REVUP Your Leadership with Hilda Gan

It’s been roughly 4 years since the world was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic that forced many businesses to work remotely. Some have returned to work with the mindset of resuming the way things were pre-pandemic — but is that realistic? We’ve created a 7-part series to help you think about the changes that are happening and what you should be considering if you want to attract and retain your people. Our first episode is about transformation, the role of leadership and communication, overcoming resistance, and the challenges and benefits of change.

Dianne Clark, PMP is a leading expert in creating collaborative workspaces, and CEO of Trendspire Inc, a service provider for the Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP). Dianne has assisted countless public, private and nonprofit organizations with strategic growth during uncertain times by empowering leaders with digital tools and strategies for informed and AI-driven decision-making.

Neil Cosby is the HR Consulting Manager, and has worked in various industries, in the private and non-profit sectors and in unionized and non-unionized workplaces. A true believer in the necessity of building solid HR infrastructure in any organization that is aligned with the overall business/organization goals, Neil has developed many organizations from the ground up, using his wealth of knowledge, experience, and expertise in HR systems, recruitment and talent acquisition, health and safety, performance management and labour and employee relationships. 

Chapters
05:01 - What does transformation mean?
08:02 - Challenges of change post-pandemic
14:40 - The role of leadership in transformation (communication and more)
20:05 - Change
23:57 - Tips to overcome resistance to change, data and ROI
26:37 - Benefits of change and transformation
30:07 - Final thoughts
34:13 - Where to find us


Visit Trendspire - https://www.trendspire.com / [email protected]
Connect with Dianne Clark - ca.linkedin.com/in/trendspire 
Connect with Neil Cosby - www.linkedin.com/in/neil-cosby-chrl-mba 

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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 #Strategy #Transformation #Technology #COVID19

Having a professional headshot is an investment in your personal and professional success, and crucial in today’s digital age. Whether for making positive first impressions, enhancing credibility, building trust or personal branding, how you present yourself to the world and prospective clients makes all the difference.

Veronica Kucherov is the owner of Vongue Art Photography - a full-service portrait studio in Toronto specializing in headshots and personal branding. Veronica's mission is to help camera-shy professionals look and feel their best in photos through carefully crafted fully-customized photo sessions. You deserve to have portraits that make you feel beautiful and proud!

In this episode, we discuss the not-so-obvious benefits of professional photography, what message you send with your photos to your potential clients, how to tap into your personal brand in the most authentic way, gaining confidence on-camera, and more!

Chapters

02:16 - What message do you want to send to get potential clients

04:09 - The process, deciding what photo to take

05:39 - Capturing people the way they want to be seen

08:17 - The goal of personal brand photography

11:30 - Having fun

14:36 - Other types of photoshoots

16:04 - Over 40

20:17 - How often should you update your headshots?

23:58 - Why you should invest in professional photographs

33:42 - What makes a good photo vs a great photo

34:28 - Confidence, how to get comfortable on-camera

36:20 - Final tips

37:35 - What’s next for Veronica 

40:35 - Where to find Veronica

Connect with Veronica - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/vongueart

Visit Vongue Art Photography  - https://www.vongueart.com/

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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.

#Headshots #Photography #Branding #ProfessionalPhotographer

Are you worried about the finances of your company? Do you want to be successful in securing the funds to grow your business to the next level? For business owners, a comprehensive understanding of company finances is necessary in order to secure funding from bankings or investors, but is too often overlooked. 

Daryl Ching CFA is the Managing Partner at Vistance Capital Advisory. Having spent 10 years in investment banking and 10 years working in an executive role at small businesses, Daryl has a unique vantage point to bridge the gap between small businesses and institutions offering capital, having been on both sides. As a result, he started Vistance Capital Advisory to help small and medium size businesses to be ready to get the funding they need to continue to grow and succeed.

In this episode, we share tips for small business owners on how to get their finances in order, the importance of cutting overlooked expenses, looking at accounting as a value-added expense, why people are your greatest assets, and more!

Chapters:

02:14 - Tips for small business owners to get their finances in order

06:16 - Notice to Reader vs Audited Financial Statements

09:21 - Importance of cutting overlooked business expenses

11:34 - Looking at accounting as a value-added expense / how accounting more than pays for itself

16:10 - The bigger picture and what sets Daryl apart 

19:02 - Challenges with becoming an accountant

21:52 - Tips and strategies for gross profit margins

26:25 - Challenges with scaling as a CEO

28:59 - Why people are your greatest assets

32:24 - What’s next for Daryl

33:55 - Where to find Daryl

Connect with Daryl - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryl-ching-cfa-b28b845/

Visit Vistance Capital - https://vistancecapital.com/ 

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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 #Finance #Accounting #Investor

When was the last time you changed your passwords? Do you have an online alias to protect yourself from being hacked? Cybersecurity safeguards sensitive information, critical infrastructure, and personal privacy from malicious actors seeking to exploit vulnerabilities. Have you taken action to protect and prepare yourself and your business for the inevitable?

Gregory Dharma LePard (Greg LePard) is a seasoned and ethical hacker, as well as an award-winning cybersecurity expert, evangelist, author, and mentor. With over 20 years of experience in the cybersecurity field, Greg's company, Cybersnap, focuses on a people-centric approach to cybersecurity. The company aims to educate and empower each level of an organization to create a Human Firewall of protection. Greg's holistic approach to cybersecurity protection establishes a culture of awareness and prevention, leading to a much more secure cybersecurity posture.

In this episode, Greg shares why he is on a mission to empower everyone to become cyber aware, tips for protecting your digital identity, why you should change your password, what it means to be an ethical hacker, and more!

Chapters:

02:26 - Empowering everyone to become cyber aware

03:53 - Tips to become cyber aware and the human firewall

10:06 - Tips and Strategies 

15:05 - Taking fear away and what to look for

19:12 - Passwords

20:58 - How often to change passwords and why you should be creating an alias

25:43 - What it means to be an ethical hacker

28:30 - How to protect yourself online

30:31 - Final thoughts

32:56 - What’s next for Greg

35:10 - Where to find Greg

36:05 - What to look for in a cybersecurity professional

Connect with Greg - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-dharma-lepard

Visit Cybersnap - https://cybersnap.ca

Check out Greg’s books:

1. HOME. A Step-by-Step Guide to Cybersecurity Protection at Home: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0C9S574N7/?coliid=IAIJ9SZE9W9I9&colid=2UFZ4WEZW66O1&psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_lstpd_SFPJJF8YKZ1ZRJTT5THA
2. CHILDREN. A PARENTS GUIDE ON HOW TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE IN A DIGITAL WORLD: https://a.co/d/hPmXmmc
3. END-USER. CYBERSECURITY FOR THE HOME OFFICE: https://www.amazon.com/END-USER-Cybersecurity-Gregory-Dharma-LePard-ebook/dp/B0CQQFQLXG/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1705954586&refinements=p_27%3AGregory+LePard&s=digital-text&sr=1-3&text=Gregory+LePard

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#Cybersecurity #DigitalID #Hacker #Security

The trick to business leadership is knowing who you are, what you are good at, and how to communicate effectively. This will not only boost your confidence in your own abilities and decision-making, but also have a positive impact on your business and on those around you. But how do you discover and unleash your confidence?

Laural Carr is an award-winning marketer and Founder of Impagination Inc. She is passionate about helping her clients to work in their natural style and achieve their desired results with ease. She helps businesses find more clients, shorten their sales cycle and generate more revenue. She is a Kolbe™ Certified Consultant and loves to help business leaders and their teams to excel. As a Marketing Mindset Coach, she helps her clients to show-up and find their marketing groove by identifying their unique strategy. Impagination Inc. builds smart, targeted strategies to differentiate your business and streamline business development to find more clients like your best clients. They uniquely tailor the strategy and the message to be easy for the people who drive the business. 

In this episode, Laural shares her passion for helping others become their most confident selves, why this is important for leadership and business, a conversation on Kolbe, the Business Leadership Breakthrough, and more!

Chapters:

02:49 - Passion for helping others to be confident in themselves

03:41 - Kolbe™

14:40 - Why confidence is important for leadership and business

19:40 - Business Leadership Breakthrough  

30:57 - EXCELerate2024

36:53 - More on the Business Leadership Breakthrough

38:52 - Where to find Laural 

Join the Business Leadership Breakthrough Waiting List - https://www.impaginationinc.com/business-leadership-breakthrough-waitlist/

Connect with Laural on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauralcarr/

Visit Impagination Inc - www.impaginationinc.com

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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.

#Confidence #Leadership #Business #Motivation #Success

Embarking on the entrepreneurial journey is a transformative experience. Through both the highs and the lows, every moment offers a chance to learn and grow, and discover more of who you are.

Jan Campbell is the founder and CEO of Strategisense Consulting and has over 30 years of experience working with hundreds of organizations around the world to bring about transformative change in non-profit, government, education, and corporate sectors. Her commitment to understanding organizations and individuals has led her to be a trusted advisor on strategy, governance, leadership development, operational effectiveness, organizational design, and equity, diversity and inclusion. She is also a certified executive coach, facilitator, consultant, and speaker, supporting executive leaders and teams to expand their ability to clarify strategy, lead change, build adaptive organizational cultures, and advance in their careers. 

In this episode, we discuss how Jan embarked on her entrepreneurial journey, embracing the ‘CEO Mentality’, her love for strategy, lessons learned along the way, and more in our 100th episode of REVUP Your Business with Hilda Gan!

Chapters:

01:18 - Intro

04:14 - How Jan got started on her  journey / the importance and reward of impact

14:20 - How Jan is focusing on her business

17:37 - The shift to ‘CEO Mentality’ and becoming an employer

20:34 - Entrepreneurs - Born or made?

22:35 - Love for strategy

26:03 - Hilda’s Entrepreneur DNA

28:22 - Highs and Lows

37:12 - Lessons learned

40:04 - The power of networking, community and support groups

43:10 - Power of your team and the people you work with

47:05 - What’s next for Jan

48:50 - Where to find Jan

Connect with Jan - www.linkedin.com/in/jancampbell/

Visit Strategisense - https://strategisense.com/

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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.

#Entrepreneurship #Entrepreneur #Business #Journey #Leadership

In today's dynamic workforce, optimizing a hybrid work environment is crucial for fostering and sustaining healthy employee engagement. As organizations increasingly adopt flexible work arrangements, striking the right balance between remote and in-office work becomes paramount. A well-optimized hybrid work model acknowledges the diverse needs of employees, nurtures a positive company culture, helps attract and retain top talent, and reflects an organization's commitment to employee well-being. 

Erika MacKay is a workspace wellness expert and advocate for spaces that help us feel and perform at our best. She is a registered Interior Designer, a member of the International WELL Building Standard Faculty, and a part time faculty member at Conestoga College. As founder and CEO of Niche for design she is focused on growing her team and their impact. She is fascinated by hybrid offices, flexible “coworking,” environments, and the opportunity to create connection and belonging in physical “office” spaces. Her next business venture is going to be an embodiment of this new work “experience”.

In this episode, we discuss the challenges and benefits between working remotely vs in-person, how to optimize your workspace in a people-centric way, tips, strategies and the ROI to your operating costs and employee engagement, how to create your hybrid work schedule, and more!

Chapters

02:25 - Erika’s passion for making sure workspaces are optimized 

03:34 - Working remotely vs in-person

07:27 - Why do you need to come back to the office / the power of in person connection

11:23 - People-first culture benefits and rightsizing to support a people centric culture

14:26 - Making sure your workplace is utilized to the needs

16:03 - Tips for designing spaces for different needs and roles 

18:44 - Tips for designing multi-function spaces 

24:26 - How to create your hybrid work schedule

26:12 - Maximizing ROI for your office space needs

31:35 - Shared working spaces and how to allow employees to have their own ‘space’

34:07 - Final thoughts

35:29 - Where to find Erika

Connect with Erika LinkedIn - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/erikamackay

Visit Niche for Design - www.nichefordesign.com

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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.

#HybridWork #EmployeeEngagement #Productivity #Office #Work

Relationship marketing is a strategic approach that prioritizes building and nurturing long-term connections. It aims to create a strong connection, beyond one-time transactions, which can lead to repeat business, referrals, increased customer satisfaction and client loyalty. 

Barbara Mowat is the President and Founder of GroYourBiz Ltd, and an amazing trailblazer, business development specialist and global connector. She has a passion for helping build the capacity of growing businesses and is recognized as an international business leader. She has assisted over 12,000 Canadian entrepreneurs to access increased markets. Barbara is well known for creating GroYourBiz, a membership organization that offers monthly peer business Advisory Boards for women entrepreneurs who want to take their business to the next growth level. As part of this, she produces the EXCELerate conferences, a global women’s conference, held in Vancouver, with the next one coming on April 24-26, 2024.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of relationship marketing, peer advisory boards, as well as GroYourBiz and the upcoming EXCELerate 2024 Conference which takes place in Vancouver from April 24-26, 2024.

Chapters 

00:50 - Intro

04:04 - A conversation on the importance of Relationship Marketing

20:52 - GroYourBiz / Peer advisory boards

32:35 - EXCELerate Conference

42:09 - How to register for EXCELerate2024

46:18 - Where to find Barbara

Connect with Barbara on LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/barbaramowat

Visit GrowYourBiz  - https://groyourbiz.com/ 

Register for EXCELerate 2024 - https://excelerate2024.com/ 

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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.

#relationshipmarketing #advisoryboard #networking #business #leadership

Promoting and recognizing mental health in the workplace is vital for fostering a positive and productive work environment. It only enhances the employee experience by creating an atmosphere where individuals can thrive personally and professionally, but also contributes to overall organizational success by building a resilient and engaged workforce. From offering mental health resources and counselling services to creating a stigma-free culture that encourages support and open dialogue, businesses are increasingly acknowledging the importance of addressing mental health concerns in the workplace. 

Amy Stein is a purpose driven social impact and retail executive. She is very proud to be the Executive Director of the Pixel Foundation (formerly Henry’s Foundation), which envisions a Canada where creative expression, in all its forms, is recognized as an effective way to promote, support and improve mental health. With over 20 years of corporate experience across all areas of business, Amy loves the challenge of building something from nothing. She is passionate about defining a strategy and creating the infrastructure to execute on it, and she has the natural ability to get a team working together toward the same goal. Above all, she is driven by the opportunity to use her corporate skills to make a social impact that really matters. While the Pixel Foundation, launched just before the pandemic, Amy stayed the course and positioned the foundation’s reputation as a strong voice in the mental health community in three short years. 

Throughout her career, Amy has been a vital part of Henry’s, Canada’s greatest camera store—the fourth-generation family business started by her great-grandfather in 1909 that became the largest digital imaging retailer in Canada. From working at the sales counter alongside her grandmother as a little girl, Amy went on to work in nearly every part of the business—from merchandising, to marketing, to purchasing, to logistics, to sales—and she sat on the board of directors of both Henry’s and its foundation.  Amy graduated from Dalhousie University with her MBA and Bachelor of Recreation in Sports Marketing.

In this episode, Amy shares her personal family experiences with mental health, the importance of her work with the Pixel Foundation, how to help others experiencing mental health challenges, workplace strategies, and more!

Chapters

00:59 - Intro
03:21 - Why mental health is important to Amy and her family
05:45 - Sharing stories about mental health with the Pixel Foundation
07:08 - How to help others experiencing mental health challenges
09:27 - How to talk about mental health challenges
13:07 - Strategies / trends for helping address mental health in the workplace
15:37 - Strategies for workplace leaders to recognize mental health challenges in the workplace
21:27 - How to help people understand the impact of mental health
24:49 - Final thoughts
25:36 - What’s next for Amy
26:26 - Connect with Amy

Connect with Amy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amystein24

Visit Pixel Foundation - https://pixelfoundation.org/partners/ 

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#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #employeeexperience #workculture #hr

Copywriting is about more than just words. It’s the art and science of crafting persuasive and compelling written content with the purpose of driving action, creating emotional connection, and conveying messages that resonate and motivate your audience. Whether you’re creating a landing page, composing an email or social media post, effective copywriting is essential in today’s business world.

Kate Bonnycastle gets a kick out of helping entrepreneurs find the exact words they need to land clients they love. She goes deep into word choice and language to make writing pop and offers sell. Kate has spent 15-plus years in agencies, marketing departments, and her own business copywriting for clients around the world. Her specialty is nailing brand voice and abstract ideas so coaches and consultants can attract and convert naturally, honestly and consistently. When building your business is part of how you express who you are, finding the right words is essential... and hard! Kate turns writing from a Terrifying Task into a Powerful Practice so you can connect with the people who need you.

In this episode, Kate shares the 3 components of brand voice (word choice, pacing and attitude), things we have to unlearn to sound ‘normal’, how to put more of YOU into your writing in a way that cannot be AI generated, if you can make your writing personal without making it too personal, and much more!

Chapters

00:55 - Intro

02:32 - Tips for copywriting

03:53 - How to put more of your personality or brand into your writing

10:14 - Ideal word length. How many words to use?

12:01 - Adding personality into your writing

16:09 - A conversation on AI, why the human element is so important

28:00 - Final tips (saying the right thing to attract the right people)

33:35 - What’s next for Kate

35:01 - Where to find Kate

Connect with Kate on LinkedIn - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/katebonnycastle

Visit Kate’s website - https://www.katebcastle.ca/

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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.

#copywriting #writing #AI #business #communication