) and your business is typically a major part of your asset portfolio.So it therefore makes sense to have a mindset to treat your business just like any other asset. What’s its purpose and why are you doing what you do?That’s not an uncommon approach from Management Consultants but it’s a very different approach to wh

After leaving School with multiple degrees and a Masters, Madelyn Dunlap soon realized, even with all that business knowledge, that she was ill-equipped to help the business develop.This led her on a journey that coincided with her joining Matthew Pohl in his business. Matthew was on his own journey to grow his business and realized after trial and error and some 10 years of search

The problem with change is it’s not often wanted or valued.The mistake most business owners make is they either rush in and spend money on systems to fix the problem or get stuck in the details and never move ahead This episode of the Lazy Entrepreneur Series winds up the 8 weeks with the final steps of the implementation process and the Integration of the Processes and Systems a

You could stumble before you start on your business improvement strategy unless you take the time to be very clear on your strategy.Mistakes at this early stage become a huge expense later on.As the leader of your team, they are relying upon you to be very clear on the direction. The biggest mistake that business owners make is thinking they have to do this all on their own.So the