“As professionals, we all want to leave our mark on the world,” said Guy Gage in his article Stop Trying to Engage Your Employees. As a CPA, I believe we work in the greatest profession on earth. We are taking a lot of heat right now with pipeline issues,...
Problems With A Best Option Firm leaders are really good at problem-solving. They have the ability to analyze a situation, weigh the pros and cons, and arrive at a solution that makes the most sense. Through countless such decisions, they have consistently...
The Transition We learn so much from our coaching clients, like what they really want, what concerns them and what holds them back. Over the years, our experience has revealed a common theme—that transitioning from staff performer to project manager is one of the most...
The Cost of Yes We’ve heard a lot about learning to say no, and rightly so, because we often say yes too much and take on too many responsibilities. It is no fun. However, that said, the real issue just might be that we’ve never learned to say yes...
A Journey As you come out of recovery from any intense period (aka busy season), you enter into a season that may be less intense, but still full of activities and responsibilities. Will you enjoy the journey? Journey Past For the next four months, you have annual or...
Learn From Memories Whenever we experience intense situations, they get encoded into our memory bank. Strong situations can be pleasant or unpleasant, depending on our initial interpretations. They are formed subconsciously and stored as such. By consciously...