All workers bring to their jobs certain talents, but a nurturing work environment can help them realize their full potential. Nature or nurture? It’s a question that comes up a lot when talking about how humans grow into the people they are – and depending on who you talk to, the answer is usually somewhere…
The Women’s Executive Network honours 100 women who are 2010’s top achievers — and leaders — in Canada’s private, public and not-for-profit sectors WHY WE CARE Twenty-Two Years Ago, I walked into a boardroom and found myself surrounded by men. This was an eye-opening experience. Today, when I walk into a boardroom, there will be…
It’s no accident that Ann Kaplan ended up creating and running a first-of-its-kind business, which offers patient financing for elective surgery. Both her parents were doctors and, in fact, it was her father’s prediction of two-tiered health care when the province cut funding for elective surgeries in 1996 that prompted her to launch Medicard Finance….
Ann Kaplan is building a fortress in a land of giants. Her firm, Medicard Finance Inc., is now pulling together the final pieces of a strategy aimed at making Medicard — a provider of consumer loans for medical procedures not covered by medicare — an even more entrenched player in a sector dominated by the…
Diverse Field of Pioneers in Business Arena Converge to Inspire, Collaborate and Educate NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – March 24, 2010) – New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEW) will be held at Scholastic Auditorium in the SoHo district of New York City with sessions running Monday, April 12 through Friday, April 16. NYEW is a semi-annual week-long…