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.
Are You Experiencing The Wrong Kind of Growth?
"You see, many of us have been working hard, head down trying to 'keep the lights on,' so to speak. That’s a good approach to navigating any crisis … initially. At some point, however, we need to re-examine our strategy for growth."
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.
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.
Why, When and How To Use Business Management Consulting to Leverage Your Success
Thinking about enlisting a business management consultant for your organization? Make sure to watch this previously recorded webinar led by Dwight Mihalicz first. Viewers can expect to become equipped to get the top ROI and mitigate the risks involved when hiring a business management consultant.
Brave New World: Post-Pandemic Investment Opportunities and Economic, Business and Financial Trends
Interested in uncovering how a post-pandemic world will respond and the ways in which our economy, those around us, and global markets will be affected in the short and long term? Don't miss this previously recorded webinar led by Ritesh Jain.
How Do I Triple the Value of My Business by the end of 2025?
Are you ready to unleash the true value of your business? Don't miss the previously recorded "How Do I Triple the Value of My Business by the end of 2025?" webinar led by Paris Aden, founding Partner of Valitas Capital Partners!
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.
News
Celebrating Success From the TEC Community – June 2021
Great leaders are shaped by those around them - that's the peer advisory advantage. See June's top stories here.
Top Achievements From the TEC Community – May 2021
May saw several highlights of the top achievements among TEC members.
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.
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.
Canadian Business Grant and Loan Guide: Where and How to Secure Funding For Your Business
To support Canadian business leaders as they navigate COVID-19, this Candian Business Grant and Loan Guide is regularly updated.
TEC Inside for Emerging Leaders
Unlike leadership programs that squeeze a wide-range of material into a few days and leave participants without follow up, the TEC Inside for Emerging Leaders program cultivates mastery by focusing on one topic at a time. The Emerging Leaders program combines key learnings from world-class speakers, enhanced by workshops led by TEC Chairs, and the insights of peers across multiple industries.
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
Are You Experiencing The Wrong Kind of Growth?
"You see, many of us have been working hard, head down trying to 'keep the lights on,' so to speak. That’s a good approach to navigating any crisis … initially. At some point, however, we need to re-examine our strategy for growth."
Andersen Report – June 2021 – Summer’s Productivity Surprise
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.
The Leadership Standard Podcast
Tara Cowling – Director & Managing Principal at Medlior Health Outcomes Research Ltd.
From unconventional advice about how to handle the word “no” – to divulging lessons that are priceless to anyone with an entrepreneurial mindset – this episode is your introduction to an inspiring leader. As a Top 100 Female Entrepreneur in Canada, Tara Cowling and her organization are soon becoming a household name. Meet her in our latest episode of The Leadership Standard.
The Honourable Perrin Beatty, P.C., O.C. – President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
During this timely and candid conversation with Gair Maxwell – which is always exhibited through the lens of expert foresight, hindsight, and humanity – Perrin Beatty reveals a closer look at the adaptability and resilience demonstrated by Canadian businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic and uncovers how major events in the past can guide CEOs and owners towards transforming their optimism into opportunities for the future.
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.