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5 C’s of Building Trust | trust, financial advisors

Apr282013

April 25, 2013  To read on Huffington Post Page, click here How often have you been burned by a business or personal relationship? I’ll bet it happens more often than you want to admit. Do you get more cautious and wise? Research says that you do as our levels of trust have been on the [...]

Do Teens Need to Network to Get a First Job?

Apr102013

Posted: 04/10/2013 12:17 pm  Huffington Post My son couldn’t wait to turn 16 because it meant he could finally get a job. On his birthday, last November, he started applying to companies. He has a strong work ethic; it must come from being raised by an entrepreneurial mother. He has seen me work hard, make [...]

Are Advisory Firms Conflicted in this New Governance Normal

Jan022013

Posted: 01/10/2012 9:09 am With Richard Leblanc A major organization knows it is not running efficiently and that over the years, systems have been spliced on to other systems, behaviour has become entrenched, innovation has stalled and the bureaucracy has run amuck. The balance sheet is not looking good and tweaking the system hasn’t helped. [...]

How to Stop Fraud and Corruption in Your Organization

Nov242012

Published in Huffington Post on November 20, 2012 By Richard Leblanc and Deborah Nixon The Walmart bribery probe has widened beyond Mexico to include China, Brazil and India. The RCMP is investigating the SNC Lavalin bribery allegations, on which Richard advised a law firm suing the company. Richard blogged about Sino-Forest, a case of alleged [...]

Why You Need Trust in the Boardroom

Oct302012

HUFFINGTON POST Deborah Nixon and Richard Leblanc GET UPDATES FROM Deborah Nixon Why You Need Trust in the Boardroom Posted: 10/29/2012 5:49 pm It was that time of year again: the board meeting. The CEO hated these meetings, didn’t like the board, and resented their oversight. As he had done in so many other meetings, [...]