BUSINESS IN VANCOUVER: BOARDROOM STRATEGIES by Mike Desjardins

July 2010 Stop Chasing Shiny Objects and Focus on your Core Business
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June 2010 Uncovering Your Strategic Plan’s Hidden Innovation
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May 2010 How to Measure Your Company Against the Competition
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April 2010 Focus on What Your Customers Actually Care About
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March 2010 Building a Better Company Using the Balanced Scorecard
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February 2010 When it Comes to Company Vision, Get Wildly Courageous
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January 2010 Execution: The Missing Piece of the Corporate Strategy Puzzle
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December 2009 Corporate Culture is Critical to Business Strategy
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November 2009 The Best Books on Strategic Planning
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October 2009 Strategic Planning for Business and Life
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September 2009 Why Your Strategic Plan Failed and What you Can Do About it
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August 2009 Top Ten Tips for Leading in Turbulent Times
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ARTICLES

January 1, 2008 Brain Trust: Confidential Forum Groups Allow Executives to Gain Vital Insight Away From the Glare of the Workplace Download the pdf (367kb)
November 16, 2007 Mike Desjardins, President of EO Vancouver talks about what it takes to make a great leader Download the pdf (180kb)
August 14, 2007 Making Time for Face-Time: Business Leaders Realize the benefits of networking during overseas vacations Download the pdf (1.00Mb)
August, 2007 10 to Watch: Sauder Alum Make it Big Before 40 Download the pdf (3.68Mb)
April 25, 2007 ABC News Report on EO Accelerator Program – ViRTUS developed a customized curriculum for the program on behalf of Entrepreneur’s Organization Off-site streaming video
March 27, 2007 Focus On Success: Transforming Companies Download the pdf (500kb)
January 2, 2007 Mike Desjardins named one of Business in Vancouver's Top 40 Under 40 Download the pdf

PRESS RELEASES

March 26, 2009 Vancouver Entrepreneur Mike Desjardins, owner of consulting firm ViRTUS, is will speak at the ME Inc 2009 Conference in Vancouver on March 27, 2009.
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September 18, 2007 Local Superheroes rappel 20-storeys and help raise over $170,000 for Easter Seals in BC - ViRTUS sponsors the event
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September 3, 2007 CME Partners with Vancouver-based ViRTUS to Power Manufacturing Executives to Success
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June 13, 2005 Local venture capital firm sponsors entrepreneurial students in value-based goal planning
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June 1, 2005 Local Companies Partner to Create New Brand of Corporate Retreats
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June 1, 2005 Founder of Century 21 Canada Cautions Local Business Leaders Against Losing Sight of Core Values
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February 11, 2004 ViRTUS welcomes three new business Mentors to the team
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October 2, 2003 ViRTUS welcomes David E. Coe as newest Business Mentor
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April 4, 2003 UBC Commerce Executive Education partners with ViRTUS to launch new Certificate in Effective Business Leadership
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May 14, 2002 Steve Cowan joins ViRTUS as Business Mentor
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June 25, 2002 David C. Bentall joins ViRTUS as a Mentor to Senior Managers
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June 10, 2002 Tom MacDonald takes on the role of Business Mentor with ViRTUS
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