You think you and your finance team are doing damn good work. The big boss doesn't. Now what? It's quite the predicament for any leader, no matter how far along you are in your career. Negative feedback about what you…
Effective Practices
Do employees sing your praises when you walk away? Or curse your name? Do they feel lifted after a conversation with you? Or beaten down? Do they look forward to what's next? Or dread your entrance? If you don't know…
At any given moment, more than half of your employees just don't care. It's sobering, right? But the truth has been out there for years. Gallup continues to prove it: The annual engagement rate continues to hover around 30%. Most…
Your Poker Face could be the most underrated tool in the workplace these days. After a long stretch of being told we should bring our authentic selves to work, a Poker Face can be worth 1,000 words — expressing a…
Outside of Finance, many people don't understand the terms -- such as accrual, deferral, KPIs and OKRs -- that are common to you. But every once in a while, you need them to understand that kind of complex information. In…
As a finance leader, you don't always get to talk about finances. You sometimes have to talk about things you'd rather not. You likely have to have address uncomfortable topics and tackle dreaded conversations. And you probably do this: Procrastinate.…
How many times a day do you get asked to do something you don't want to or can't do? You want to say no, but you say yes because you ... fill in the blank here: "Feel bad if you…
Got Stress? Of course, you do. You're a finance leader -- as well as a human being living in the 2026. Stress is kind of our thing these days. For reference, this is how bad stress has become in the…
Why does it seem good employees leave this time of year -- could it be the economy, better offers, lack of loyalty or ... you? Unfortunately, the boss is a big reason employees jump ship. But here's the good news:…
How many meetings do you have scheduled? Too many! Most finance leaders say that whether they have two or 20! Meetings take up a lot of time, which is OK ... if they're a valuable use of time. Instead, most…
Why do you have to be so busy? You know there isn't a trophy for busyness, right? In fact, the best business isn't about busyness. Yet, many leaders create a "culture of busyness" -- where their employees feel like they…
Want to be understood better and respected more this year? It could be as simple as avoiding the most annoying business buzzwords. On the other hand, if you want to drive co-workers crazy and sound like an idiot, keep using…
