Business Executive

July

B2B People

There is beauty in the contact between people and nature; we can all touch it if we try.

—Dr. David Galbraith,
project leader for the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG).

I don’t think we have to be the boy scouts of free trade while the rest of the world takes advantage of us.

—Federal NDP Leader Jack Layton

Coaches facilitate personal change without dictating.
They help people understand what they want, how they define success.

— Program Coordinator Lindsay Corless, University of Western’s Co-Active Coaching program

Managers must acknowledge their employees. If not then the employee will become de-motivated.

—Dr. Deborah Zinni, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business
at Brock University

THE MAIN EVENT of the Gala evening of June 7 was the induction of Michael Lee-Chin, executive chairman of Burlington-based AIC Financial, into Burlington’s Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame. Chin is a well-known philanthropist and has given large donations to McMaster University, Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital and Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum, and many other causes. Olympian speed skater Catriona Le May Doan was the guest speaker for the evening, which was hosted by the BEDC. (l. to r.) Harry Voortman, President & CEO of Voortman Cookies (2005 Entrepreneur of the Year Winner), Michael Lee-Chin, Catriona Le May Doan, and Mark Chamberlain, President of Pictorvision (2006 Entrepreneur of the Year Winner). Photo by John Bauld. Click Here For More

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