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If You’re An Intrapreneur, Let’s Talk
Have you ever been in a restaurant or somewhere where someone who was doing their job just seemed to be doing it at such a high level, you were amazed or impressed? Maybe it was the waitress at a restaurant whose service far surpassed any of the other waitstaff or...
Leadership Series – Eliminating Gossip
One of the surefire ways to damage your reputation as a leader, or damage the success of your company, is to not get a handle on gossip. As a leader, you are responsible for developing healthy relationships with your direct reports, your colleagues, and your clients,...
How To Deal With Goal Impatience
So did you set any goals for this year? Did you join the gym, start a new diet, or set a financial goal? Each year we are encouraged to take time in December to reflect on the previous year, and to decide to set goals in January for the upcoming year, but...
Leadership Series – Speaking Candidly
If you’ve ever had an awkward or uncomfortable conversation with someone, it might be due to the fact that your message was missing candor. In other words, you were lacking the ability to speak plainly, with respect of course, but also not holding back. The ability...
Improving Your Ability To Focus
Do you feel like you’d have more time or get what you want done if you could just focus? Well, you’re not alone because most of the accountant moms I work with, myself included, often struggle with the ability to focus, especially when we have so much on our to-do...
1099 Tax Compliance Considerations – ADP
Small Business and Gig Workers: 1099 Tax Compliance Considerations By Ellen Feeney The burden of handling tax compliance for independent contractors can be lessened by understanding the rules and planning early enough to meet the deadlines. Independent contractors can...
Leadership Series – Feeling All Feelings
One of the biggest misnomers in professional development in the accounting profession is that understanding your feelings is a “soft skill”. Unfortunately, the belief that feelings have their place, but typically not at work, is incredibly shortsighted when it comes...
4 Ways To Get Your Calendar To Work FOR You, Instead Of Against You
As we roll into a new year, and those of us in public accounting roll into a new tax year, I thought it would be a great time to talk about your calendar. It doesn’t matter whether you have a super organized calendar or you’re a hot mess, understanding how to get...
Leadership Series – Learning Through Curiosity
Knowledge is power, right? Especially in the accounting profession. But in order to be a good leader you have to begin noticing when you are closed off to the idea that you don’t know, or could be wrong about something or someone. It might be humbling, but it can...
How To Switch From Unhealthy To Healthy Pressure
Whether you are in public or private accounting, if there’s one thing that all accountants have to deal with, it’s pressure. Before the pandemic, the accounting profession was already dealing with a fair amount of pressure as a whole, but since the pandemic shifted...