Whether you realize it or not you have one – a professional pain threshold. It’s the upper level of tolerance for your current job. Consider it the final straw–the one that breaks the proverbial camel’s back. Everyone’s threshold is different. We rarely know what the last straw is until suddenly – there it […]
Leadership Conversational Style What’s your leadership conversational style? I’m learning more about the fine art of leadership conversations in Judith E. Glaser’s book, Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders Build Trust & Get Extraordinary Results. I previously wrote about how being a strong conversationalist builds credibility in my article, “What’s Your Conversational IQ?” In that article, I […]
Job hunting can be daunting enough, but when you’re not the strongest candidate – and you know it – it can be down right terrifying. There can be many reasons for being the Underdog. You may be early in your career with limited experience, or on the other end of the career spectrum and […]
How to Find Greater Learning and Earning Power In Public Accounting Sure, working for a Big 4 firm is sexy. There’s a status linked to the name recognition. For many new accounting graduates, it’s a terrific start into a CPA career. The ‘Big’ in Big 4 tends to become the issue for many […]
Truth is: Life has already begun. This is not a test. You can’t push pause on life. Your every decision matters. Studying does not end after college. Knowledge is crucial. If you are not willing to be left behind, keep studying. Weaknesses don’t matter. Accept weaknesses. Everyone has them. The only things that […]
How to Find an Accounting Firm with Values that Match Your Own! Finding a firm that matches your core values means you must first take time for introspection. This requires that you are brutally honest with yourself. What’s important? What’s not? Only once you’ve clearly defined your core values, will you be successful […]
Surprisingly Simple Steps To A Killer Accountant Resume Call it a resume. Call it a CV. It’s a sales tool. It’s job: to help you get in front of the hiring partner. Period! Make it clean and concise. A resume is an ad, not a user’s guide. The hard truth […]
The Hard Facts about Soft Skills In today’s workplace, your soft skills are as important, maybe more important, than your technical skills. What are soft skills? They’re a cluster of personal qualities that make a person a good employee and co-worker. Solid soft skills are in demand. Technical skills are often […]
Why You’re Bored at Work This is the fourth and final article on boredom and how it can turn previously productive professionals into zombies. For links to my first three articles in this series, see below. In my last two posts, I outlined five of the six reasons why previously motivated professionals […]
The Brain Science Behind Boredom In my last article, “Are You Bored? Two Reasons Why…”, I detailed the first two, of six, reasons why your professional drive may be in low gear. 3 More Reasons People Are Bored at Work: Part of the reason two-thirds of people aren’t enthusiastically engaged in […]
