Category: Business, Leadership, Performance

A Productive Dialogue: Corrective Feedback

Feb 17, 2025 | Business, Leadership, Performance

Feedback is an essential part of our growth and development. The challenge is, especially as accountants, we don’t like giving feedback. According to a study performed for this article, in the Harvard Business Review, we prefer to avoid giving corrective feedback....

Catch Them Doing It Right

Feb 10, 2025 | Business, Leadership, Performance

Catch Them Doing It Right By Guy This message builds on last week’s discussion, which stemmed from Justin, a manager seeking advice on handling staff who do not respond to feedback. He and his colleagues struggle with employees who seem to ignore their directions. You...

When Staff Ignore Your Feedback I

Feb 3, 2025 | Business, Leadership, Performance

How many times do you have to give the same feedback to get results? The Inquiry A manager, whom I’ll refer to as Justin, recently reached out to me to discuss a challenge that he and his fellow managers are grappling with. As dedicated professionals, they take their...

Empower Your Workforce

Jan 27, 2025 | Business, Leadership, Performance

In today’s fast-paced work environment, employee engagement has become more than just a buzzword; it’s a necessity for organizational success. Firms that we see successfully creating a culture of self- engagement among employees are doing so by focusing on...

Engagement > Benefits

Jan 13, 2025 | Business, Leadership, Performance

“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,...

When There Is No Best Option

Dec 2, 2024 | Business, Leadership, Performance

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...