Archive | January, 2012
23
Jan

Leaving An Impact

Six and a half years ago Alex Thompson (AT) approached me for work from the back pews of Central Presbyterian Church – an apt location for a Pastor and former IML employee to hit me up for employment, albeit the wrong denomination. He had worked faithfully as IML Hamilton manager for ten years, then was scooped [...]

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05
Jan

The 12 Best Business Books I’ve Read

I thought I would start out 2012 by finishing off a “TO DO” from 2011. It’s been on my list for a while now so I was glad to finally take the time over the holiday season to think about which ones were my top 12. I have been asked numerous times to recommend a [...]

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04
Jan

Thoughts for 2012

  The turkey’s done, the resolutions are made, the kids are (almost) back in school.  As we gear up for the New Year, it’s around this time that we start hearing the term “business as usual” but I wonder what that means.  If we conduct our business as usual, we will achieve and accept the [...]

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02
Jan

Finance Quarterly – W12

Our auditors have sealed the books on another successful year (FYE July 31 2011) for the Ian Martin Group. Despite continuing macro-economic challenges, our revenues and profitability remained steady this year. I want to review the numbers from the past four years to see how the business has evolved during this time of economic transition. A [...]

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