Frequent feedback and redefining goals help remote teams overcome common hurdles

Like many executives following the pandemic, Kira Sherman manages an all-remote team. She has three direct reports working in sales positions who she oversees as the vice-president of business development at Blade Air, a Canadian company that sells air quality products.

At first, when Ms. Sherman stepped into the role in 2022, she allowed her team to leave their cameras off during virtual meetings, but she’s since switched to a cameras-on policy. “Making that shift to mandatory cameras-on has h...

Buy the Way: A couple buys a Muskoka River cottage for $20K under asking

Whitby, Ont.-based couple Sharon Berman and Shael Risman both grew up attending sleepover camps in Ontario’s cottage country. After meeting at Haliburton, Ont.’s Camp Northland in the 1980s, marrying, and having a son and daughter in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the two thought about how nice it’d be to have a cottage of their own. “The hurdle was always the financial commitment,” says Sharon.
In early 2020, just before the pandemic, Sharon’s mother suffered a stroke and sadly passed away, le...

Cottage of the Week: $4.9 million for a shrine to pine in Georgian Bay with a loft accessed by ladder - Toronto Life

A six-plus-one-bedroom, four-bathroom post-and-beam island escape sitting on 16 acres of land in Georgian Bay, near Massasauga Provincial Park. The property comes with a guest cottage, a separate garage, decks for days and two docks. It’s about a 30-minute boat ride from the Parry Sound Marina, which itself is a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Toronto.

Real Weddings: Inside a barn house bash in Prince Edward County - Toronto Life

Julia Sullivan Faith, a 32-year-old florist, first met Evan Kosiner, a 36-year-old owner of a broadcast and AV consulting company, in 2011, during an English lecture at Toronto Metropolitan University. They reconnected a decade later, when Evan shared an Instagram story about looking for a girlfriend, and were engaged in November of 2022. In June of 2024, they celebrated their wedding in Prince Edward County with fireworks and live performances.
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