Author: Philip J. Fogarty, KPMG Partner and GTA Audit Innovation Leader On the surface, family businesses share numerous traits with their non-familial peers. Dig deeper, however, and they are an entirely different breed. Priorities differ, issues of governance and succession can be more complex, and long-term goals are often as much about such items as […]
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A short history of Prism Care Corporation, 2019’s Small Business of the Year. Two decades ago, the commercial cleaning landscape was on the cusp of change. Expectations for what defined a safe and effective cleaning experience were beginning to evolve. Green cleaning was in its infancy with pioneers like Felix Borges, Founder and CEO of
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Author: Ali Raza Jaffer, CPA, CGA, MBA, BComm, Chartered Professional Accountant Taking the leap in becoming an entrepreneur is one of the most impactful changes one goes through as they evolve in striving towards their goals. As the small business sector in Canada continues to grow, it is important to be aware of some deductions
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By Jan van der Hoop We spend a lot of time answering questions from business leaders about how to hire the very best people for their business. Everybody wants the very best talent money can buy (in a perfect world they would be both talented and low-maintenance), and most understand intuitively that ‘people’ are the
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By Jan van der Hoop If you ran a business with an 80% defect rate in a core product, what would you do? Truth is, that’s likely the defect rate in your company’s hiring decisions. If your organization is normal, your hit rate – unqualified success for both the organization and the new hire, where
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By Ben Molfetta It is crucial for most businesses to get ranked as highly as possible in search engine results. There is a direct correlation between search engine rankings, website traffic and inbound leads. Much of your website’s ranking is influenced by “off-page SEO,” which is about developing online authority and credibility by establishing inbound
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By Richard Gerofsky Embarrassed By Your Organization’s Poor Results? Ouch. It’s little wonder you’re feeling embarrassed – and likely bewildered as well. After all, people are working hard and execution in general is at a high level. Things ought to be going much better than this… As a leader, the people around you expect you
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By Dorothy Hagel Traditionally, family members have been expected to care for aging or infirmed relatives out of love or a sense of duty. Being compensated for such actions, no matter what these actions entailed or how long they continued, was practically unheard of. In fact, if aging parents could not afford their own living
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By Marc Belaiche and Nicole Paloucci The workforce is constantly evolving and employees need to keep up with it. Temporary workers are on the rise, and even preferred by some employees. According to Statistics Canada, part-time jobs have increased by 2.3 times more than full-time jobs from 2012 to 2014. (see http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/labor12-eng.htm). Benefit programs and
By Devin Kreuger Being a police officer isn’t all parking tickets and drunk and disorderly calls. There are times, as a cop, when split-second, life-or-death decision-making is necessary. It’s not hard to imagine that in situations of extreme stress—when lives are on the line—police can make decisions that are deemed questionable, or downright wrong, once
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