
Marketing Matters – August 2018
Advertising and public relations agencies are surely good indicators of the health of our business community, and positive updates from several of them indicate there is a bit of a

Advertising and public relations agencies are surely good indicators of the health of our business community, and positive updates from several of them indicate there is a bit of a

We all know someone who doesn’t pay attention to ballooning government debt. How can we help them understand the consequences of irresponsible spending? First, ask your friends to reflect on

A failure to attract oil and gas investment to Canada hurts all of us financially – and it puts the global environment at greater risk. So why do we stand

A few years ago, then MLA now premier, Rachel Notley, told the Canadian Injured Workers Association of Alberta that our province’s Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) “is an incredibly cheap insurance

In addition to critical business skills like leadership, strategy, risk management, flexibility and sound judgment, the familiar but valid cliché that nothing is as constant as change may be the

To be a great leader when times are good is a challenge enough; to be a great leader when times are bad, ensuring that one’s business lives to see the

The Alberta government constantly uses fairness as a justification for its sweeping labour reforms. But the fairness principle needs to apply to small business owners as well. One policy in

Most management consultants, business schools and MBA programs differ slightly but they all agree on the makings of a contemporary CEO: vision, leadership, strategic thinking and risk management. Equally important

There’s an exciting and unique addition to Calgary’s vibrant and entrepreneurial retail landscape. “Smaller businesses have long wanted access to the same kind of shopping mall environment and the corresponding

It seems each new day brings a fresh new crisis. These take the form of problems that the progressives believe must be dealt with, or the consequences will be extremely