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.
Team Building
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kapil Mehta, CPA, CGMA
Kapil Mehta, CPA, CGMA, is CFO and COO at Allied Digital Services LLC in Torrance, Calif.
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.
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.
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.
Advice for building trust when everything’s changing
Examples from finance professionals show how they’ve found a way to lead amidst major change.
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.
Give your staff great feedback — from a distance
This article discusses ways to make giving remote feedback easier and more effective.
Develop your team — or lose them
This article discusses the importance of providing employees with professional development opportunities.
5 behaviors for building strong, inclusive teams
This article discusses ways to move firms and the profession toward more inclusive and diverse teams.
Teaming up for success
Follow these tips to develop and maintain an effective team culture.
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