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the Leading VOLUME 9 n ISSUE 2 n WInTER 2 0 09 contents features 4 Stay for the climb Enable star performers to reach for success and longevity The Leading Edge www.LeadingEdgealliance.com The Leading Edge alliance is an international professional association of independently owned accounting and consulting firms. The Leading Edge alliance enables member firms to access the resources of a multibillion-dollar global professional services organization, providing business development, professional training and education, and peer-to-peer networking opportunities nationally and globally, around the corner and around the world. Members are top quality firms who are very successful, have deep client relationships, and strong ties to the community. The alliance provides members with an unbeatable combination: the comprehensive size and scope of a large multinational company while offering their clients the continuity, consistency and quality service of a local firm. Member firms have access to the best and brightest teams of business advisors – a peerto-peer connection that provides the right business solutions for clients. To find out more about the alliance contact Karen Kehl-Rose, president, at (630) 513-9814 or kkr@The-LEa.com. 9 new business often hinges on an exceptional proposal Experts offer insight and tips to winning that next project 10 2009: What’s ahead and what’s behind for businesses, consumers and more Leading Edge advisory Committee Linda Watson Brady Ware Marshall Lehman Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Co., LLP Jen Lemanski Pannell Kerr forster of Texas, P.C. gary Voth Pannell Kerr forster of Texas, P.C. Karen Kehl-Rose The Leading Edge alliance in affiliation with Wise group ann M. gynn Editor natasha fletcher, amanda horvath, Crystal Madrilejos, Stacy Vickroy art directors andrea Jager graphic designer departments 12 14 top 10 misconceptions of doing business in Canada in a nutshell: Q&a Chris DeSantis responds to your workplace dilemmas 15 the Leading edge alliance The Leading Edge is published four times per year by Wise group, 812 huron Road, Suite 201, Cleveland, Ohio, 44115, (216) 523-1212, faX (216) 241-5458. Periodicals postage paid at Cleveland, Ohio. IRS Treasury Regulations require us to inform you that any tax advice contained in the body of this communication was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, by the recipient for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions. Winner 2006 AGD award for publication design ThE LEadIng EdgE 3 http://www.LeadingEdgealliance.com

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The Leading Edge - Winter 2009 Contents Stay on the Climb New Business Often Hinges on an Exceptional Proposal 2009: What’s Ahead and What's Behind for Businesses, Consumers and More Top 10 Misconceptions of Doing Business in Canada In a Nutshell: Q&A The Leading Edge Alliance

The Leading Edge - Winter 2009

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