Some years ago, at a teacher training conference at which I was a presenter, I sat in on a session where the following quote by the American singer and songwriter,…
Many of you are probably familiar with the idea of a Gratitude Journal and the impact this can have on your personal outlook. (If you haven’t tried it, I recommend…
Are you, like many accounting practices, looking to capture more of the opportunities in your SME client base (beyond accounting and tax)? It makes good sense, for a number of…
Performance appraisals have been referred to by Stephen Covey, the renowned author of “The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People”, as the bloodletting of today’s management. More than a…
(The second of two articles on abolishing performance appraisals) If performance appraisals don’t work and often produce results counter-productive to an organisation’s goals (as last month’s blog suggests) what could…
This succinct statement with its clear unequivocal message is a quote from a small business owner who participated in the 2018 NAB “Key Insights into the Australian Accounting Industry” survey.…
This time of year – the end of one calendar year and the start of a new one – is a natural time for reflection and planning. And with planning…
A 2017/18 HLB Mann Judd survey identified that 4 out of 5 businesses do not have a business plan. This finding is consistent with many other surveys I have seen.…
As Milton Friedman, the famous US economist, once said: “Only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change”. It does this because it thrusts change upon us. In…
In his book “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team”, Patrick Lencioni lists one of those five dysfunctions as being the “Fear of Conflict”. While I have no problem with the…