Building Stronger Teams Through Stay Interviews

A stay interview focuses on the employees you want to keep. Employees can share honest reasons why they want to stay or leave. Acting on employee feedback improves the workplace and strengthens retention. A manager, supervisor, executive, or other leader conducts a stay interview with a direct report to uncover specific actions they can take […]

How to Plan, Structure, and Craft a Great Meeting

Planning, structuring, and crafting a great meeting provides many benefits. This process saves time and money, increases engagement and productivity, and elevates team morale. Understanding how to plan, structure, and craft a great meeting takes time, effort, and practice. These suggestions can help. Follow these guidelines to plan, structure, and craft a great meeting. Determine […]

Professional Skills to Cultivate Throughout Your Career

After learning to work from home during the coronavirus pandemic, accountants are more prepared than ever to close out the year. Here's why. Mercer Bradley

Cultivating professional skills throughout your accounting career helps you grow professionally. The more value you add to an organization, the more opportunities you have for advancement. Developing relevant hard and soft skills helps you remain engaged and productive at work. It also increases your job satisfaction and tenure with an employer. This benefits your career […]

The Importance of Ethics in the Accounting Profession

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Accountants are trusted and relied on to carefully, truthfully, and diligently make and keep financial records for companies and clients. Adherence to these ethical standards helps preserve the dignity, respect, and trust in accountants and the accounting profession. Accounting professionals must conduct themselves in a manner that serves the public interest and maintains the positive […]

Navigating Your Successful Resignation

The last impression you make at a job is important. Maintaining flexibility and emotionally adjusting as you transition between roles is essential. How you leave a job says a lot about you. The way you strengthen relationships at the company you are leaving and begin networking within your new organization impacts your career. Keep in […]

How to Receive and Implement Feedback

Openly receiving and implementing feedback helps improve your work performance. As a result, you should intentionally create space for it and remain receptive. Feedback is not bad or negative, feedback is a way to learn and grow personally and professionally. Whether you receive formal or informal feedback, your brain immediately begins processing the input. Training your brain […]