As accountants, many of us are heading into the fall busy season with its intense demands. During this upcoming season, safeguarding your wellbeing isn’t just good advice – it’s a professional strategy. By embracing personal responsibility, positive self-talk,...
As a leader in your firm, delivering effective feedback is key to fostering growth and maintaining high performance. Striking a balance between reinforcing and corrective feedback ensures your team not only thrives but continuously improves. Reinforcing Feedback:...
Raise Them Up: No One Aspires To Average One of the great privileges we have in our coaching practice is engaging directly with the rising generation of professionals — young staff just stepping into their careers. They bring energy, ambition, and a deep desire to...
In our work with staff and managers, we regularly hear candid, revealing sentiments – things they rarely express openly but consistently feel. These insights shape how we approach our training courses and interactions. We intentionally weave in messages they are...
It’s Not a Mystery In accounting firms—where structure, predictability, and precision are part of the culture—resistance to change is often interpreted as stubbornness or a lack of buy-in. But resistance isn’t irrational. It’s a natural form of self-protection. When a...
The Frustration Let’s be honest—we’ve all felt the irritation that comes with change. Just when you’ve finally mastered something—figured out all the shortcuts, found the little workarounds that make things run smoothly and efficiently—bam, everything shifts....