How to Assess What Your Finance Team Really Needs
As a manager you want your team to deliver. But sometimes even a top performing team starts to flounder.
How do you assess what needs to be done to help them regain top form?
Here are three things to look at.
Qualifications and Fit
According to the American Society for
5 Ways to Improve Your Finance Team this Summer
With the humidex reaching 40 degrees and the air looking hazy, it’s no wonder that your team is lacking in motivation. Maybe they’re thinking of running through a sprinkler, rather than the fascinating world of debits and credits. Here’s how to improve your finance team this summer:
How Better Communication Can Strengthen Your Finance Team
One of the cornerstones of true leadership is the ability to communicate effectively with your team. A great leader can build consensus by understanding each person’s individual drivers and positioning the message accordingly.
In fact, strong communication skills were revealed in our research to be a top 5 positive predictor
The 4 Personality Trails Great Finance Managers Share
Great managers in general have specific traits that allow them to effectively balance the competing demands of management and their team.
They understand how to inspire different personality types and share success when it happens.
In fact, the best managers have four personality traits in common.
Roles
It’s likely
5 Signs You Should Leave Your Finance Job Sooner Rather Than Later
The thought of leaving a job can create a stress response.
Whether it’s rooted in fear of change, or maybe a realization that the grass is not always greener on the other side, sometimes we stay in a role longer than we should.
Pay attention to the following signs,
3 Goals for New Finance Managers
As a new finance manager you’ll be watched closely.
To succeed you’ll need buy-in at a number of levels in order to drive the results that are expected. Here are three goals that will pave the way for an exceptional first year.
Goal 1: Earn Trust
First and foremost
How to Act Like a CFO Before You Are One
In a nutshell, the CFO role means transitioning from number cruncher to business partner and strategic advisor.
This means that if your brass ring is a top level seat at the C-Suite table, ask yourself if you have the strategic and communication skill set to get there.
If the answer
How to Act Like a Finance Manager Before You are One
Before you can get promoted to the role of finance manager, the leadership of your organization needs to see you as being credible for the position.
And even if your advancement dreams don’t pan out with your current company, developing the traits that make managers successful leaders can only
Tips for Leading a Multi-Generational Finance Team
With Baby Boomers, Gen Xer’s and Gen Y’s (Millennials) all together in one finance melting pot, leading a multi-generational team can be a challenging endeavour.
Each cohort brings unique values based on their life experiences to the table, sometimes resulting in different working styles and misunderstandings. Here are
3 Indicators You Need to Hire an Accounting Contractor Now
There seems to be a fine line between what a team can handle and deliver on, and a workload that presses the “overload” button.
If the panicked cry, “All hands on deck,” is becoming a tiring refrain, it may be time to add staff.
In fact, if you note any
How to Support Leadership Development on Your Finance Team
Leadership development has always been a key concern of any top-performing company.
Globalization and business complexity demand much of the leadership of any organization. Couple this with the impending retirement of a virtual generation of leaders, and the need to support leadership development on your finance team becomes even more
Why a Bad Finance Hire Hurts More Than Your Budget
With the average bad hire costing 100% of the candidate’s first year salary, there is no doubt that a poor hiring decision impacts the bottom line.
And while some would argue that a bad finance hire and its attendant repercussions are simply the cost of doing business, it’s clear
