Sales Beacon continually endeavors to celebrate the many differences that make us unique and help make our story successful. Isn’t life too predictable? It’s easy to keep your head down, stay in your lane and put yourself and your business on cruise control. But where’s the...
There’s nothing like “Working at 17,600 feet!” A photo of Sales Beacon CEO, Cynthia Spraggs working on her laptop at Everest Base Camp took one of two first prizes in WEConnect International’s contest for women business owners. The contest, part of WEConnect’s Make an Impact campaign, asked women...
Sales Beacon has been named one of Canada’s Top Small and Medium Employers in 2018. For the past decade, Sales Beacon has been finding and training talented individuals in Canada’s rural communities on how to more effectively manage end-to-end projects in today’s fast-moving, virtual and collaborative...
Celebrate your success with diversity certification and take your business to the next level by reaching new markets. You’re like many women business owners. You’re smart, driven and successful – and you’re probably raising a family at the same time you’re growing your business. You can...
If you are a bright star in your geographic location, your business is owned by women and you want to break into a larger market, you should consider going through Women’s Business Enterprises (WBE) Canada or WEConnect International to gain diversity certification as a woman-owned business. If...
In Defining Roadblocks to Diversity Opens a Path to Success, I talked about the Canada-U.S. initiative designed to promote female entrepreneurs and drive economic growth on both sides of the border. The will hopefully be a springboard to drive diversity within the workplace. It’s an...
If there were ever a loaded question, this might be it: is it worth becoming a Diversity Certified supplier? The answer depends a lot on your privacy needs, the size of the operation you run, your long-term goals and whether your company fits the diversity...
Diversity certification is a powerful tool to have in your pocket when you go to market to bid on projects. If you’re a woman business owner with a go big or go home philosophy, then pursuing diversity certification may be for you. However, diversity certification isn’t for...
What does supplier diversity mean? It’s one of those terms you often hear tossed around, but you may not have a true understanding of either the concept or the resulting impact. Supplier diversity is, in its most simple terms, corporations accessing groups not customarily included in their...
In February, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump announced a joint initiative designed to promote female entrepreneurs and drive economic growth on both sides of the border. This could be a springboard to defining roadblocks to diversity within the workplace. There is political...