How To Increase Your Confidence Level Using CAST Technique

How confident do you feel in advancing your career as an accountant or finance professional? Having confidence in yourself and your ability is essential for your advancement, and yet confidence levels can feel wobbly at times. The CAST technique is a vital approach that can help you boost your confidence practically and mitigate some of […]

Strategies for Collaboration in Accountancy Firms

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Today’s accountancy firms boast many talented professionals who work collaboratively within teams or across teams to achieve their organisations’ business goals.   Even with the increased opportunity to work remotely post-COVID, organisations have continued to encourage employees to maintain collaboration and teamwork using various digital tools. Yet many accountancy and finance firms still struggle to […]

Career Plateau: Signs & how to overcome

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Career plateaus can be daunting. As an accountant, finance professional, or professional in any other field, you can move from believing in your abilities to questioning yourself and your decisions. We can liken this to driving; we rarely travel at a constant speed. There are times when we are flying along, and at other times […]

Client Satisfaction: How Empathy Helps

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The services we offer to our clients are important. Of course, they create revenue for us, and we can pay our bills, but this isn’t the full story. We are also interested in ensuring our clients’ satisfaction and happiness, which can translate to loyalty, a feeling that can prompt our clients to refer us to […]

5 Reasons You Need Soft Skills as an Accountant

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For many, working in the accounting world often makes us think of balancing books and reviewing spreadsheets, but the truth is quite different from that. Although accounting language can sometimes boil down to debits and credits, it is skills such as teamwork, adaptation, and communication that can raise your game. Being a top accountant in […]

Talent Retention In Accountancy Firms

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Innovative technology is increasingly changing and challenging conventional working practises, and accounting functions are not spared from this. Furthermore, fewer people appear to be attracted to a career in accountancy right now. The result is that talented people are becoming harder to come by, and accountancy firms are forced to compete for scarce resources at […]

Practical Ways To Improve Your Career

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the number of options, duties, and obligations that come with managing your career? Are you trying to find a way to cut through the clutter, clarify your objectives, and create a laser-focused strategy to reach them? Look no further because, in this blog post, we’ll explore the transforming potential […]

Unlock a Happy and Successful Career

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Ready to Unlock the Secret to a Happy and Successful Career?   Do you ever wonder “Is this it?” or “What’s the secret to a happy and successful career?” From the outside, it often looks like we’ve got everything sorted like we’ve got it all – the job, the car, the house, the holidays, the […]

Best Motivation Tip for Success

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Understanding what motivates us can be the key to unlocking performance, productivity, and fulfillment. It can ultimately determine our success. I share below my best motivation tip for success in life and work. Some people have a pretty good understanding of what motivates them. Others may have an inkling or not really understand at all. […]

Leaving it to chance is a huge risk

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Imagine you’re on a river, in some kind of boat. You choose what kind of boat you’re in. It may be a dinghy, a barge, a sailing boat, a speed boat – maybe even a canoe. You’re traveling in the same direction as the river. At some future point, you anticipate reaching the sea. The […]