Career
What Are Kiwi Accountants Worth Right Now?
As the year draws to a close, perhaps you're thinking you're due a pay rise in 2015. Or maybe you're planning on hiring next year, and need to nail down your budget. Whatever your situation: if you work in accounting, or hire accountants, now's a very good...
Secret Lives Of Accountants: The Closet Blogger
Welcome to The Secret Lives of Accountants, where we reveal the always fascinating, often surprising, hidden passions of the profession’s finest! This week: Closet blogger (and Damn Good Accountant, according to our clients), Anthea Noonan Wade. SO ANTHEA, TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNTING CAREER...
Are You Living Inside A Bubble?
Ever feel like you’re living in your own little bubble, a bit out of touch with the outside world? I’ve definitely felt like that before. Our time-poor lives mean it’s so easy to just focus on the information that’s immediately around us, on a need-to-know basis....
Do You Know What Your Colleagues Earn?
Ever wished you could take a peek at your colleagues’ payslips? Don’t worry; you’re not a bad person. Curiosity about what everyone else is earning is a normal part of the human condition. Who doesn’t want to know how their pay compares to their colleagues’? There’s even...
Are You Overlooking This Smart Strategy To Keep Your Business Ahead Of The Game?
The technological shift over just the last five years has been incredible. For many businesses (particularly SMEs), there’s a big gap between their desire to keep pace, and their ability to do so. One often-overlooked (but highly effective) strategy is tapping into the remarkable talents of...
Want A Great Career? Choose Great Bosses
After speaking to thousands of people about their careers over the years, I’ve come to realise I’ve been pretty lucky in mine. I’ve worked for some great companies, but it’s been the people - and especially the leaders - that have made the real difference. My...
Monday Meetings? 7 Ways To Make Them Productive
As a leader of a company, branch, or team, you have a few secret weapons to help you get things done. One of the secrets is what I call the “weekly execution meeting.” The weekly execution meeting will only be effective if you have carefully chosen...
Why You Should Quit Your Perfectly Good Job
The recession is over. We should be done with all the hunkering-down and counting-of-blessings (the steady job and the steady pay check that comes with it). And yet, so many people are still chugging along in jobs they've long ago outgrown, in a kind of complacent fog. Maybe it's...