Seth Godin @ The Art of Marketing

SETH GODIN was the BIG DRAW at The Art of Marketing Conference held in downtown Toronto on March 2, 2010. Sponsored by Microsoft Dynamics CRM, this Conference drew an audience of 1,600 people to to hear six internationally renowned thought-leaders and bestselling businessbook authors talk about critical cutting edge marketing issues What Seth Godin DID [...]

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 [...]

New $Num,ber.ss Language Coming Soon

Attention CEOs & Business Owners: the language you are using in your financial statements to ‘talk money numbers’ is about to change – so start saying goodbye to GAAP! IFRS is coming and it will cause a big change to how your financial statements are constructed. Consequently, what and how you communicate your company’s financial [...]

Communications: Biz Baffle-Gab Game?

If I say “you must communicate well in business today if you expect to succeed”, are you going to respond “…Well, daaa – that’s obvious …” ?? If you do, maybe you’re right. But then, why’s ‘communicating well’ so tough when we spend so much time doing it (communicating that is) ? I believe it’s [...]

Seek & Speak Only Truth: – BB$M Tip #1

I put this to you as self evident to all: unlike honest truth which rests on fact, lies spawn too many versions to ever manage – so don’t try. This is why any business built on lies or misrepresentation is doomed to fail. If your company is facing challenge, or in significant distress, seeking and [...]

A Refreshing Lesson in Leadership

President Obama provides an inspiring example of how to lead in tough times…

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

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- $66 mil+ increase public
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- $2.5+ bil in public & private
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- 1 successful company IPO
- 4 new businesses organized &
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