Team Building

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May 29, 2025

Seek first to understand: How a finance leader manages global teams

A finance leader with experience leading global teams stresses the importance of listening and understanding. Listen to the podcast episode or read the Q&A.

February 20, 2025

Defining the office in 2025: Shifting models of where work gets done

A leading accounting consultant explains the reasons for a disconnect between some managers and employees when it comes to work location. Listen to the episode or read the Q&A with Jennifer Wilson.

February 6, 2025

Keys to building winning teams at work

An expert on corporate culture explains why he was drawn to understand how teams succeed and provides advice on how leaders and organizations should address their shortcomings. Also, hear a clip from an NFL player turned CPA comparing the high-level skills needed to excel in both accounting and football.

March 12, 2024

Trust issues: How earning employee trust can pay dividends

While new research reveals that most employers trust their employees, many fall short when it comes to communicating their level of confidence. That lack of clarity can hinder the ability of employees to do their best work.

February 29, 2024

Bubble trouble: How leaders can identify and escape their biases

A finance leader and keynote speaker explains how one “sneaky” bias can limit leaders — and how a focus on progression planning instead of traditional succession planning can build stronger teams. Read the Q&A or listen to the podcast episode.

August 24, 2023

3 keys to building a strong team: Partnerships, people, goal alignment

A CFO with a focus on talent development shares the importance of partnerships, people, and goal alignment in this podcast episode with transcript.

March 1, 2023

Kapil Mehta, CPA, CGMA

Kapil Mehta, CPA, CGMA, is CFO and COO at Allied Digital Services LLC in Torrance, Calif.

February 16, 2023

Culture you can feel: Advice for making it an accelerator, not a constraint

A workforce transformation expert explains why it’s encouraging to her that CFOs are focusing more on people issues in this podcast episode with transcript.

March 1, 2022

Steven Harris, CPA, CGMA

The hybrid working environment has improved productivity but requires leaders to focus more on building organizational culture and collaboration, according to Steven Harris, CPA, CGMA.

June 14, 2021

Delegation is the key to Sir Richard Branson’s success

Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group, speaking at an exclusive online event prior to AICPA & CIMA ENGAGE 2021, gave listeners advice for hiring and managing the right people.

May 20, 2021

Advice for building trust when everything’s changing

Examples from finance professionals show how they’ve found a way to lead amidst major change.

February 1, 2021

Trust and technology keep productivity up during pandemic

One company discusses how it found a way to magnify the strengths of remote work by employing a more informal check-in style and building on technology’s democratizing effects.

February 1, 2021

Give your staff great feedback — from a distance

This article discusses ways to make giving remote feedback easier and more effective.

February 3, 2020

Develop your team — or lose them

This article discusses the importance of providing employees with professional development opportunities.

October 7, 2019

5 behaviors for building strong, inclusive teams

This article discusses ways to move firms and the profession toward more inclusive and diverse teams.

February 1, 2019

Teaming up for success

Follow these tips to develop and maintain an effective team culture.

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Flip out with the latest Tech Q&A

The September Technology Q&A column shows how to create dynamic to-do lists with Excel's checkboxes and also how to set up multifactor authentication texts that don't rely on phones. Flip through both items and view a video walkthrough in our digital format.