Posted on 2012-02-27 by rhancha
A Leadership Lesson – Take The Road Less Travelled
Joe Cardillo
National Sales Manager of Vector Marketing Canada
Anytime you share a message, you hope the reader can walk away with at least one nugget, one idea that can make a difference for them and ultimately for those they associate with. I thought today I would share a thought on something I’m passionate about and that’s leadership. When you think of leadership many things can come to mind. Sometimes there are tangible factors that leaders are judged by that shows their success or failures, sometimes it’s the intangibles that people use to describe either their favourite or least favourite leader they’ve had. Someone wise once told me that defining leadership is difficult but you can feel leadership when you are in its presence and you know when you are in a place without it. So with that being said I want to focus on one aspect of leadership that is tangible and one that leaders can act on and one that will make a significant difference to the success they achieve. Read Article ›
Posted on 2012-02-22 by rhancha
Get outside this winter!
Leigh Kirschner
Vector Marketing Sales Support Specialist
February can be a tough month to get through. The holidays are a distant memory and the carefree days of summer still seem so far away. The days are short, the weather is cold and the colourless scenery seems so bleak and barren. It’s so easy to stay inside, curl up on the couch, turn on the television and resign to go nowhere until the snow melts, the trees bud and the air warms with the promise of spring! Read Article ›
Posted on 2012-02-14 by rhancha
Great video on the value of having great knives in your kitchen
Wendy Busse is one of the leading dietitians in food hypersensitivity nutrition care. Her expertise has developed over the last seventeen years through graduate studies, client counselling, resource development and teaching. Her passion is creating and delivering dynamic online learning experiences.
Check out this great video from Wendy on using our CUTCO knives and stressing the value of having good quality knives in your kitchen. Enjoy the video.
Posted on 2012-02-14 by rhancha
Haskayne students learn to sell and to inspire
Final exams are looming for students of the Haskayne School of Business and smiles are probably the last thing you would expect to see in Scurfield Hall. But that’s exactly what you’ll find if you show up on Thursday morning, December 8, when the participants of the Selling Smiles Program will proudly present their earnings to a very deserving local family.
For the past six years, HSB assistant professor Derek Hassay has challenged the students in his Sales Management course to gain “real world” selling skills by selling Cutco Cutlery to raise funds for the Children’s Wish Foundation. Sales teams of 5 students are given a small budget and sample kits, and asked to develop and implement an effective sales strategy. Not only do they learn valuable selling and sales management techniques such as handling rejection, it also teaches them the value of giving back to their community. To date, his students have raised more than $150,000 for the Children’s Wish Foundation, granting wishes for 11 local children.
