Category: Business, Leadership, Performance

The Leader-Manager Dilemma

Jul 24, 2022 | Business, Leadership, Performance

The Dilemma Being an effective firm leader has never been more difficult. Firm leaders must fill two roles simultaneously. They must manage their firm’s operations (doing things right) while moving in a proper direction (doing the right things). Of the two, managing...

Engage Remote Employees

Jul 10, 2022 | Business, Leadership, Performance

THE Engagement Question How do you increase employee engagement in a virtual environment? This was one of the questions posed to me during my presentation, 3 Simple Ways to Make Your Employee Never Want to Leave at the @AICPA #ENGAGE2022 in Las Vegas last month....

Not Immediacy, But Importance

Jul 4, 2022 | Business, Performance, Personal Management

Deadlines Matter One of the advantages of hard deadlines is that they serve as a barometer to sort our priorities—what is more important than something else. Hard deadlines are the non-negotiable targets that are usually imposed from outside of you and create clarity...

Get Your Charge Hours Up

Jun 12, 2022 | Business, Leadership, Performance

Review Time Annual or semi-annual reviews in firms are being conducted across the nation. Many of my client firms have made these reviews a regular part of their feedback system. Unfortunately, sometimes these meetings are conducted by managers and partners who fail...

Become Hybrid Competent

Jun 5, 2022 | Business, Performance, Personal Management

A New Competency I came across a term recently that describes the plight of so many professionals attempting to figure out how to work and live in the same space. It’s called being “hybrid competent.” As I thought about it, my mind went to all the struggles and...

Confucius Was Right

May 30, 2022 | Business, Leadership, Performance, Personal Management

Find What You Love Confucius (and others) is quoted as saying, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” What is it about that statement that has endured and fascinated humans through the millennia? It stokes a hope and...