Sandbox Blog

Empathy: Really Getting It

Posted by jesse on Jun 18, 2020 10:54:04 AM

If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone say that good leadership requires empathy, I’d be a rich man. As a buzzword, it’s easy to throw around. However, I find it can be difficult to really understand and even harder to put into practice.

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Tags: Innovative Mindsets, Professional Development, Culture, HR CNNX

The Legal Brief: COVID-19 Stage Two Reopening Updates & ESA Amendments RECAP

Posted by Mackenzie Fennell on Jun 18, 2020 9:23:52 AM

Stage two of reopening the economy has commenced for the Province of Ontario, however, the criteria and modifications that are needed to do so may be unclear to many.

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Tags: COVID-19 Resources, Business Implications, SBX NOW & NXT, C-Suite CNNX, HR CNNX

Marketing Analytics for Absolute Beginners

Posted by jesse on Jun 17, 2020 5:42:47 PM

Retail store owners can get a sense of their business’s health—beyond looking at their financials—by observing foot traffic and talking to customers. Owners of online stores, however, don’t have the same opportunities to observe customer reactions to what they do. That’s where marketing analytics come in.

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Tags: StartUp | ScaleUP, Content Strategy, Technology Marketing, Marketing CNNX, SEO For Today

Effective Leaders Build Resilience

Posted by Megan Price on Jun 17, 2020 2:00:13 AM

Sociologist and researcher Brene Brown maintains that “Leaders must either invest a reasonable amount of time attending to fears and feelings or squander an unreasonable amount of time trying to manage ineffective and unproductive behavior” (brenebrown.com). Never is that been more true than in times of crisis.

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Tags: Innovative Mindsets, Professional Development, Culture

The Essential Shopify Store Launch Checklist

Posted by jesse on Jun 16, 2020 4:16:56 PM

You’re finally launching your Shopify store after all the hard work you put into it. It’s exciting but can quickly become overwhelming.

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Tags: StartUp | ScaleUP, Marketing CNNX, General Marketing Trends

Everything you need to take your business online

Posted by jesse on Jun 16, 2020 3:33:13 PM

Set up your store in minutes and bring your business online

Get your products back in the hands of loyal customers. Follow self-paced programs to get your business online, fast. From easy website building to shipping and fulfillment strategies, you’ll gain the insights needed to bring your business online with Shopify.

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Tags: StartUp | ScaleUP, Technology Marketing, Marketing CNNX

Progress | Contributing to the Solution

Posted by jesse on Jun 11, 2020 4:34:27 AM

To feel a sense of purpose and a sense of progress in life is key to feeling happy, connected and productive.  But in a time when physical distancing is expected and many have either lost their job or are attempting to maintain productivity working from home, how can we achieve that all important sense of progress? By contributing to the solution!

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Tags: Women In Business, Professional Development, Culture, HR CNNX

Taking Responsibility | Me Myself and I

Posted by jesse on Jun 6, 2020 7:33:54 AM

Taking responsibility for your actions’ – something most of us heard at one time or another from our parents.  Whether we were avoiding our homework, skipping class or fabricating some story about where we were, the lesson to learn was always, take responsibility for our actions.  What our parents did not say was – take responsibility for your emotions – and that is where the real communication growth is.

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Tags: Women In Business, Professional Development, Culture, HR CNNX

Quarantine Quarrels

Posted by jesse on Jun 1, 2020 6:33:05 AM

Though this may come as a shock – men and women respond to stress very differently.  Okay, likely that is absolutely no shock at all, but what does it mean in this unprecedented time where stress levels are increased and so is the amount of time we spend together as families.  It means Quarantine Quarrels are inevitable.

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Tags: Women In Business, StartUp | ScaleUP, Professional Development, Culture, HR CNNX

News Flash | People like to be right

Posted by jesse on May 27, 2020 11:32:38 AM

Statistically the odds are good that there is not a single person reading this (or any of their friends) who has not tried at one time or another to change their partner. Whether you are still with the partner you tried to change is not relevant – that you tried to change them is. Human beings like to be right, it validates everything from our intelligence to our sense of self-worth; pretty powerful stuff. But what if you being right means your partner has to be wrong? Where does that leave them?

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Tags: Women In Business, StartUp | ScaleUP, Professional Development, Culture, HR CNNX