Developing Leaders in Finance and Accounting

My new podcast is officially here: The Finance Leader Podcast.  Please click the image for the show notes for this episode, or click here.   This podcast is for Finance and Accounting professionals to develop and enhance leadership skills. You are working in a complex and critical organizational function with very tight deadlines and most likely a hectic monthly …

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Why Coaching Will Help You Address Your Mindset and Confidence So You Accomplish Your Goals and Advance Your Career

I believe that coaching may be the most valuable personal development investment you might ever make. Coaching can help to unlock our potential by addressing how we view ourselves and our confidence level. A coach uses enlightening questions for us to unlock how we see ourselves, and how we picture our future. Once we understand …

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Great Leaders Embrace the Difficult Decisions to Ensure the Improved Overall Health of the Organization

Leadership is anything but easy. Leaders deal with people issues, short deadlines, and changes to the business environment. There will always be difficult decisions, but the great leaders don’t shy away them. Leaders embrace them so we can make the organization better. They can include a promotion choice between two well-qualified team members, a reprimand …

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Become a Lifelong Student to Learn Leadership Skills and to Enhance Your Career Opportunities

Anyone who leads a team or organization should strive to constantly learn leadership skills. Because the business environment changes, the way we lead must change. The best way we become better is to be dedicated to learning. We must become flexible to the needs of the situation and to the needs of the team we …

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Communication Practices for Improved Team Cohesion and to Build Trust

Leadership has daily challenges, and to help build trust, you must implement best communication practices. Without solid, clear communication, your team is doomed to mediocrity. People will become confused and felt left out of the loop, which often leads to mistrust and lower performance. In this post, I am sharing a few additional communication techniques …

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