Why Your Personal Character Means Everything When Leading a Team

Your personal character, as displayed through your words and more importantly your actions, determines the trust relationship within the team. Trust is the essential element to building a great, high performing team. Leaders should be exhibiting the same high level of behavior that they expect from their team members. Leadership requires great commitment to get …

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Increase Your Promotion Potential by Improving Your Personal Competitive Advantage and Finally Get Noticed by Senior Leadership

You have recently observed that your peers are getting recognition from the senior leadership, and even a promotion or two has been granted, but you believe that you have earned it too. You work hard at your job, are dedicated to the team, and are very dependable. You are asking yourself, “Why didn’t I get …

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Finance & Accounting Leadership vs. Management: Why I Prefer Leaders in the Long Term Over Managers

Leaders develop and leverage the talent on the team to deliver a better process in the long term. Opposite of that, managers lean toward process completion no matter how they get there. As leaders, we cannot escape necessary management requirements. Tasks need to be complete, budgets must be developed, and schedules made; however, let’s not …

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The Positive Impact of Great Team Leaders in Improving and Growing the Organization

Great team leaders make the impossible happen while dealing with competing requirements, daily people issues, senior leader inquiries, and the always changing business environment. Leadership is about creating opportunities for success for your team members. Leaders resource, inspire and set the bar high, while also letting the team do their work with minimal overwatch. At …

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Create a More Positive Daily Work Environment for Your Finance or Accounting Team

Our team’s work environment influences everyone’s ability to succeed or fail. There is no doubt that our teams are busy every day. There are endless work days of analysis, report making, and researching answers from customer inquiries. Don’t forget about monthly close, which is a week of frenzied activity you can never get back. As …

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