FINANCIAL POST
T H U R S D A Y, D E C E M B E R 3 , 2 0 1 5
CA LG A RY H E R A L D
B7
PH OTOS BY J EN N PIERC E, C A LG A RY H E R A L D
EVENT RECAP ALSO IN AT T E N D A N C E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Vincenzo Aliberti Dan Allen Megan Armstrong Victoria Bennett Chris Best Erin Bird Paul Boucher Michael Burak Brad Celmainis Nicki Chang-Powless Falyne Chave John Clarke Jacqueline-Marie Clement Gita Consul Al Dhalla Victoria Driver Mark Dubeau Jenn Egroff Gary Ellis Lois Faris Karen Ferreira Steve Finley Shannon Gordon Lisa Graham Kris Hans Todd Hirsch Sydney Kasmar Fred Katayama Olga Kazenina Kevin Langman Sarah Laughton Veronica Lee Merri Lemmex Steve Lemmex Alison Lennon Brenda Mahoney Shannon Marier Kathryn McMackin Brittany Michalchuk Vlad Mitkovsky Holly Montgomery Brad Mooney John Musgrove Adrian Nagle Michelle Nedelec Sheila Nykwist Don O’Dwyer Bruce Paizen Ave Peetri Ken Peterson Karin Poldaas Jayne Reimer Christine Reimer Aga Rettie Sally Richardson Robert Roach Jeff Robertson Elizabeth Rondon William Paul Royds Mohamed Salama Christine Salberg Simon Sauve Richelle Skrilec David Smith Kris Stanley Glenn Street Sidney Tanchak Tara Tanchak Rob Thiessen Tricia Thomas Geoffrey Tiu Janice Townsend Max Tuff Barry Tuff Omaet Velasco Douglas Wagner Drew Wall Eko Wangsawidjaya Leesha Withrow Su Jung Youn
HOW DO YOU BUILD THE BEST TEAM? Entrepreneurs share how they find, keep and retain great staff
“We have a good relationship with Olds College who has a fabulous apparel technology program.We also rely on our team a lot to talk to their friends. If you’re an artist in Calgary you have very little opportunity to practice your craft. It’s always great when a team member says ‘I’ve got my friend I want to introduce them,’ because that tells me that we’re probably doing a lot of things right that they’re willing to get their own friends to come work for us.”
“I call it the three ‘-ates’: participating, collaborating and celebrating. To keep the team going, we celebrate as much as we can ... It’s really easy for me to get a little more removed from the dayto-day operations (as) I don’t have the skills my technical team does, but I can provide business insight so I try to follow the three ‘-ates’ to keep it going.” DON O’DWYER, CEO of Raven Bay Services, ravenbayservices.com
“Part of the thing I’ve really had the opportunity with being an entrepreneur is being able to do what I love. I want to create that same environment with my team. I want them to come in, love their job, love what they’re doing. We try to do more than just working with dogs, we try to coach some life skills and help them realize that life is too short … We work hard, we play harder.” MEGAN ARMSTRONG, owner of Dogma Training & Pet Services Inc., dogmatraining.com
G L E N N S T R E E T, t o p d o g at Street Characters Inc., mascots.com
ONLINE
C A P I TA L B U Z Z
For the full recap of “How do you build the best team?” including a podcast of the event, visit capitalideascalgary.com.
Here’s what Capital Ideas members took away from the Nov. 26 panel:
“Business owners set the structure for the team to do their jobs and drive the profit.”
“As an entrepreneur focus on the we, not me.”
“Don builds teams and expects them to leave ego at the door at Raven Bay Service.”
“ ‘Hire for attitude, train for skill.’ Great advice for businesses small or large!”
Ave Peetri, owner of Confident Marketing, @Ave372
Brad Celmainis, owner, Brad Celmainis Consulting @BradCelmainis
Victoria Bennett, principal at Bennett Milner Williams Consulting, @VikiBennett
Todd Hirsch, chief economist with ATB Financial, @ABeconomist
NEXT EVENT
Thank you! Dan Allen, vice-president ATB Business and Agriculture South, presents Leesha Withrow, independent distributor at Organo Gold Coffee (organogold.com) with a door prize after the event.
How do you keep your customers coming back for more? When: Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, noon to 1 p.m. Where: Glenbow Museum RSVP at capitalideasyyc12.eventbrite.com
Questions? Contact us at hello@capitalideascalgary.com