Ken Davidson - Kelowna Chartered Accountant

Micromanagement: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Ken Davidson — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:42:47 +0000

Micromanaging has a bit of a mixed reputation. It’s hardly an adored practice by those who employ it since it can be so tedious and frustrating while trying to juggle your own priorities. Even when you own the business, you can’t make everyone’s jobs within it your priority. You’ve got to recognize your organization and [...]

Micromanagement: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly is a post from: Ken Davidson - Kelowna Chartered Accountant

Micromanagement: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Great Business Leaders Should Advocate Continual Education

Ken Davidson — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:20:16 +0000

I’m a big advocate for continuing education, no matter how old you are or how much you know. I would say I’m pretty lucky because as a Kelowna accountant, I have a lot of people that talk to me about what books they’re reading or what courses they’re taking and I’m always curious to know. [...]

Great Business Leaders Should Advocate Continual Education is a post from: Ken Davidson - Kelowna Chartered Accountant

Great Business Leaders Should Advocate Continual Education

Buying Properties With Different Joint Venture Partners

Ken Davidson — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:40:19 +0000

Throughout the history of this website I have discussed various aspects of real estate investing and the involvement of joint venture partners but what happens when you’re buying properties with different joint venture partners? Real Estate Investing With Multiple Partners Anytime you bring in a partner, whether it’s a joint venture, a partnership or a [...]

Buying Properties With Different Joint Venture Partners is a post from: Ken Davidson - Kelowna Chartered Accountant

Buying Properties With Different Joint Venture Partners

How To Take A New Approach In Your Business & Be Happier

Ken Davidson — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:47:14 +0000

This year I decided to shake things up in my Kelowna accounting firm and completely change the way I operate. Although I’ve worked as a Kelowna accountant for several years, most of my clients come to me for much more than tax advice and number crunching. This became a strange juxtaposition when I realized that [...]

How To Take A New Approach In Your Business & Be Happier is a post from: Ken Davidson - Kelowna Chartered Accountant

How To Take A New Approach In Your Business & Be Happier

How Kosi Stobbs Built A Real Estate Empire By 30

Ken Davidson — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:46:59 +0000

Those of you interested in real estate investing are in for a real treat with this article as I have a special guest that joined me for a recorded podcast that you can find right below. If you prefer to read a brief summary, scroll down beneath the player to see some of the initial [...]

How Kosi Stobbs Built A Real Estate Empire By 30 is a post from: Ken Davidson - Kelowna Chartered Accountant

How Kosi Stobbs Built A Real Estate Empire By 30

Instant Turnaround: Getting Your Employees Excited To Come To Work

Ken Davidson — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:12:54 +0000

I felt that my last book review received great feedback so I’m back with another after I recently finished Instant Turnaround: Getting People Excited About Coming To Work And Working Hard by Harry Paul and Ross Wreck. Harry Paul is famous for his previous work co-authoring the smash bestseller Fish! A Proven Way To Boost [...]

Instant Turnaround: Getting Your Employees Excited To Come To Work is a post from: Ken Davidson - Kelowna Chartered Accountant

Instant Turnaround: Getting Your Employees Excited To Come To Work

9 Characteristics of Great Business Leaders

Ken Davidson — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:08:13 +0000

Somewhere between the passing of Steve Jobs and the late Stephen R. Covey I started to think about what makes truly great business leaders. Anyone familiar with the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People already knows a few but there are so many different styles and schools of thought that it can be difficult to [...]

9 Characteristics of Great Business Leaders is a post from: Ken Davidson - Kelowna Chartered Accountant

9 Characteristics of Great Business Leaders

How Small Biz Can Compete With Major Corporations

Ken Davidson — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:16:57 +0000

Ken Davidson is a Kelowna accountant with BDO Canada addressing one of the most important topics affecting small businesses. Any small business that has every existed has had to ask themselves this one question: how can I compete with major retailers and big corporations? There are fewer topics more relevant and important to all business [...]

How Small Biz Can Compete With Major Corporations is a post from: Ken Davidson - Kelowna Chartered Accountant

How Small Biz Can Compete With Major Corporations

Is Your Business Safe In A Downward Economy?

Ken Davidson — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:03:09 +0000

Let me start this with a disclaimer: I really dislike discussing downward economies and recessions. Call me a positive thinker, but I just prefer to look ahead and decide what needs to be done to get to where I want to go. Getting through a recessionary period generally has to do with shifting your mindset [...]

Is Your Business Safe In A Downward Economy? is a post from: Ken Davidson - Kelowna Chartered Accountant

Is Your Business Safe In A Downward Economy?

Everything Businesses Need To Know About The BC HST Repeal

Ken Davidson — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:52:15 +0000

Over the past three weeks we have been releasing articles focusing on the upcoming BC HST repeal on April 1, 2013 and what business owners in the province of British Columbia need to start thinking about beforehand. I am very grateful to have Mike Boven, commodities tax expert from BDO Canada, lending his expertise to [...]

Everything Businesses Need To Know About The BC HST Repeal is a post from: Ken Davidson - Kelowna Chartered Accountant

Everything Businesses Need To Know About The BC HST Repeal