X5 Management

Happy New Year from the team at X5 Management  As we prepare to welcome 2025, we want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our clients, strategic partners, and business community for your continued trust and support. We look forward to another year of growth, innovation, and shared accomplishments. May 2025 bring you success, prosperity, and endless opportunities to achieve your goals.  Here’s to a year filled with exciting ventures and tremendous opportunities. Thank you for being part of our journey. Wishing you and your team a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year!  Cheers to 2025! 🥂  Kris Schinke, MBA Priscilla Bahrey Brent Collingwood, M.Ed., CEC, CFL Gina Boucher Jason Donkersgoed, MA (Leadership), ACC Ingrid Carleton

As the holiday season approaches, and ends, many of us find ourselves reflecting on the past year and looking ahead to what the new one may bring. This is an ideal time to pause and set intentions for a purposeful start to the year. This practice offers an opportunity to align our actions with our values and focus on what truly matters. Unlike resolutions, which often come with pressure to achieve specific outcomes, intentions create a broader sense of purpose. They emphasize growth and adaptability rather than perfection. By setting intentions, we can approach the new year with clarity and a mindset that supports long-term success and fulfillment. The beginning of a new year provides a chance to realign our priorities. While resolutions can sometimes feel restrictive, intentions encourage a more mindful approach. They help us focus on what is meaningful without the pressure of rigid goals. Setting intentions enables us to: -Clarify priorities in both personal and professional spheres. -Align our actions with our core values. -Cultivate a mindset of possibility and adaptability. Intentions guide how we want to show up in the world, shaping our decisions and interactions throughout the year. Whether focused on personal growth, professional development, or relationships, intentions help us move forward with purpose. Read more on this week's blog article below. Mike Mack, MBA X5 Management #intentions #newyear #holidayseason

Season's Greetings from the team X5 Management As the holiday season unfolds, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to our valued clients for your trust and partnership throughout the year.  2024 has been a year of growth, challenges, and success, and we couldn’t have achieved it without the support of our clients, colleagues, and community.  We hope this festive season brings you joy, peace, and moments of celebration with loved ones. May the new year ahead be filled with prosperity, good health, and exciting opportunities for us all.  Thank you for being a part of our journey. We look forward to continuing our work together in 2025.  Warmest wishes for a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year!  Kris Schinke, MBA

Weekend Wisdom: When One Door Opens, Another May Close! In business and in life there are a series of transitions, marked by doors that open to new opportunities and doors that close behind us. While the act of stepping forward through an open door can be exciting, it often comes with an element of uncertainty, as leaving something familiar behind can feel daunting. Yet, it’s in these very moments of transition that the most profound growth occurs. An open door represents possibility. It’s a call to explore, challenge ourselves, and embrace change. Whether it’s a new business opportunity, career shift, a leadership opportunity, a move to a new city, or even the start of a personal relationship, these open doors often present paths we never imagined. They encourage us to push beyond our comfort zones, uncovering strengths, talents, and resilience we didn’t know we had. By walking through, we not only step into new opportunities but also into a deeper understanding of our own potential. At the same time, a closing door can feel like loss. It may signify the end of a role we once loved, the completion of a relationship, or the need to let go of old habits and beliefs. However, closing doors are not failures; they’re necessary endings that create space for new beginnings. When we release what no longer serves us—whether it’s outdated expectations, limiting beliefs, or unfulfilling routines—we free ourselves to embrace a future of greater alignment and fulfillment. This process requires trust: trust in the journey, in the timing, and in ourselves. It’s not always easy, but each closed door holds a lesson, and every open door offers an invitation to grow. When we reflect on past transitions, we often see how those closed doors led to opportunities we might have otherwise missed. The challenge is to view these moments with curiosity and gratitude, recognizing that every change is a stepping stone toward a fuller, more authentic life. Stepping through a new door isn’t just about moving forward—it’s about moving with purpose. It’s a chance to realign with your values, refine your goals, and step closer to the vision you hold for yourself. The process may feel uncomfortable, but that discomfort is often a sign that growth is happening. Are you ready to embrace the next chapter? Perhaps that is the start of 2025?  Open doors invite us to be bold, to explore the unknown, and to trust that the best is yet to come. Let’s walk forward with confidence, using the lessons from closing doors as a foundation and the opportunities of open doors as our guide to what’s possible. Life’s greatest rewards often lie on the other side of a door we’re brave enough to walk through. Enjoy your weekend! Kris Schinke, MBA X5 Management #Growth #Opportunity #Mindset #Leadership #ChangeManagement #WeekendWisdom

This is a tough time for the Edmonton Humane Society with the mail interruption affecting our busiest donation period in November and December. Typically, we receive $287,000 in mailed donations during this crucial time. If you are able to support by donating or sharing this message, it would be greatly appreciated. Link to support: https://lnkd.in/gry_VnvU

In scuba diving there is a mantra that says: "plan your dive - dive your plan". The same can be said for strategic planning - "plan you work - work your plan". Conducting a strategic planning exercise with an independent facilitator is the best way to drill down to what's important for the organization going forward. Mike Mack, MBA, Kris Schinke, MBA, Priscilla Bahrey, Gina Boucher