Liza Agrba

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Twenty lessons for every business leader to live by

1 week ago | theglobeandmail.com | Liza Agrba

CANADA'S BEST MANAGED COMPANIES 2025 Still the best: Welcome Best Managed Companies What I’ve Learned: interviews with five top execs Traffic sucks. Can technology from Miovision get us unstuck? 1. Three bottom lines are better than oneKBL Environmental (Leduc, Alta.)500 employees, 430 million kilograms of waste reused or recycled annuallyKBL Environmental’s trucking division is finding cleaner ways to move heavy loads.
How to Build an Ethical Supply Chain

3 weeks ago | canadianbusiness.com | Liza Agrba

Not long ago, companies approached supply chain ethics mostly as a compliance exercise—something to be documented and filed away to satisfy regulators. That’s no longer enough. Regulations are getting tougher—and more dynamic—with new rules around synthetic chemicals, forced labour and materials compliance being introduced in Canada, the U.S. and the EU. Meanwhile, customers, investors and employees are increasingly expecting companies to take real responsibility for how their products are made.
This historic downtown greenhouse just got a makeover

3 weeks ago | torontolife.com | Liza Agrba

After three years of closed doors, a downtown botanical haven is once again open to the public. Palm House, a domed Edwardian-era conservatory, is the largest of Allan Gardens’ six interconnected greenhouses, and it just received its first restoration in 60 years. With a new, open floor plan, the historic conservatory is poised to become a hothouse destination for weddings, farmers’ markets and community art classes—a new jewel for the core’s east-side Garden District.
Tha Phae Tavern, chef Nuit Regular's new Thai bar, has karaoke rooms and a claw machine

1 month ago | torontolife.com | Liza Agrba

Name: Tha Phae TavernContact: 221 Richmond St. W., thaphaetavern.com, @thaphaetavernNeighbourhood: Entertainment DistrictPreviously: SelvaOwners: Nuit and Jeff Regular, Oliver Geddes, Ben Geddes, Janet ZuccariniChef: Nuit Regular (Sukhothai, Pai, Kiin, Chaiyo)Accessibility: Not accessibleAt the eastern edge of Chiang Mai’s Old City stands Tha Phae Gate.
Canada’s Best Executives 2025

1 month ago | theglobeandmail.com | Susan Nerberg |Liza Agrba

Chief execs get all the glory (at least when things are going well). Five years ago, we decided it was time to change that. And so we present our fifth annual Best Executive Awards, hailing all the leaders—in finance, tech, operations, human resources, sustainability and more—who toil just outside the corner office, doing the often unglamorous work that helps move a company forward.
Relocation allows Lakeside to enhance collaboration and improve project execution

2 months ago | theglobeandmail.com | Liza Agrba

Please log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountLakeside is a 72-year-old Hamilton-based engineering and manufacturing solutions provider, and it built its reputation on specialized services like emissions analytics, fuel-efficient combustion systems, and sanitary solutions for food and beverage clients. This wide range attracted a diverse client base, but there was a hitch: The services were siloed within the company, and there was no solid central structure.
A closer look at some of the Top Growing Women-Led Companies

2 months ago | theglobeandmail.com | Liza Agrba

Please log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free Account454%That’s the average three-year revenue growth of the 47 companies on our inaugural ranking of businesses controlled by women, from a small but mighty podcast agency (No. 1) to a wealth management firm (No. 47). Open this photo in gallery:Fatima Zaidi, Co-Founder and CEO of Quill Inc., in Toronto on Sept.
Why recruitment firm Agilus promotes skills-based hiring

Feb 3, 2025 | theglobeandmail.com | Liza Agrba

Open this photo in gallery:Skills-based hiring can create opportunities to negotiate higher pay rates for in-demand skills or build a portfolio of experience across industries.COURTESY OF CALGARY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountAgilus Work Solutions is a coast-to-coast recruitment firm that helps place around 10,000 hires a year. Recently, it worked with a large retail client looking to shake up its staffing approach.
What's on the menu at Bar Clams, Matty Matheson's new East Coast–inspired diner - Toronto Life

Dec 20, 2024 | torontolife.com | Liza Agrba

Name: Bar ClamsContact: 802 Dundas St. W., barclams.ca, @barclamsbarclamsNeighbourhood: Trinity-BellwoodsPreviously: Fonda BalamOwners: Our House Hospitality CompanyChefs: Culinary director Coulson Armstrong and chef de cuisine Shu ZhangAccessibility: Not accessibleMatty Matheson’s newest kitchen is reflective of his East Coast roots and inspired by the Blue Goose, a diner his grandfather once owned in DeSable, PEI.
How Hours Talking With Couriers Helped Me Build a Delivery App for Local Stores

Dec 18, 2024 | canadianbusiness.com | Liza Agrba

I learned the value of an entrepreneurial spirit from a young age. I have vivid childhood memories of afternoons and sick days spent in the travel agency my mom started, napping on the little sofa while she built her business. Meanwhile my dad, an accountant, was a master at building relationships. On our weekly trips to the grocery store he would greet each vendor by name—the produce guy, the baker, the butcher—and always got the best deals on the strength of those relationships.