What characteristics do successful leaders have in common? When reading books on leadership, which are the most valuable insights to apply to your career as a leader? We’re all different in our approach to leadership, and certain traits in one leader may not resonate or result in positive results in […]
Daily Archives: November 7, 2018
8 posts
People will ultimately facilitate the success of any start-up or emerging entity. This means the owner (or champion), management, and employees, if you have them. A strategy to keep good, strong talent is necessary because established firms are prone to actively pursue what you already have, if for no other […]
Beginning in the 1970’s, the desire to maximize corporate profits coupled with the fear of losing market share drove corporate executives to do whatever was necessary to please the only constituents who mattered in the corporate board room – the shareholders. Thus was born a corporate Executive Suite dogma emphasizing […]
After decades of consultants promoting “best process practices” and “optimal profitability initiatives”, there seems to be an established consensus among corporations that process standardization has a lot to offer in terms of corporate value. The trick is in determining what components of your business to standardize and what to remain […]
When Richard Nixon became president in 1968, he inherited an America eager to continue it’s campaign as the global instigator of peace, goodwill and progress. Yet the country seemed paralyzed between its’ apparent failure to extricate South Vietnam from Communist influence, and it’s desire to rigorously pursue a foreign policy […]
The Capital Gains Exemption (CGE) remains one of the most beneficial components of the Canadian tax system. Rewarding resident Canadian business owners for their contributions to the Canadian economy, the CGE allows for the exemption from tax on the first $913,630 (in 2022) gain on the sale […]
Leading Tax Advice Call Nicholas Kilpatrick 604-612-8620 Many business owners aspire to have thriving operations. How that word "thriving" is defined varies dramatically from one person to the next . Invariably, however, the realization of that goal is constantly suspended for multitudes of reasons. Most certain, […]
Most of you will know of the possible contentious effects of a “pre-money” vs. “post-money” offering between entrepreneur’s and investors during negotiations of a financing round. As you also know, a strong way to motivate already talented employees and executive personnel early on is to provide them with options to […]