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Shots You Don’t Take: The Hidden Opportunity Cost Of Everything You Do
Having spent nearly all of my working life in recruitment, I guess you could say I’m a commentator on most industries, but a master of just one. To many outside the profession, saying you’re a ‘master of recruitment’ is probably akin to saying you’re really good...
Gender Diversity: It’s Not Just For The Ladies
Gender diversity in the workforce – particularly at management and executive level – has received a lot of press over the last couple of years, thanks in part to the phenomenal success of Sheryl Sandberg’s excellent book, Lean In. As both an HR type with a focus...
How To Do A Better Job Of Connecting With Others
According to the Harvard Business Review, the No.1 criteria for advancement and promotion for professionals is an ability to communicate effectively. Author John C. Maxwell, states, “Only one thing stands between you and success. It isn’t experience or talent. To be successful, you must learn how...
How Did It Get To Be OK For People To Be Late To Everything?
This post may offend some readers. But only because it’s going to cut close to the bone for many. And I don’t care if I sound old-fashioned, because actually it’s nothing to do with ‘fashion’ or ‘generation’. It’s got everything to do with basic good manners...
The Secret Lives of Accountants: Average White DJ
Welcome to The Secret Lives of Accountants, where we reveal the always fascinating, often surprising, hidden passions of the profession’s finest! In the first of the series, we chat with Richard Crafter, aka ‘Average White DJ’. By day, he’s a professional contract accountant who (shameless plug...
Is Accounting Becoming (Gasp!) Cool?
Maybe it’s the afterglow from attending my first Xerocon last week. That place was buzzing. The gorgeous setting on the sparkling Auckland waterfront, the huge queue to get in, the beautiful people (including the ever-glamorous Petra Baghurst as MC), the hip Xero kids circulating with smoothies, good coffee,...
NZICA Merger: Did Anyone Show Up To The Party?
It's now a week since the announcement that NZICA will merge with its trans-Tasman equivalent, the ICAA. I have been quite amazed at the lack of reaction in the media or online. Tumbleweeds are making more noise. Or was the party so huge that we have...
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