Big Sisterly Business Advice

We asked our big sisters of business to give their best advice they’ve recieved in business and advice they would give to another women in business.

Business advice you’ve received Advice you would give women

As important as it is to be working ‘in the business’, make sure you’re spending equal time working ‘on the business’ because a plan is not a strategy.

Hakiba Shaya

Check in with a mentor or coach regularly, and make time to be a mentor or coach to someone else. Unsure how? Connect with a member of the Guelph Chamber team. It’s a mutually beneficial opportunity to build a trusted network!

President & CEO , Guelph Chamber of Commerce @guelph_chamber

It’s easy to equate success to results such as sales or fundraising. But how are you doing outside of work? Is your team thriving? Are you building reciprocal relationships? Are you having a positive impact on the world? For personal and business success, we need to be more holistic in our thinking and focus on the long game.

Glenna Banda

Have more confidence in what you bring to the table. Know that understanding where you need to continue to learn, reaching out for help or accessing the strengths of others is part of what makes you a great leader, it’s not ‘faking it till you make it’.

Executive Director, United Way Guelph-Wellington Dufferin @unitedwaygwd

Randy Dougl

Always work hard, be strong, and never give up.

President, Cultured HR @culturedhr

When you start to build and hire a team, there’s actually a bit of a letting go process to go through. You can no longer be in control of everything. You have to extend trust to people and empower them to be successful.

Carly Klassen

It is easy to have feelings of self-doubt. Believe in yourself and your abilities, in the end the only opinion you can control is your own.

Be intentional about making space for what you want in your life.

City Councillor for Ward 2, Guelph, Owner of The Sage Soap Company @thesagesoapcompany