REVUP Your Leadership with Hilda Gan

• Helen’s background 01:20
• Returning to HR 05:44
• Struggles along the way 09:27
• Relationships with HR and clients 14:26
• One piece of advice 21:22
• Top HR concerns / headaches 26:04
• EDI / allyship 28:37
• Legacy 31:43
• What’s next for Helen 33:41

It is often said that ‘your network is your net worth’, but networking doesn’t have to be a scary word. Networking is ultimately about connecting people and ideas. Award Winning Business Networking Expert Jennifer Beale is a matchmaker that guides ambitious and well-meaning professionals on how to find new clients fast. She has helped hundreds of business owners earn tens of millions of dollars with her key networking strategies. In this episode, learn how you can develop confidence in business networking, connect business partners to close multi-million dollar deals, the power of referral partners, and much more!

Jennifer Beale is an Award Winning Networker and Event Producer that helps ambitious and well-meaning business owners generate a constant flow of hot prospects. She is the founder of the 10% Referral Club, helping business owners develop referral partnerships. Jennifer produces one of Toronto’s largest networking events, and shares “from the trenches” advice and stories to encourage even shy professionals to build lucrative connections and collaborations for business success. She has been featured in major media including the National Post and on Global TV,  Jennifer also received the 2017 Brilliant Minded Business Award.

In this episode we discuss:

• About Summer Bash 01:29
• Developing confidence in business networking 04:17
• Jennifer’s story 12:16
• Connecting Business Partners and closing deals 14:07
• Marketing vs Referral Partners 16:12
• Key moments leading to success 19:11
• Unexpected moments in the business journey 28:48
• Advice for confidence in networking 31:37
• Legacy 35:44
• What’s next for Jennifer 37:35

Visit Jennifer’s website - 10percentreferralclub.com

👋 Connect with Jennifer - linkedin.com/in/jenniferbealeunleashpr/

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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.

Finding the right people to work with is one of the most challenging aspects of running a business. Dan Snow is the founder of Snow Collective, a consortium of established entrepreneurs and niche companies working together for a common cause: working with awesome business owners to help them grow. In this episode, we discuss the creative and entrepreneurial mindset, failing up, HR headaches, selecting team members and clients for fit, and much more!

Dan started working in advertising at 19 years old and never looked back. With roots in market research and data analysis, Dan took his data-based learnings and moved into creating online and offline communication strategies for businesses like Nissan, Visa, Minto, Molson, Avaya, and CIBC to name a few. Now Dan works with independently-owned businesses as their part-time Director of Marketing and fractional Chief Marketing Officer. The more complex the product or service, the more rewarding it is to define the brand, and the offer in a meaningful way to customers.

In this episode we discuss:

• The Snow Collective 0:57
• Tips for finding the right people for the team 03:09
• From employee to entrepreneur 05:45
• Principles for creating something new 10:00
• Shifting mindset and recovering from pitfalls 13:15
• Success along the way 17:40
• Selecting clients for fit 21:44
• HR Headaches 24:58
• What’s next for Dan 29:22

Visit Dan’s website - www.snowcollective.ca

👋 Connect with Dan - linkedin.com/in/danielsnow

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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.

What does diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) really mean in the workplace? DEI is designed to make people of various backgrounds feel welcome and ensure they have the support to perform to the fullest of their abilities in the workplace - but it isn’t always in practice. Siobhan Calderbank, Senior Director of Talent Management & DEI at LCBO and Founder of Butterfly Ladies, is an expert in change management and leadership. In this episode, Siobhan provides listeners with key insights on talent management and DEI strategies, change management and leadership, and much more!

Siobhan Calderbank is an experienced Senior Director of Talent Management & DEI at LCBO, and Founder of Butterfly Ladies - a Mentoring Program committed to helping develop the careers of underrepresented women and youth. She is a keynote speaker, recognized Learning Leader, consultant, DEI practitioner and award-winning author. Siobhan is a Universal Womens Network 2019 Women of Inspiration Award recipient for Diversity & Inclusiveness and is a UWN National Ambassador for Black Women. She has been recognized as one of 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women 2022. She has also been selected as the Top Director of the Year in Talent Management 2021, Empowered Women of the Year 2021, and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 by IAOTP.

In this episode we discuss:

• How Siobhan came to her passions 03:14 
• Transitioning from IT to HR 07:17
• Talent Management 10:39
• Strategies for DEI 13:39
• Tips for DEI from policy to practice 19:16
• Siobhan’s personal experiences with DEI 21:13
• How organizations can avoid creating more tension with DEI 25:19
• Advice on Mentors, Coaches, and Sponsors 27:37
• What’s next for Siobhan 29:44
• Legacy 30:53

Visit Siobhan’s website - https://siobhancalderbank.com/

👋 Connect with Siobhan -  linkedin.com/in/siobhancalderbank/

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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.

When entrepreneurs start their business, they often dream of having work flexibility, time and financial freedom, but somehow, it doesn’t always turn out like that. Diana Lidstone coaches entrepreneurs to accelerate growth and increase profits while freeing up more time for the things they love.

After almost four decades in business and working globally with coaches, consultants, and business professionals, Diana Lidstone has gathered rock-solid wisdom and advice that has helped thousands of entrepreneurs accelerate growth and explode profits.  Her work embodies #worklessearnmore! As the creator of the Grow-meter and The GROW Equation Calculator, and as best-selling author of Shift into Rich: Navigate the 9 Roadblocks to Small Business Success, Diana’s signature The GROW Equation transforms frazzled, overworked business owners into profitable, overjoyed CEOs. Her new podcast, The GROW Equation Business Podcast, contains tips, strategies & interviews to help you grow your profits, your free time and your joy!

In this episode we discuss:

• Pivotal moments in Diana’s career 02:23 
• Struggles along the way 06:47
• Unexpected 10:35
• The GROW Equation 14:17
• Advice for entrepreneurs 17:59
• Advice to her younger self 19:24
• HR Struggles 22:16 (Hiring for future)
• Legacy 26:55
• Where to find Diana 30:33

Visit Diana’s website - https://dianalidstone.com/

👋 Connect with Diana -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/hiredianalidstone/

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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.

In the post-pandemic era, being on video for your business is an essential way to attract clients, increase your influence, and stand out from the crowd - if done well. Kathy Barthel (Take on the World) helps leaders create a compelling brand presence on video with confidence, to deliver a genuine, compelling, and targeted message. In this episode we discuss tips for being yourself on camera, The B.R.A.T.™ Show, how leadership and human resources can build strong work culture, and much more!

Kathy Barthel is a video and brand presence coach and speaker who helps business leaders create a warm, professional presence on camera; connect emotionally with viewers; and deliver compelling content and experiences to them. Kathy is a former TV host, TV producer, journalist, and interviewer with over 25 years' experience creating content for major Canadian media including CTV, CBC, YTV, MSN, HGTV and Slice. She is also the host, producer, creator, and owner of The B.R.A.T.™ Show on YouTube.

In this episode we discuss: 

• Intro 01:26
• Kathy’s journey / starting her company 7:28
• Bratty Kathy and The B.R.A.T.™ Show 16:04
• Successes and struggles along the way 21:19
• Advice to entrepreneurs 26:19
• How leadership and human resources can build strong work culture 29:59
• Legacy 38:24
• Where to find Kathy 40:42

Visit Kathy’s website - https://takeontheworld.ca/
👋 Connect with Kathy -  linkedin.com/in/kathybarthel

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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.

Living an environmentally sustainable lifestyle doesn’t have to come at a high cost. Kate Pepler is the Founder and CEO of The Tare Shop, Nova Scotia’s first package-free bulk store, coffee shop and community hub. As a young entrepreneur and business owner, she is on a mission to create positive change by inspiring others to live with less waste. Learn about Kate’s journey as a young entrepreneur taking on environmental sustainability, managing staff scheduling, hiring for fit, and more!

Kate Pepler graduated from Dalhousie University with a BA in Sustainability, Environmental Science and a minor in Marine Biology. For a year after completing her degree, she was feeling overwhelmed with the doom and gloom narrative of our Earth’s health. This helped her “Eureka!” moment of creating The Tare Shop – which combines all of her passions – oceans, reducing plastic pollution, environmental education, and fostering community – into one community-based business.

In this episode we discuss:

• How Kate got started 01:11
• From zero-waste to low-waste 6:29
• Eco-racism 8:48
• Running a business while learning how to do it 10:49
• B Corp 12:50
• Pivotal moments successes/struggles 16:12
• HR Challenges 18:51
• Hiring for fit 20:07
• Managing staff scheduling 22:30
• Tips and strategies for young entrepreneurs 25:39
• Opening a second location 26:56
• Legacy 29:30

🛍️ Visit The Tare Shop - thetareshop.com

👋 Connect with Kate -  instagram.com/katepepler/?hl=en 

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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.

As a returning guest from Season 1 of our podcast, we catch up with Tracey Bissett to discuss financial advice for entrepreneurs and young adults, HR tips for business owners looking to make their next hire, and much more!

As Chief Financial Fitness Trainer of Bissett Financial Fitness Inc., Tracey educates and empowers individuals, notably young adults, and entrepreneurs to take control of and live their financial lives with confidence. As a former executive at TD Bank, one of Canada’s Big 5 Banks, Tracey has worked with and in support of thousands of individuals and entrepreneurs to secure the financing they needed.  This hands on experience coupled with her formal financial education, Masters of Business Administration and Chartered Financial Analyst designation, position Tracey uniquely to coach about all things money.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Tracey founded Bissett Financial Fitness 1:10
• Why she wanted to help young adults 03:05
• About her podcast - Young Money with Tracey Bissett 05:51
• Love of dogs / giving back to the community 08:05
• Young Money scholarship 09:21
• Career highlights 10:56
• HR Challenges 14:21
• Hr / business Advice to business owners or entrepreneurs 18:48
• Going with your gut 20:32
• Advice for young people / listeners 22:25
• Seeking the right Financial Advice 25:02
• Learning resources 26:11
• Legacy 27:32
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Tracey’s Twitter:  https://twitter.com/bissettfinfit

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Tracey’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceybis...

Bissett Financial Fitness: http://www.bissettfinancialfitness.com

Young Money Podcast:

Leaders know the ‘event’ is never the real crisis. John Robertson is a workforce wellness expert and culture alignment specialist that works with forward-thinking leadership to develop a thriving workplace with fully-engaged people, where leaders can lead. John supports organizations to transform their traditional crisis response and strengthen their cultural leadership style. This conversation gives listeners the insights into transforming their traditional crisis response, strengthening their cultural leadership style, the ‘Run Toward the Roar’ approach, and much more!

Inspired and driven by his values, John Robertson acts as a facilitator for his clients as they test, discover, and expand what they can do. He uses concrete, verifiable processes to help them achieve demonstrable, solution-focused results. Remaining faithful to his passions and values, John invests himself in his vocation without reservation. He provides spirit-filled, insightful guidance that his clients use to amplify their lives and their businesses. John truly provides “leadership that people can follow through storms.” This is done through the values-anchored Run towards the Roar Ethos, after all, business works when people thrive!

In this episode, we discuss:

• About Fortlog 1:17
• How he got into this business 04:21
• What is ‘Run Toward the Roar’ 09:45
• How the work community can thrive and survive 14:43
• One piece of advice for people’s careers or entrepreneurial journey 21:11
• HR Struggles / Strategies 23:06
• Legacy 27:40

👋 Connect with John - www.linkedin.com/in/johnrobertson-fortlog/

Visit Fortlog Services - https://fortlog.co

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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.

A healthy workplace starts with putting people before process. Tanya Hewitt, PhD is the owner of Beyond Safety Compliance, helping organizations learn about new ideas in the world of work and safety. She worked for 18 years for a federal regulator and is known for her engaging and passionate speaking engagements.  A lifelong learner, she loves to share her knowledge to help workplaces to become healthier. Tanya brings value to organizations to help quash pervasive functional stupidity, and help organizations strive for far more than mere compliance. In this conversation, we discuss what inspired Tanya to get into HR, examples of ‘Functional Stupidity’, HR strategies, and more!

• About Tanya 2:05
• Beyond Safety Compliance 08:50
• Psychological safety 10:47
• The book that inspired her to get into HR 16:35
• Examples of ‘Functional Stupidity’ 18:43
• Net positives of COVID 23:20
• HR Strategies 28:06
• Legacy 33:33

👋 Connect with Tanya - linkedin.com/in/tanya-hewitt-55804529/

Visit Tanya’s website - www.beyondsafetycompliance.ca 

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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.