COVID-19 Resources
To help ease the strain COVID-19 is placing on Canadian Businesses, TEC Canada has compiled insights from global experts to support business leaders as they navigate the challenges and opportunities presented. If you would like to receive similar information more regularly, please click here.
Metrics Alone Are Not Enough
Many businesses today have a similar problem. They have a significant tendency to focus on metrics instead of their company strategy.
How Remote Work Is Killing Your Ability to Capture Critical Business Intelligence (and what to do about it)
There’s a simple exercise called, “The Power of One.” It’s one simple question that you ask each month for three different groups. This exercise will allow you to always remain at the forefront of what is happening with your customers, employees, and key suppliers.
CEO Confidence Index Q2 2021
The TEC Canada CEO Confidence Index is a quarterly survey measuring the confidence of Canadian business leaders of small-to-medium enterprises. The results provide insight into the challenges and opportunities faced by leaders and their confidence in the Canadian business environment. The TEC Canada CEO Confidence Index Q2 2021 was conducted from March 11th, 2021 to March 31st, 2021, and had nearly 250 Canadian participants in the research.
Why the Companies of the Future Will Need Groups AND Teams
If success comes from the team, groups can be viewed as the practice field. And in a competitive environment where every day is gameday, leaders need to hone in on the importance of groups. TEC speaker and award-winning author Leo Bottary writes how groups lead teams to stronger engagement and strategic alignment.
Balancing the Scales: How Your Organization’s DNA Determines Your Focus on Quality vs. Growth
Navel gazing and overanalyzing while expecting growth means a long, slow crawl to the top. Alternatively, running at full speed by the seat of your pants without any sort of structure or consideration of quality isn’t going to help you retain customers. Which approach is the right approach?
Featured Insights: Sales & Marketing
As COVID-19 is continuously changing how B2B & B2C buyers and sellers interact, and online sales consistently trend to their highest levels in history, TEC Canada has focused on Sales & Marketing as our most recent quarterly content theme. This blog features a compilation of the most impactful Sales & Marketing insights that we’ve shared over the past few months and have all been strategically selected to help you make better business decisions.
TEC Canada Deeper Insights Webinars
Typically exclusive to TEC members, we have opened access to our entire webinar archive to help the entire Canadian business community excel during this time. Featuring thought leadership from expert speakers, these webinars are designed to help you navigate challenges and remain at the forefront of your industry. View our entire webinar achieve below.
To register for our upcoming live webinars, click here.
Super-Diversification in a Bear Market
In this previously recorded webinar "Super-Diversification in a Bear Market" led by Mark Patton, viewers will be given everything needed to immediately implement key points to improve their long-term expected investment returns.
Preparing for Wealth Transfer and Transition Planning? Don’t “Frankenstein” It!
This previously-recorded webinar led by Cindy Radu has been expertly designed to help individuals, family enterprises, business owners and family offices navigate the complexities and opportunities that come with wealth.
Secret Sauce – A Recipe For Growth
In today's environment of volatility and hyper-competition, management teams face gut-wrenching decisions about how to grow, where to diversify, and when to take on risk.
How to Segment Your Customers for Business Focus and Profitability
Although 100% of business owners and executives say customer segmentation is very important to the success of their business, less than 15% are happy with their segmentation efforts. In this previously-recorded webinar featuring you will learn from a world authority on how to segment your customers in a straightforward, easy-to-implement fashion.
Leadership and Business Intelligence
How can you attract top talent and save time spent on your hiring? By striking the ideal balance between feedback and boundaries. In this previously recorded webinar, Nikki Pett reveals a surefire recipe for ensuring that your both employees and bottom line are productive and happy.
Mergers & Acquisitions – Preparing Your Business for Transition
Looking to gain an advanced understanding of valuation and merger & acquisition (M&A) techniques? Kevin Shaw – Senior Vice President at Renaissance Mergers & Acquisitions – explains the art and science of valuation so that you can embark on a sale process with a value expectation based on appropriate valuation concepts.
News
Metrics Alone Are Not Enough
Many businesses today have a similar problem. They have a significant tendency to focus on metrics instead of their company strategy.
Top Achievements From the TEC Community – May 2021
May saw several highlights of the top achievements among TEC members.
How Remote Work Is Killing Your Ability to Capture Critical Business Intelligence (and what to do about it)
There’s a simple exercise called, “The Power of One.” It’s one simple question that you ask each month for three different groups. This exercise will allow you to always remain at the forefront of what is happening with your customers, employees, and key suppliers.
TEC Members Lead Canada’s Best Managed Companies 2021 List
Each year, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies undergo a rigorous application process, but only the best are awarded this prestigious designation. The recipients are some of the most passionate, innovative, and successful businesses in the country, and we are proud to have them within the TEC community.
Why the Companies of the Future Will Need Groups AND Teams
If success comes from the team, groups can be viewed as the practice field. And in a competitive environment where every day is gameday, leaders need to hone in on the importance of groups. TEC speaker and award-winning author Leo Bottary writes how groups lead teams to stronger engagement and strategic alignment.
2020 TEC Canada Impact and Top Vistage Worldwide Speaker Award Winners
Our professional speakers share their passion and breadth of knowledge to challenge and provide critical perspectives to our executive-level groups. Every year, we recognize our top speakers though our Top Speaker Awards.
Events
From established CEOs and members of the C-suite to management teams and entrepreneurial business owners, TEC Canada’s events are strategically designed to meet the distinct needs of leaders at all stages of their learning and growth.
Featuring sought-after keynote speakers, impactful discussion sessions, and an unsurpassed opportunity to expand your network, don’t miss your chance to experience the power of business connection through TEC. All of our events are currently held in a virtual environment, but will include an in-person format when it’s safe to do so.
Member Stories
Member Story: Taylor Davis
“By joining TEC, I had access to a group of other CEOs that were focusing their intellectual capital on my business and strategizing about how to make sure it was successful – ensuring that we weren’t growing too fast or going left when we should have gone right. It allowed PurePave to grow more strategically, profitably, and overcome our hurdles faster,”
Member Story: Judith Veresuk
“As a founding member of our TEC group, I’ve seen the tides change and evolve over the years – and continue to be presented with different perspectives each time.”
Member Story: Thomas Benjoe
“Sometimes as a CEO, you have to make tough decisions and it’s human nature to dwell on them – having the weight left on you. My TEC group helps me clear my mind and focus on the things that are more important and create influence through FHQ Developments,”
Member Story: Lyndie Hill
"TEC’s taught me the need to be proactive in uncertainty. The worst thing you can do is wait around; you have to develop strategies to work within the current situation.”
Member Story: Greg Hasiuk
“When I joined TEC, Number TEN was going into its worst fiscal year in a decade. My TEC group helped us navigate the difficulties and tough times. That’s when you need TEC, and its community of advisors and confidants the most".
Member Story: Pierce Ujjainwalla
“When I was doing things on my own, I was being a bit more risk-averse than I should have been. My TEC group provided me with the feedback and knowledge to trust my decisions and go bigger than I thought was possible.”
Insights
Andersen Report – May 2021 – Normalization on the Horizon
TEC Canada is pleased to provide the Andersen Monthly Economic Report exclusively to our members. The former assistant chief of the Bank of Canada's research department, Dr. Peter Andersen provides valuable economic insight to help you make better business decisions.
Metrics Alone Are Not Enough
Many businesses today have a similar problem. They have a significant tendency to focus on metrics instead of their company strategy.
How Remote Work Is Killing Your Ability to Capture Critical Business Intelligence (and what to do about it)
There’s a simple exercise called, “The Power of One.” It’s one simple question that you ask each month for three different groups. This exercise will allow you to always remain at the forefront of what is happening with your customers, employees, and key suppliers.
CEO Confidence Index Q2 2021
The TEC Canada CEO Confidence Index is a quarterly survey measuring the confidence of Canadian business leaders of small-to-medium enterprises. The results provide insight into the challenges and opportunities faced by leaders and their confidence in the Canadian business environment. The TEC Canada CEO Confidence Index Q2 2021 was conducted from March 11th, 2021 to March 31st, 2021, and had nearly 250 Canadian participants in the research.
Andersen Report – April 2021 – The Charge Ahead
TEC Canada is pleased to provide the Andersen Monthly Economic Report exclusively to our members. The former assistant chief of the Bank of Canada's research department, Dr. Peter Andersen provides valuable economic insight to help you make better business decisions.
Why the Companies of the Future Will Need Groups AND Teams
If success comes from the team, groups can be viewed as the practice field. And in a competitive environment where every day is gameday, leaders need to hone in on the importance of groups. TEC speaker and award-winning author Leo Bottary writes how groups lead teams to stronger engagement and strategic alignment.
The Leadership Standard Podcast
Beau Lotto – Professor of Neuroscience, Author, and Entrepreneur
Beau has spoken at the G8, Google’s Zeitgeist, Wired, Oslo Freedom Forum, Big Think and contributed to the BBC, National Geographic, Netflix, and PBS – and in this episode of The Leadership Standard podcast, he provides listeners with the framework to expertly navigate periods of uncertainty, how to strategically approach personal and professional problems, and how to successfully inspire innovation within their teams.
Bob Izumi – Professional Angler and the Host of Bob Izumi’s Real Fishing Show
In this episode of The Leadership Standard podcast hosted by TEC Speaker and branding expert Gair Maxwell, Bob Izumi shares the blueprint for turning your passion into a career – and reveals how Bob’s Real Fishing television show and Real Fishing Radio program became Canada’s longest-running syndicated television and radio series, respectively.
Robert Rose – Founder of The Content Advisory, CSO at Content Marketing Institute, Author and Speaker
Did you know that content marketing can generate triple the amount of outbound marketing leads, drive six times higher conversion rates, and has the potential to generate a 7.8-fold boost in your web traffic? Whether you’re wondering how to execute content marketing more effectively – or how your organization can hit the ground running and get started and up to speed – you won’t want this episode of The Leadership Standard podcast featuring Robert Rose.
Jennifer Carlson – CEO & Co-founder of Baby Gourmet, Founder at Thirsty Naturals
For help navigating toxic work cultures, how to take the first step in turning your business idea into a reality, and the possibilities that arise from falling down seven times, then standing up eight, press play on this gripping conversation between Jennifer Carlson and Gair Maxwell below. It just might be the event that inspires you to become an entrepreneur yourself.
David MacLean – TEC Canada Chair
For insights surrounding self-leadership, marketing, social responsibility, and how others can begin leading from the heart – while divulging the story about how he beat Alanis Morrissette to #1 on the album charts – don't miss the latest episode of The Leadership Standard podcast featuring David Maclean.
Thomas Benjoe – President and CEO of FHQ Developments
Thomas Benjoe – President and CEO of FHQ Developments and TEC Canada member – joins Gair Maxwell for a raw conversation that uncovers the triumphs, struggles, disruptions, and future opportunities of the fastest-growing population in Canada – Indigenous people.