Sep 29, 2025 | Business, Leadership
You are well into the fall season. If you have noticed, the Monday Messages for September were written to remind you of important disciplines that make your work both valuable and satisfying. In other words, these disciplines make you an ACE. To review, each Message...
Aug 11, 2025 | Business, Leadership, Performance
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:...
Jul 21, 2025 | Business, Leadership, Personal Management
We all have one – a catch-all spot where we stash the small, lingering tasks that we intend to get to “someday.” For some, it’s a literal pile: a stack of notes, documents, or folders. For others, it’s a running to-do list or a quiet corner of the mind...
Jul 14, 2025 | Business, Leadership
Change is tough, especially in accounting firms where partners often resist new strategies. As outlined Guy Gage’s recent article, Breaking Through Partner Resistance, transformation occurs when the pain of sticking to the status quo outweighs the fear of change. This...
Jun 30, 2025 | Business, Leadership
Effective leadership is grounded in the certainty of what is known: the long-term vision, enduring values, and guiding principles that define an organization’s identity. In a recent coaching conversation with a senior leader navigating a period of rapid change, this...