November 2016 - Shawn Casemore Keynote Speaker

Forget About Millennials; You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

Last week I was asked to speak to a group of Grade 11’s in their careers course about Entrepreneurship. I decided to do so because not only does it allow me a chance to give back to my community, but it also helps me with continuing research on understanding more about the distinctions between various […]

Delegate More to Increase Productivity

Sounds simple doesn’t it? Well it would if I was suggesting that for you to delegate work to others would result in increasing your own productivity. But what if I was suggesting that doing so would actually increase the productivity of your people, would you still believe me? Well believe it or not, the more […]

Why Employee Conflict Is A Good Thing

Have you dealt with employee conflict with your team lately? If not then you should be concerned. Too often leaders try to stop employee conflict before it gets too far, but the reality is conflict is a natural outcome when putting a diverse group of employees together. In fact there are numerous benefits to employee […]

The Best Ideas Often Aren’t

When the executives at Blockbuster decided to turn down Reed Hastings’ offer in early 2000 to sell Netflix for $50 million dollars (Netflix is worth $32 billion as of 2015), do you think this was a good idea? I mean, it’s easy to look back today at the value of both companies and suggest that […]

How A Personal Brand Supports Business Growth

In this week’s episode of Growth Inspired, I have the privilege of interviewing my long-time colleague, Marketing and Branding expert Dorie Clark. Dorie is most well known for her books Stand Out and Reinventing You, and frequently speaks at Harvard. In this episode, Dorie explains why entrepreneurs, executives and business owners need to focus not […]

Take Responsibility For Your Vision

I was once catching a flight out of Winnipeg and I met Gavriella. At the age of twenty-two Gavriella emigrated from Israel to Canada in search of freedom and the opportunity to live a life that she perceived impossible if she remained in Israel. Our paths crossed when Gavriella, working at a kiosk in the […]

The Lines are Blurring. Have You Checked Your Vision?

It was only in the last two weeks that Facebook announced the launch of their workplace communications platform called Workplace, and I for one am not surprised. Not that I predict Facebook is the next best thing in communication, although having streams of information that include text, video and visuals is much better than sorting […]

Get Clear on Your Desired Future

I once spoke to a group of franchise owners in St. John’s Newfoundland, which resulted in treating the weekend like any other day of the week. I know some people that, like myself, would have no problem traveling and working on the weekend; comparatively however I know some people that would never invest any of […]