Insights

Have you got an inkling that your team could be even more productive or effective? Do you have hard working, talented and motivated team members who aren’t reaching their full potential, individually or collectively? A lack of clear and specific goals may be what’s holding them back. We know that…

Or put another way, can a team be successful if its members are bitter, unhappy or demotivated? I asked myself this question after speaking with a friend who at the onset of the pandemic, had been suddenly laid-off from a senior role in a hospitality company that she’d been with…

If you are a winery or hospitality leader, this is likely an intense time of year for you as you staff up and train your team for the new season (with fingers crossed that health regulations will allow for wider visitation). You’ve selected your new staff and now, like an…

There are countless good reasons to support working with a coach. Research has shown that 98% of coaching clients said their coach “provided practical, realistic, and immediately usable input” and helped them “identify specific behaviors that would help me achieve my goals.” (Center for Creative Leadership study, 2016) With the…

Today’s Petulant Pairings conversation welcomes a successful and well-loved Vancouver restauranteur, the owner of the city’s top tapas room, España, in Vancouver’s West End. Before talking petulant pairings with Edward, we had some interesting conversation about his culinary inspiration, his mother, Chef Tatum, who raised him and his brothers in…

Originally published in the Summer edition of the MarketAPeel Magazine: https://www.marketapeel.agency My late father’s banking career kept our family on the move. In fact, every few years we were transferred to a new place and by the age of 8 I’d lived in Red Dear, Thunder Bay, Saskatoon and Winnipeg.…