“Real People” friendly
Over the weekend, I came across a blog post about whether our blogs are “Real People” friendly, and that got me to thinking. Yes, it’s important that our blogs are “real people” friendly… but so is everything that we use to communicate with present and potential customers and business contacts. How often do you use […]
Research In Motion’s Quarterly Results
I don’t know about you, but hearing about all of the negative news about companies doing poorly, laying off employees, going bankrupt or closing makes me very much depressed. So it makes news like this all the more encouraging: today’s Globe and Mail has an article about RIM’s quarterly results. Yesterday, the Canadian-based Research In […]
10 Quick Tips to Beating Stress
There is a lot of pressure on people in businesses these days. The recession is making it a lot harder for some businesses to survive, and that can put A LOT of stress on the best of us. A little bit of stress can be a good thing, can help motivate us… but too much […]
Online Networking for Businesses
Media has been all abuzz about online social networking in the past couple of years. While it has been around in some form or another since the early 90s, it wasn’t until sites like MySpace hit that people really started to take notice. Now you can find social networking sites everywhere – and most people […]
March Outlook on Business
The Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters association has just released their March survey. Each month they survey over 700 companies on business conditions. The results for the month of March? Canadian manufacturers are more optimistic about the coming quarter than they had been about the previous portion of this year. According to the CME group, exactly […]
Continuous Improvement: What IS Kaizen?
We’ve all heard the term “Continuous Improvement.” We all know that it’s something we definitely want to strive for in our businesses – to constantly be working towards better efficiency, better effectiveness and better quality. But what is Kaizen, and what does it have to do with Continuous Improvement? Kaizen is a Japanese term, roughly […]
Turnarounds: Brains, Guts & Stamina by Peter McCann
According to Investopedia, a Turnaround is, “a situation where a company, who has had poor performance for an extended period of time, experiences a positive reversal.” Have you found yourself hired as a Turnaround CEO, expected to take a company from suffering to success? Are you a board member for a company that may be […]
10 Quick Tips to Reducing Costs in the Office
As we’re all a little concerned about making the money we have go a little bit further in today’s economy, I wanted to start the 10 Quick Tips series with a few posts on cost reduction. Today’s will focus on how to cut costs in the office. Watch what you’re printing. If you’re printing a […]
10 Quick Tips Introduction
Over the next few months, we’re going to have a new blog series here at the Canadian Business Blog, posted biweekly and starting this Friday. Titled 10 Quick Tips, we’re going to cover everything from cutting costs in the office, to beating stress, to making your production leaner. Keep your eyes peeled for our first […]
Banks starting to turn down federal funding
I was pointed in the direction of an article in today’s edition of the Globe and Mail: Banks begin to decline federal aid in first sign of recovery. According to the article, at this point in time, banks aren’t struggling as much to raise funds for giving out loans, and have a more ready supply […]