You're great at all you do in Finance. Others can learn from what you know. That's why you have been -- or will be -- asked to do some public speaking. You need to share your expertise. But you might…
Staff management
Just because your messages from Finance are important doesn't mean people will listen and act on them. Whether you send a corporate-wide email on something as important as payroll updates, or a short message to a few people on a…
Some employees aim low – and do just enough to hit their mark. They’re underperformers, and you've probably had one or two on your finance team. You'll likely have another one or two again. Slackers on staff suck the energy…
The quit rate has remained steady in the past year, but it's almost always higher than most employers would prefer, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And nothing hurts more than when a good employee quits your finance team.…
Finance leaders face many challenges -- from navigating siloed data to adopting AI, from the overwhelming number of administrative tasks to dodging fraud risks. But the one thing that often takes more time and energy than you'd like is coaching…
You’re a finance pro, not a referee. But you probably feel like one some days. Between employees bickering or colleagues undermining each other, you likely have to step in sometimes to end the problem and get everyone to move on.…
Do you think your employees, bosses and clients are always honest with you? Unfortunately, they probably aren't. Their lies may not be on the scale of Richard Nixon or Bernie Madoff. But it's likely they tell some tall tales and…
How you communicate matters beyond the words you use. Communication skills are critical to building and maintaining trust with employees, colleagues and clients. In fact, 40% of employees have left jobs because they didn’t trust their manager, according to a…
You likely work with a good number of departments to get the data you need to run Finance. So you're bound to see some external mistakes that affect your internal processes. Regardless of the size of your organization or industry,…
Some of the best leadership lessons come from the sports field. Even better, most are transferable to the finance world. So even if you don't believe you need to be an all-star leader to do well in finance, it doesn't…
Arguments at work are inevitable. So rather than avoid them, why not make them productive arguments? Conflict often spurs creativity and better ideas. Yet at work, most leaders -- including laser-focused finance pros -- try to curb conflict and stop…
When it comes to a Reduction in Force (RIF) -- or any degree of layoffs -- the finger almost always points back to Finance. You've assessed the numbers, performance and outlook. And while someone else might ultimately make the final…
