When you’re ready to hire your next accounting manager, there are certain skills to look for. You want the person with the right mix of hard and soft skills to perform at the high level your business needs. Since there are a significant number of skills to pay...
What kind of title is that? If brainstorming is all about informality and spontaneity, how can it even have rules? I’m a firm believer that work is always better if you’re prepared – even something that’s intended to jolt people out of their usual ways of thinking....
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” –Albert Einstein. A lot of us set out on our career paths with a pretty strong idea of what it would mean to be successful. Maybe you’d make a lot of money, own your own company, change...
Interviewers pose a lot questions. It’s their job, after all. There are a lot you’ve already thought about; your strengths and weaknesses, how you handle challenging team members, why you’re a good fit for the company. Then there are the ones that are designed to...
Recently I wrote about how interns can make their summer experiences meaningful. As many of us manage interns these days, it’s also important to know how to do that in a way that makes the internship worthwhile for your intern, you, and your company. Before hiring...
Everyone wants work to be engaging and stimulating. One of the primary ways we derive meaning from our work lives is through complexity: being able to master new skills and improve on skills we already have. While too much complexity can seem overwhelming, too little...
