Today we have the honour of bringing to you an interview with Terri Storey, WBN Businesswoman of the Year in the Entrepreneur category, and founder and President of Terrace Youth Residential Services. Terri has a passion for creating services for youth with mental health needs, particularly those who don't have access to funding, so that [...]
If you are like many of the businesswomen I meet, your attention is pulled in so many different directions, it can be difficult to decide between all the roles you are responsible for and all the 'shoulds' that are competing for your time. When you add together Clarity + Commitment + Community, you multiply your [...]
The Women's Business Network 31st Annual Businesswoman of the Year Gala - let me tell you all about it! Of course, it is important to celebrate success, and important to celebrate the success of others. I've shared that take-away before back when I went to the WXN Canada's Most Powerful Women Top 100 Summit and [...]
For a whole lot of reasons we'll touch on as we go, I grew up tying academic achievement with my own self-worth. The better the grade, the better I was. That's crazy unto itself, but add in the fact that my peer group of friends were brilliant 'logical smart' individuals, and you are left with [...]
Are you struggling with the feeling that the 'to-do' list is always too long and there's never enough time? It's a common problem for women who care--like you and me - we want to make everyone happy after all! But it doesn't have to be this way! So many people suffer from too much stress, [...]
Last Tuesday morning Sister Leadership had the joy of attending a Women's networking event featuring Sangita Patel of ET Canada in conversation with Janice McDonald, of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women. The timing of this conversation couldn't have arrived at a better time during our Logical Smart series that sees the analytical mind combined [...]
This week I had my colleague Catherine interview me on problem solving. Why? Because I have a very special relationship with this topic, and want to share a personal experience that really fits into this Logical Smart meets Spirit Smart theme. I'm going to be talking about my experience with breast cancer in this post. [...]
'Smart' doesn't fit into any one box. It has graduations, types, tendencies, degrees . . . it's a concept that can be measured, but if that's all you do, you're missing a big piece of the picture. As we cross over into our next theme of Logical Smart, we want to challenge the conventional perspective [...]
Everything you do, communicates, and speaks volumes about you, your skill set and level of professionalism, as well as your organization's overall image and brand. How we communicate, effects our relationships. The key to business success are our relationships. So how you connect with your clients, potential clients, co-workers, supervisors, etc., is extremely important because [...]
'It's all about new beginnings, laying solid foundations and building strong relationships. Everything we want is in front of us!' Unknown Anything we want to achieve in our lives is possible because it is within our control. The decisions we make and the actions we take - or don't take - establish where we end [...]
