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What The Buck: Again?!
Every hiring manager we meet right now is desperate to know what’s happening in the accounting and finance market. What roles are in hot demand, what are other organisations doing to retain their key staff and how can they ensure the best people are working for...
Why Great Leaders Do Need Some Baggage
Last week, my 15-year-old son went on a week-long hike into the New Zealand bush. The list for what he had to pack in his backpack left us both scratching our heads – it was as precise as it was long. When he returned yesterday, tired but happy...
How To Win By Not Being The Best
Is this madness? “If you want to succeed, do NOT try to be the best at what you do.” No. It’s absolute magic. Here’s why. Okay. It sure sounded like madness when I heard it. Then, in the next sentence, came the gem that can change careers and...
Listen To Your Gut
You’re faced with two job offers at the same time - so which one should you take? Maybe you have one offer and then another role comes up in your dream industry but it is only in the early stages. Should you take the sure...
How NOT To Run A Meeting – Let My Pain Be Your Gain
When I first became a manager, the thing I dreaded the most was running the weekly team meeting. Cue copious eye rolling, blank stares and sideways smirks, constant phone checking and deathly silence. All the while, I perched anxiously at the head of the table. Not...
Getting Through a Rough Patch at Work
No matter how good you are at what you do, no matter how great your boss and colleagues are – you’re going to hit a rough patch at work at one point or another. All the wheels seem to come off at the same time...
Creating Financially Independent Children
Written by Katie Wesney based on research by Hannah McQueen. I’ve got three kids who are 9, 7 and 5 and I worry about the financial future they face. It feels like the cards are stacked against them. House prices are three times more expensive (as...
Calling in the Experts
Benefits of outsourcing the recruitment process I’ll start with a disclaimer. I’m an accountant - not a recruiter. Like you, I’m responsible for keeping costs down. But I also recognise the importance of ROI and spending money to make more money. That’s why I’ve written this...