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Psychological Safety: The game changer when you are leading a high performing virtual team
Twitter LinkedIn Do you remember when you were in high school, how you spent most of your time trying to fit in? Many of us learned we couldn’t speak our mind at an early age because that’s not what was done. And we had to be careful with what we said. Otherwise, we...
Master leading a high performing virtual team with just 7 simple ingredients
TwitterLinkedInLet’s face it. There are important differences between face to face and virtual (or hybrid) teams. One of those is the leadership approach we need to adopt if we want to have them perform at its best. In this fragment of our Virtual Workshop “Leading a...
How to recession-proof your practice (part four: increase practice efficiency and decrease overheads)
Twitter LinkedIn As business owners and accountants, we always know that we should prepare for a rainy day. But let's be honest, how often do you push this thought to the back of your mind? Take the 2008-09 recession and the current Covid-19 pandemic as primary...
The surprising reason why your employees won’t take initiative (and what you can do to change it)
TwitterLinkedIn“Why won’t my staff take initiative?” Have you ever wondered this before? Perhaps you’ve been wondering this for a while now and you just can’t quite put your finger on where your early-days employees (who had the initiative and drive) have gone....
How to recession-proof your practice (part three: getting your clients to pay)
Twitter LinkedIn Of course as business owners and accountants, we always know that we should prepare for a rainy day. But let's be honest, how often do you push this thought to the back of your mind? Take the 2008-09 recession and the current Covid-19 pandemic as...
How to recession-proof your practice (part two: increase your marketing activity)
Twitter LinkedIn Of course as business owners and accountants, we always know that we should prepare for a rainy day. But let's be honest, how often do you push this thought to the back of your mind? Take the 2008-09 recession and the current Covid-19 pandemic as...
How to stop upwards delegation (particularly when working remotely)
TwitterLinkedInHow many times have you said “oh, just give it to me. I’ll get it done?” Delegating isn’t an easy thing for most managers to do and it’s even harder when your whole team is working remotely. When employees are struggling, especially if it’s a task you...
3 simple marketing strategies your accountancy firm can use to attract exactly the right sort of clients in turbulent times
Twitter LinkedIn Recessions are tough. It causes many accountancy practice owners to go into this fearful place where they tell themselves "We can't survive" and they go through their expenses line by line with the aim of cutting overheads and headcount. Now, we are...
How to recession-proof your accountancy practice (part one: choose the right mindset)
Twitter LinkedIn As an accountancy practice owner, you know that you should be prepared for tough times, but do you always take the necessary steps? Take the 2008-09 recession and the current Covid-19 pandemic as primary examples; many accountancy practice owners were...