Sales, Growth & Eggs: Lessons from a Mature, Dynamic Market
Golden Valley Eggs Sales Director Craig Ansell tells us why distributing and grading a stable food product still requires a fluid effort. “I used to think, ‘If I’m not growing by 20% a year, what am I doing?’” remembers Craig Ansell. When the long time sales professional became Director of Sales for egg wholesaler and […]
Unlocking Employee Individuality with Larry Gilman
The veteran actor/director’s credits include such fan favourites as Final Destination, Cool Runnings, and M*A*S*H. These days he’s just as busy with, and just as passionate about, the Mastery Workshops. Based in Los Angeles, he’s been bringing the workshop to Vancouver since 1982. He now visits twice a year. The program features exercises designed to […]
COO Aims to Balance ‘Financialization of Homes’
“Housing, for me, should be a roof over your head and a safe place that you can afford to live in,” says Michelle Cooper Iversen.1 The Chief Operating Officer at the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC is passionate about her job and the purpose-driven work it entails. She recently spoke to Goldbeck Recruiting about the […]
Communication, Public Speaking, and Leadership in Business
“Certainly some people are born with the gift of gab but anybody can become a public speaker,” says Camilla Burgess, Founder, CEO, and Coach at Viva Voce Speech Arts Studio. “The more you practice the better you become.”1 The Vancouver-based studio provides executive coaching and speech coaching to individuals and organizations both locally and internationally. […]
Building Resilient Teams: Insights from Leader Lourdes Juan
To say that Calgary’s Lourdes Juan is ambitious would be an understatement. The entrepreneur, who turns 40 this month, has started multiple businesses and charities. “I love taking organizations from zero to one and being a part of small, scrappy teams,” she told Goldbeck Recruiting during a recent interview.1 Juan is also a mom, having […]
Nail Your Career-Change: Top Tips from a Career Strategist
“I call myself a career strategist because I really don’t like the name coach or counsellor,” says Helen Dewar.1 Whatever the title, Dewar has been helping her clients, mostly from the management level up, get job-ready for about three decades. Career transitions can be difficult to navigate, but Dewar sees them as an opportunity to […]
An Examination of Remote Work, Creativity & Wellbeing
Denise Goldbeck will be speaking at our Public Speaking Mastery workshop with Ece Ozer on February 1st here in Vancouver. If you’d like to hear more of her fascinating insights, register your interest here. Going beyond memes & simplified talking points to examine the limitations of Zoom, the cost of work-from-home, & the nature of […]
CEO Addresses Water Usage & Cyber Threats
As CEO of Biomaxx & Partner at ITS Consulting, Wesley Marstaller tackles two major societal problems, with help from expert staff members.
Comparing Canadian & Russian HR with an International Expert
With experience comes perspective, and Vitaly Sergeev has a wealth of both. After spending most of his career working in Russia, the HR specialist and his wife moved to Vancouver in 2023, where he’s now a member of the faculty at University Canada West. Sergeev spoke with Goldbeck Recruiting, offering his observations on the HR, […]
Leadership Spotlight: Meeting Technical Recruiting Challenges
“It’s sometimes challenging for us to recruit, because we need individuals that have a specific expertise,” says Jan Khoo, Accounting & HR Director at Eriez Flotation. The BC based company has supplied more than 900 flotation columns throughout the world, helping clients concentrate and purify minerals including iron ore, base-metals, gold, and more. “It’s been […]