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How you can avoid burnout
Entrepreneurs and small business owners have to be cognizant about avoiding burnout, given it is so easy to work, work and work some more.
How you can avoid burnout
Entrepreneurs and small business owners have to be cognizant about avoiding burnout, given it is so easy to work, work and work some more.
July
22, 2010, Kingsville, Ont. – The massive cogen project at Great
Northern Hydroponics has attracted provincial recognition.
July 16, 2010, Kingsville, Ont. – A computerized traceability program
has earned Cedar Beach Acres one of 55 regional awards in the Premier’s
Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence program.
May 28, 2010, Langley,
B.C. – Bevo Agro Inc. posted net earnings of
$499,209 for the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared to net
earnings of
$296,471 for the three months ending March 31, 2009, an increase of 68
per
cent.
Delegation means assigning tasks to subordinates and following up to
ensure they’re completed properly and on time. Unfortunately, for too
many managers, foremen and owners, this simply means pushing a lot of
“busy work” to lead hands, growers or other employees.
Not many things these days are secure and, come to think about it, they never have been. We live in a changing world, and with changing circumstances that impact us every day. Many of these changes are positive, but some are strong enough to pull us backward. These circumstances could even be the same to different people, while the effects are vastly different. Whether the circumstances are positive or negative depends on the situation we are in at that time.
April 8, 2010, Waterloo, Ont. –
Descartes Systems
Group, a federated global logistics network, announced that McLeod
Software, a
leading software provider for the trucking industry, has joined
Descartes'
United by Design program to offer broader services to its truck carrier
brokerage and shipper community throughout North America.
March 30, 2010 – Lakeshore
Inc. and Seacliff Farms Ltd. have entered into an agreement with a
private
investment group to bring together two of Ontario’s largest and most
innovative
plant growing and marketing companies.
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Lakeshore and Seacliff
team up
Lakeshore Inc. and Seacliff Farms Ltd. have entered into an agreement with a private investment group to bring together two of Ontario’s largest and most innovative plant growing and marketing companies.
Lakeshore and Seacliff
team up
Lakeshore Inc. and Seacliff Farms Ltd. have entered into an agreement with a private investment group to bring together two of Ontario’s largest and most innovative plant growing and marketing companies.
March 17, 2010 - Entrepreneurs are leaders, not managers. Leaders inspire people to do things, while managers tell people what to do. There is a big difference between leading and managing your business - which one are you doing?
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Who wants to be an entrepreneur?
Entrepreneurs are leaders, not managers. Leaders inspire people to do things, while managers tell people what to do. There is a big difference between leading and managing your business – which one are you doing?
Who wants to be an entrepreneur?
Entrepreneurs are leaders, not managers. Leaders inspire people to do things, while managers tell people what to do. There is a big difference between leading and managing your business – which one are you doing?
NEWS HIGHLIGHT
The challenges of dealing with a younger boss
As generations continue to mix in the workplace, many older workers are reporting to younger bosses and this can sometimes result in conflict.
The challenges of dealing with a younger boss
As generations continue to mix in the workplace, many older workers are reporting to younger bosses and this can sometimes result in conflict.
Given the new greenhouse industry environment, a new business plan is a
must. What is more important is to know the strategies for applying
such a plan.
Feb. 21, 2010,
Niagara Falls, Ont. (Le français suit) – It was
before an assembly of young farmers that Jean-Pierre Blackburn, minister
of
Veterans Affairs and Minister of State (Agriculture and Agri-food)
announced an
investment in the future of agriculture by funding the Canadian Young
Farmers’
Forum (CYFF).
Feb. 22,
2010, Ithaca, NY – The 25th annual Seeley conference will be held June
26-29,
2010. The theme this year will be: Floriculture’s Environmental
Footprint: An
Inconvenient Truth or Consumer Opportunity?
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