If you haven’t taken a holiday from your small business this year, what’s your plan? I ask because I’ve yet to meet a business owner who con

Recently I have been able to rub shoulders with a number of immigrants who are interested in buying businesses and who are interested in...

Recently I was invited to speak at a zoom meeting with leadership professionals from across North America. I was talking about the...

As a distraction from business, I competed in triathlons for a number of years. While I was never really competitive, one of my most...

For many years my company floated along without concrete goals and then one day I came across a sign that said “Double your Sales”. I...

As a child at this time of year I remember my parents and their friends gathering at New Years and talking about their New Year's...

Imagine spending days in a room with people you may not care to know that well and then finding out later that it was all a waste of time...

If you are in a leadership position and feeling burned out, you are not alone! It seems that weekly I am hearing from leaders who are...

In early 2000, I had to fire my wife from our business. The business, a start-up, was struggling, and my wife was involved in running one...

My Olympic fascination started in 1976 when the summer games took place in Montreal. As a 12-year-old I was glued to our black and white...

Debra was flustered. She had taken over a business with the intent of growing it but had come to the realization that increasing the...

Help is a word that is foreign to many entrepreneurs, and so when I get a phone call and the caller verbalizes that they need help, I...

Norm was a faller! For three years, Norm fell big trees in the wilds of British Columbia. Norm was so good at falling trees that he could...

My cycling buddies have been using Strava for years to track their rides. Strava, for those of you who are unfamiliar with it, is a phone...

Canadians are ready for the borders to be re-opened and will be flocking to sun destinations this winter like never before. The number of...

Weekly we get people reaching out to us at Pivotleader to get some advice on whether or not they should diversify their current business...

The current economic climate has changed the way that business owners think about their businesses. While we had worked with companies...

A client of mine was buying a new business. The company they were purchasing had been successful, however as a result of the effects of...

“I need your help” were the first four words out of John’s mouth when I walked into his office recently. “We are starting a new business...

Early last year, I received a call from Sergey Shchepotkin asking if I would be his assistant coach for the University of Northern...