Category: Business, Leadership, Performance

While We Get The Work Done

Oct 12, 2026 | Business, Leadership, Performance

One week to go. There will be plenty of reasons to focus only on getting the work done and meeting the deadline, but leadership is happening in the middle of it all. In the conversation with the staff member who is overwhelmed. In the decision to pause and coach...

Capacity Is a Leadership Skill

Sep 28, 2026 | Business, Leadership, Performance

As another tax deadline approaches, capacity is an overarching theme in my coaching calls, and probably a familiar conversation in your firm. I’m hearing We just need more people, and We need better technology, or We just need to get through this deadline. Sometimes,...

Sometimes the Best Development Happens in the Moment

Sep 21, 2026 | Leadership, Performance, Personal Management

I was coaching a firm Partner recently about one of her managers. She’s smart, technically strong, gets her work done, and the firm sees a lot of potential in her. But the Partner was frustrated because she wasn’t really stepping into leadership. My first question...

The Professional Skills Advantage

Sep 14, 2026 | Business, Leadership, Performance

For years, the accounting profession has focused on becoming more efficient. Don’t get me wrong, efficiency matters. Technology is helping us automate work, analyze information and do more in less time. But efficiency alone isn’t going to build the firms we want for...

Lead Through Uncertainty

Aug 24, 2026 | Business, Leadership, Performance

In a recent firm presentation, we explored what leadership looks like today. One thing is clear: this is a new day, very different from the environment in which most firms operated over the last 50 years. The pace of change is extraordinary. No sooner do we absorb and...

AI Won’t Replace Relationships. But Relationships Will Matter More Than Ever.

Aug 17, 2026 | Business, Leadership, Performance, Personal Management

Over the last week, I’ve had conversations with three very different people: an accountant, a designer, and a business owner. Different professions. Different work. Different perspectives. And yet, each conversation eventually came back to the same question: “What...

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