Biz Owners: Can $’s Buy You Happiness?

Motivation (yours, mine and everyone’s) is ‘the’ bedrock issue when it comes to business. That’s because in capitalism and the study of it (economics), there’s nothing more fundamental. As business people / managers / owners, we’re all focused on motivation: how to motivate ourselves? / how to motivate staff? / how to motivate customers? But [...]

Risk, Character & New Year Resolutions

It’s January 2010. Welcome to the second decade of the third millennium! To those of you who made New Year resolutions this year, good wishes and good luck achieving your goals. Given that only two weeks has passed since we sang Auld Lang Syne, I trust you still are keeping diligently to all the pledges [...]

Matt Barrett & the CEO Mindset

After a very distinguished and sometimes controversial long career in international financial services, Matt Barrett finally retired three years ago. That’s when he stepped down from being Chairman of Barclays Bank PLC after having been a long serving CEO of both Barclays in the UK and Bank of Montreal in Canada. Here are some career [...]

Christmas: For Making Biz Connections

Ho Ho Ho, it’s Christmas time. May your days be merry and bright, and may all your business connections be tight. Christmas is really the most democratic of holidays because everyone is welcome and encouraged to celebrate its real purpose. That’s why I invite you to forget about the religious connotations the coming days have [...]

Corporate Boards: 14 Questions for You

Attending a company board meeting is ‘serious stuff’, be you director, presenter or just an observer. And given what’s at stake, the people involved, and how impactful the decisions can be, it’s no wonder there’s a palatable sense of electricity and power in the air when boards convene. Are There Governance Problems? What we need [...]

Exit Planning for Business Owners

NEWS SPECIAL: In terms of exit planning and reaping the rewards of entrepreneurial success,”few business owners properly plan the way to get the most out of their business, and lose out in the process”. ********* What business owners need is better, more compassionate, more understanding help to deal with the thorny issues of ownership transition. [...]

CEO Hubris, Fraud & How to Prevent It

According to a new study by researchers from three Canadian universities, the biggest red flag for a potential accounting fraud is a CEO with a truly oversized ego. Can anything be done to guard against this? Yes, here is my recipe for how to better prevent it. ***************** Over-the-top CEO hubris is like an iceberg: [...]

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Tony Johnston
President
Compass North Inc.

Tony provides executive management and advisory services that help companies get MORE !!

sales / profits / cashflow
financing / exit valuation

Tony delivers the leadership or leadership support needed that can make remarkably outstanding results happen operationally, economically, financially and in the eyes of customers, lenders & transaction counterparties.

If you are a decision maker in a company that wants MORE, give him a call at 416-342-5652 or check out the Compass North Inc website [click here].

Tony's ability to help companies achieve important/challenging goals is well demonstrated by his long record of success, which includes:
- 4 successful turnarounds lead
- $66 mil+ increase public
  company's value
- $34 mil value harvested
  from biotech cofounded & lead
  as CEO
- $12 mil/3x investment gain
  in 2 years delivered for
  VC partners
- $2.5+ bil in public & private
  market debt, equity and
  M&A deals done
- 1 successful company IPO
- 4 new businesses organized &
  grown: Biotech; Securitization /
  Mortgage Servicing; Third-Party
  Logistics (3PL); & Consulting