The skills gap is putting significant pressure on companies currently looking for top talent, especially technical talent. Out of 1,200 companies surveyed in a recent Capgemini and LinkedIn study, 54% have been impacted in some way by the skills shortage. Given the skills gap in some areas and the fact that it’s a job...

Air travel has reached new heights of safety in the last decade. In the year gone by, the air carriers reported a jet hull loss rate of 0.22. It means that there was only one accident for every four million and five hundred thousand flights made. That is pretty impressive....

There are some things even experience cannot teach you. Traveling with a child comes up in the first place on that list. Whether it is your first trip or your fifth, there will always be some things that will be a first-time thing. Although it is not possible to be...

Do you have a small business that you would like to get a loan for? Is the reason for getting a loan justifiable for the growth of the business? If yes, it is important to know if the loan is a bad or a good loan. People have different opinions...

Born into the trades, my statistical likelihood of pursuing a life as a woman in a male-dominated industry was pretty high. As the second oldest in a lineup of nine children, my older brother and I were the first in the family to go to work with Dad. At the...

Most people build business relationships following a natural progression, and in doing so, engage with others in four stages: they connect, network, optimize and accelerate – in that order.   Too many people, however, including many CEOs, don’t understand or ever experience the benefits of accelerate (to be defined later);...

Charismatic leaders demonstrate that rhetoric is a key aspect of their approach to leadership and of their success as leaders. Communication that contains specific content references and rhetorical devices, and uses specific non-verbal behaviours in its delivery, has the capacity to profoundly influence a person’s evaluation of the leader. Specifically,...

Any growth-focused CEO knows that without the tools that not only facilitate, but power growth, there will be setbacks and growing pains aplenty. Scaling a company is all well and good until you realize that the rudimentary tools put in place when you were just starting out can significantly hinder...

Choosing to hire a search firm can be the result of several situations. Perhaps a company has been trying to fill a vacancy for a long period of time but hasn’t managed to find the right talent for this niche role. Maybe an organization has been experiencing a high turnover...