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How EO Changed My Leadership Style

By Mandy Gilbert, founder and CEO of Creative Niche and an EO Toronto member Much of an entrepreneur’s time is spent growing their business, landing new clients and managing people. Most of us try to lead by example and rarely focus on changing our leadership styles. I recently learned, however, that sometimes we need to

November 14, 2014

Assess Your Leadership Skills With Just 7 Questions

Consider this: The success of your business rests largely on your leadership skills. So how do you rank as a leader? Eric Gordon suggests you can find out by asking yourself these questions. "What do my colleagues and employees think of me as a leader?" One way to gain a realistic view of how you're doing as a leader is by getting

May 24, 2018

3 Reasons to embark on the EO Path of Leadership

Contributed by Kate Holden, an entrepreneur, philanthropist and business leader behind De Luca Fine Wines, a fast-growing retail and e-commerce wine business. Kate is president of the EO Winnipeg chapter and serves on the EO Canada Board as Canada’s Member Products Director. She also serves as president of the board of directors of The Dream Factory, a non-profit for children with life-threatening illnesses.

March 16, 2022

Leadership In the Future: Practical Tips for Leading From Home

The following article is an abridged version of "Digital Leadership: Leading Virtual Teams From Your Home," an e-book written by Erik Kruger. Kruger is the founder of an international learning and development firm called Modern Breed. On 30 June 2020 at 9 am (EST), Kruger will join panelists Nadim Habib and John Sanei and moderator

June 23, 2020

Learning Leadership by Taking Risks and Setting Direction

By Kevin Bonfield, founder and managing partner at Concentre and a member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization in Dallas, Texas. I love the beach. Which is great for me, because my family loves the beach as well. The beach provides an all-over experience for me, triggering all five senses. The sound of the waves rolling onto the sand,

December 6, 2017

Leadership Hacks to Take Your Business to the Next Level

By Brian Scudamore, an EO Vancouver member and founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? It would have been easy to spend my life as a Rubbish Boy. At 19, I started a junk-removal business called The Rubbish Boys to pay my university tuition. In only a few years, we had 11 employees and were pulling in half a million

November 23, 2015