REVUP Your Leadership with Hilda Gan

The most successful workplaces start with the health & wellness of their team. Dan Rogers is the Co-Owner & Head Coach at rxRecourse. Together with Co-Founder and CEO Tarah Rogers, they help promote, encourage, and assist in a healthier professional and personal life through interactive Zoom Training. With the use of Health Workshops, Monthly Corporate Challenges, 1-on-1 and Small Group Personal Training they help individuals and teams become the best versions of themselves. In this episode, Dan shares how rxRecourse helps organizations and their teams, how he makes an impact through coaching, how people can reach their full potential, and more!

When the stress and uncertainty of COVID-19 lockdown came to Ontario in March 2020, Dan and Tarah Rogers thought: ‘How can we help companies and individuals navigate this time with clear minds, positive actions and better habits?’. So they started rxRecourse to offer prescribed help to people who are stressed. They consult with corporate team leaders and individuals about all things Health and Wellness. 

Chapters

• Introductions 01:11
• How rxRecourse help’s organizations 03:55
• Dan’s journey 07:43
• How people can reach their full potential 15:46
• Making an impact through coaching 23:48
• Advice 25:50
• What’s next for Dan 28:17

Visit rxRecourse: https://rxrecourse.com/

Connect with Dan - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/dan-rogers-05309344?

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

Grief can be expressed in many forms and costs workplaces over 100 billion dollars per year in lost productivity. How people cope, recover and maintain the peace of mind in adversities is often less clear. Dr. Birgitte Tan is Certified Grief Recovery Specialist and Life Success Coach, Speaker, Author, and Consultant. She has successfully helped more than 25,000 people move through and beyond grief and experience a multitude of it. Birgitte provides clients with effective, evidence-based tools that will help them feel better immediately and recover from heartbreak completely, even when understanding, insight, and mindset coaching have failed. In this episode, Birgitte shares the different ways grief can be expressed, how she helps individuals and organizations cope with grief, joy and recovery, and much more!

Chapters

• About Birgitte / how she started her company 2:02
• Types of grief 5:00
• Helping organizations with grief 12:05
• Birgitte’s personal experiences with grief 14:15
• Pivotal moments 18:22
• Being joyful in times of grief 26:03
• How to speak to people who are grieving 29:54
• What’s next for Birgitte 39:38

Visit Birgitte’s website - fromgrievingtojoyfulliving.com

Connect with Birgitte - linkedin.com/in/birgittetan/ 

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

Every story has a beginning. 

Craig Colby is an award-winning television executive producer, show runner, writer and director. He also has his own content creation and consulting business called Colbyvision, that helps production companies and broadcasters make top-notch programs, business owners tell their stories, and companies make videos that express who they are. In this episode, Craig recounts his passion for creativity, career highlights, why listening is your greatest tool, and more!

Craig Colby is a writer, director, and producer of high-quality television. His productions have appeared on Discovery Channel, TSN, BBC, Smithsonian Channel, CTV, Documentary Channel, and Quest, to name a few, and have found success around the world. If a country has television sets, they’ve played one of Craig’s shows. Craig owns a video-production and storytelling company, colbyvision. He lives in Toronto with his wife Nancy and two sons, Shane and Curtis.

Chapters

• About Craig / career beginnings 01:20
• Career highlights / passion for creativity 03:24
• Colbyvision 05:52
• Craig’s Podcast / Career ReCourse 15:08
• Advice for listeners 20:50
• Business advice 30:53
• Legacy 35:07
• What’s next for Craig 36:36

Visit Craig’s website - colbyvision.net

Connect with Craig - linkedin.com/in/craig-colby-1225683/

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

Is your profile getting noticed? Creating a strong personal brand online for yourself or business is one of the best ways you can gain exposure, get hired, or grow your professional network. Elena Sabry is Career Marketer, certified LinkedIn expert with 20 years of managing Marketing and Communications with multinational companies in 4 countries. She works with executives, entrepreneurs and business owners to help them grow their personal brand, online presence for more visibility and influence. In this episode, Elena shares her top LinkedIn Tips and Strategies, a conversation on coaching and mentorship, advice for job seekers, and more!

Elena Sabry is Career Marketer, certified LinkedIn expert with 20 years of managing Marketing and Communications with multinational companies in 4 countries. She works with executives (HR, Finance, C-level), entrepreneurs and business owners to help them grow their personal brand, online presence for more visibility and influence. She helped 500 managers to grow their career and find a job. Elena is certified online and LinkedIn profiles expert, Certified Fascinate Advisor. Also, she has MBA from Hult International Business School.

Chapters

Introductions 01:08
Why use LinkedIn in 2023 2:04
LinkedIn Tips and Strategies 04:33 
Fascination Advantage 06:20
Global experience 16:31
A conversation on coaching and mentorship 22:10
Going back to Ukraine 27:01
Advice to entrepreneurs 31:24
Advice for job seekers 34:29
Legacy 40:18


Connect with Elena - linkedin.com/in/elenasabry
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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

#business #linkedin #networking #marketing #entrepreneur #branding #hr

"Be the person who starts a ripple that creates a wave of change"  

Every entrepreneur remembers the days when they had a lightbulb moment and started in the trenches with a great idea. Trish Tonaj is an award winning Marketing Consultant, Artist, Author and Founder of ShareYourStories.online, an international marketing platform featuring business stories that share great ideas. What started as a passion project in support of the entrepreneurial spirit has now become an international platform for sharing stories. In this episode, Trish shares the success and struggles of starting her own company, her passion for art, how she gives back to the entrepreneurial community, and much more!

Trish Tonaj is an award winning Marketing Consultant, Artist, Author and Founder of ShareYourStories.online. As an artist, her work is best described as bold, colourful, abstracts that enhance your personal space.  Colour Outside the Lines workshops encourage your creativity while thinking outside the lines. She is the host for the weekly podcast Business Mentorship; Keepin’ It Real, live and unscripted interviews introducing the person behind the logo. Under the umbrella of mentorship and #collabortionovercompetition, her mission is to increase your visibility, encourage collaboration and build connections in your community. With a love of writing she has co-authored an e-magazine on Wealth and Wellbeing and is a contributor to Thrive Global and canfitpro magazine. As a published author, and speaker, she has written two books: Breaking Barriers 10 Entrepreneurial Women Share Their Stories, and A Diary of Change 12 Personal Tools.

Chapters

• Introductions 01:45
• Successes and struggles with starting a company 4:40
• Trish’s passion and art 08:57
• How Trish gives back / ShareMyStories 13:22
• HR Headaches 20:45
• One piece of advice 28:15
• Legacy 29:14
• What’s next for Trish 31:11

Visit Trish’s website - trishtonaj.com
Visit ShareYourStories.online

Connect with Trish - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/trishtonaj

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Hosted by Hilda Gan - ca.linkedin.com/in/hildagan 

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

Welcome to Season 4 of REVUP Your Potential with Hilda Gan! In this special episode, Hilda Gan is interviewed by Jackie Porter, an award-winning financial planner and returning guest on our Podcast. Learn about the early experiences that influenced Hilda’s life, career, and passion for people, as well as the lessons learned from co-founding an engineering firm, iTRANS Consulting. Listeners will also hear the story behind the REVUP principles, and tips on how business owners can avoid HR headaches and become better people leaders.

Hilda Gan (RN, MHSc, CHRL) is the President and Chief People Officer of People Bright Consulting Inc., an award-winning HR management consulting firm based in the Greater Toronto Area. She has helped leaders of companies and organizations build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture and engaged staff. As an accomplished entrepreneur and work culture expert, Hilda co-founded TRANS Consulting, an award-winning Engineering Consulting firm recognized twice as one of the top 10 Best Workplaces in Canada®. As a result of that success, Hilda created the Connect with REVUP™ Program designed to help train, coach, and mentor executives, managers, and aspiring leaders to develop their people leadership skills and create respectful engaged workplaces. An International Best-Selling Author featured in the ‘Women Who BossUp’ series, Hilda is a Fascinate Certified Advisor, using Sally Hogshead’s Fascinate® Test to help Leaders and Staff gain confidence in understanding their unique advantages. Managers and Teams are transformed into high-performing teams through the REVUP approach and the Fascination Test.

Chapters

• Introductions with Host Jackie Porter 0:50
• About Hilda 03:55
• Hilda’s passion for people 07:55
• What is REVUP? The story 10:22
• How business owners can avoid HR headaches 18:57
• Early influences / Jean Lumb 24:43
• How Hilda helps business leaders 31:54

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Hosted by Hilda Gan - ca.linkedin.com/in/hildagan 

Visit us at - peoplebrightconsulting.com

Follow us

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

Burnout, losing your passion or getting caught up in the busyness are pitfalls that many entrepreneurs and business owners face as part of their journey. Your business is an extension of you - but what if you could do less, be more, and learn to SOAR? Valeri Hall Little is a Certified Business Coach and Founder of Built To SOAR™. She helps successful yet overwhelmed entrepreneurs work less, earn more and love their businesses again. Valeri uses her proprietary SOAR Cycle™ to help her clients shift habits (especially the DIY habit!), confidently prioritize their time and energy, and master the art of focus and flow. Her overarching mission is to help purpose-driven entrepreneurs grow small & mighty, elegant businesses, all while feeling empowered and fulfilled every step of the way. Valeri has been featured on CBC Radio, Time Magazine, and The Huffington Post. Tune in to learn more about Valeri’s journey, the SOAR Cycle™, tips and strategies for business owners, and much more!

In this episode we discuss:

• About Built To SOAR™ 01:16
• Valeri ’s journey and passion 03:39
• Not loving your business anymore 08:36
• Why Valeri uses ‘light’ vocabulary 11:02
• Why Valeri started Built To SOAR™ 13:01
• Tips and Strategies for Business Owners 20:35
• About the Weekly Power Hour 23:38
• Advice for Business Owners 28:19
• Legacy 31:33
• What’s next for Valeri 33:58

Visit Valeri’s website - builttosoar.com/

Connect with Valeri - linkedin.com/in/valerihalllittle/

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🎙️ Hosted by Hilda Gan - ca.linkedin.com/in/hildagan 

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

#entrepreneur #business #success #motivation #womeninbusiness #hr

Beef patties are a staple of Jamaican food culture, but aren’t normally considered to be a gourmet or wholesome meal. Opal Rowe (Stush Patties) found herself craving patties, and despite the abundance of patties in Toronto, she was unable to find a wholesome patty that she could enjoy as a meal with a glass of wine. When she couldn't find such a patty in the market, she decided to make one and take it to market, despite having never even seen a patty made before. In this episode, learn more about Opal’s journey, what makes Stush Patties so different, advice for entrepreneurs, and why giving back to the community is so important to her. 

Prior to starting Stush Patties, Opal owned and operated a home care company, which received an award for best small business. To Opal, service is a way of life and is a major theme in her off hours. Despite the hectic demands of operating a company, she has always found time to volunteer and give back.

In this episode we discuss:

• About Stush Patties 01:53
• How Opal got started 07:15
• Key initiatives that helped her launch her business 10:18
• Past experience and learned experience as a business owner 15:24
• Opal’s biggest challenge 17:28
• Pivotal moments of success 20:51
• Where to find Stush Patties 23:59
• Unexpected surprises along the way 25:00
• Advice for Opal’s younger self 29:28
• Advice for entrepreneurs 31:02
• Legacy 32:50
• Volunteer work / serving the community 33:32
• What’s next for Opal 35:32

Where to find Stush Patties - https://stushpatties.com/

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🎙️ Hosted by Hilda Gan - ca.linkedin.com/in/hildagan 

🤗 Visit us at - peoplebrightconsulting.com

Follow us

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Twitter - twitter.com/pplbright 

Facebook - www.facebook.com/pplbright

Instagram - www.instagram.com/pplbright/ 

Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

Stories have the power to impact people's lives and change the world - but how do you find the core message that will help get your story out there? Tam Luc is an International Speaker and #1 Bestselling author, and the CEO of Delucslife Media and Founder of Women with Vision International. After years of struggling in business and experiencing the ups and downs of life, Tam speaks on what finally turned her life around and how she created a multi-six figure business in less than 2 years. She shares her secrets on how anyone can use their own story to nail their core message and create a huge impact in the world, and that Women can BossUp in all areas of life.

In this episode we discuss:

• Intro 0:48
• Tam’s unique book strategy 01:34
• Successes and struggles 07:06
• The BossUp book series 11:37
• Recovering from low points 15:23
• Trusting your intuition 22:00
• How Tam defines success 23:54
• The greatest joy in what Tam does 25:36
• Advice to Tam’s younger self 29:04
• Advice to others 30:32
• HR tips and strategies 32:23
• Legacy 34:48
• What’s next for Tam 36:47

Visit Tam’s website - www.delucslife.com

👋 Connect with Tam - www.linkedin.com/in/tamrluc/

…🎙️ Hosted by Hilda Gan - ca.linkedin.com/in/hildagan 

🤗 Visit us at - peoplebrightconsulting.com

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Instagram - www.instagram.com/pplbright/ 

Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.

“There is more to wealth than money”. Financial planning is often one of the most challenging aspects that entrepreneurs and business owners face. Wendy Brookhouse, Founder of Black Star Wealth, is an Independent Financial Planner who helps entrepreneurs build their wealth. She helps business owners figure out the 5 key numbers that will drive their success, and putting the plan together that will get entrepreneurs to the point that they are working because they love it, not because they have to. In this episode, learn more about Wendy’s journey from being a reluctant self employed person to a seasoned veteran who is now advising entrepreneurs on increasing their wealth, her successes and struggles along the way, top HR headaches, and much more!

In this episode we discuss:

• About Black Star Wealth 0:53
• Wendy’s story 06:14
• How Wendy became an entrepreneur 10:06
• Struggles along the way 17:11
• Surprises along the way 25:15
• HR Headaches / Success Stories 27:09
• Legacy 30:54
• What’s next for Wendy 32:15

Visit Black Star Wealth - https://blackstarwealth.com/

👋 Connect with Wendy linkedin.com/in/wendy-brookhouse-4210701/

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🎙️ Hosted by Hilda Gan - ca.linkedin.com/in/hildagan 

🤗 Visit us at - peoplebrightconsulting.com

Follow us

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Hilda Gan is a sought-after expert on effective HR strategies, work culture enhancement, and employee engagement. Unique among HR consultants, Hilda combines over 25 years of HR expertise with business acumen and business owner experience.

People Bright Consulting is an award-winning HR Management Consulting firm that helps leaders of companies build the foundations for successful hiring, healthy and inclusive work culture, and engaged staff. It starts with listening to our clients and finding pragmatic customized business solutions to HR problems.