In his monthly column for BCBusiness, Richmond-based employee engagement and internal brand communications expert Ben Baker shares his insights into how to communicate value effectively so people want to listen and engage. In the end, it’s about creating influence through trust. January 2020 is an exciting time for many businesses. The...
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Typically, sales activity slows down in December and January. Despite fewer buyers and slower sales activity, the most expensive home sold last week was on the market for only six days, according to data analyzed by Vancouver-based Zolo Realty on...
Originally from the U.K., Wendy Youds has worked and lived around the globe for some of the world’s most admired brands. That’s meant everything from in her home country managing products for storied companies like Dr. Martens and Next, as well...
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If you’re looking for happy, good news about the province of British Columbia…well, you’re not going to find it here. At least not this week. It was a week in which (at least) 15 B.C. residents were killed in a plane...
I sat in the restaurant at arm’s length from their breakfast table, watching the entire encounter transpire. I was encouraged. I was appalled. One got it. One didn’t. Randy Carlyle got it. The other former Winnipeg Jet—who shall remain nameless—didn’t. The Jets were catching an early morning flight to their next game. Randy and...
Forestry is struggling, tech is booming, and companies of all sizes can’t find enough good people. As B.C. rings in the new year, those are just a few of the factors that will affect businesses across the province during an...
You’re midway through an interview for a promotion you really want, and it’s all going well. But suddenly, the interviewer asks you a question that you can’t answer. Your heart sinks, and you start talking without knowing how you’re going to finish the sentence. You don’t need to see the...
Address: 1102 – 181 Athletes Way, Vancouver Price: $4,788,000 Listing: R2414013 The skinny: Two-bedroom, three-bathroom, 2137-square-foot sub-penthouse overlooking False Creek The bling: Hello athletes! Welcome to Athletes Way. Before we look at this lovely property today, please let us know: What sort of athlete...
In every election, including the one just past, Canadians put health care at the top of their political priorities. We have a love-hate relationship with this country’s system: love that it’s (mostly) free and (mostly) equitable, but hate the waiting...
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