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Improve your meetings: The attendee list
The cost associated with poorly organised or cancelled meetings is large, but getting rid of meetings is the false solution. Here are four tactics to improve your meetings by re-evaluating the attendee list.How to gracefully decline an accepted job offer
Ghosting employers is an unwelcome trend, say recruiters. Here are better ways to handle changing your mind.How to harness technology rather than fear it
The pace of change can be overwhelming, but here are some ways for finance professionals to keep up — or catch up.How automation can improve in retail accounting
Retail finance leaders are changing little in their financial operations despite profound and accelerating changes in the retail landscape worldwide. Here are suggestions for tackling the top challenges in retail accounting.How to manage high achievers
Human resources experts offer strategies to help leaders bring out the best in high achievers without allowing personal ambitions to undermine leadership or get in the way of overall team success.Keystone habits for professional success
For professionals, keystone habits, good or bad, are important because they affect productivity, mood, concentration, and relationships.Talking ‘dirty’ about volatile functions in Excel
To speed up Excel workbooks, modellers should plan to keep the number of volatile functions and range names to a manageable minimum.Pay’s role as incentive: It’s not just how much
Compensation policies can help increase engagement but need to be transparent, fair, and combined with other strategies.How to recruit and retain entrepreneurial talent
Curious and agile problem-solvers are crucial in a corporate world of rapid change. Find out how to recruit and retain entrepreneurial talent.Quiz: Key traits of digital finance leadership
In an age of digital transformation, a new brand of digital finance leaders is emerging, with new skills and competencies.Pacioli text sells for more than $1.2M
A first-published explanation of double-entry bookkeeping drew the winning bid at Christie’s auction in New York.Data suggest a loss of UK economic momentum
Brexit and political uncertainty continue amid poor UK economic data.How management accountants can make partner
Armed with skills in finance, management, and strategy, management accountants are uniquely positioned for leadership roles in accounting firms. Partners in global firms share their journeys.How to handle diverse working styles
Everyone works in unique ways, but that doesn’t have to lead to conflict.In focus: Why your dessert may cost more
Vanilla is a popular flavoring in many foods — especially desserts. But recent supply chain problems have been anything but sweet.US finance execs hold on to positivity
The gap narrows, but expectations are still stronger for the US than the global economy, according to a quarterly survey.Report warns automation may worsen gender gap
The adoption of automation technologies could force hundreds of millions of workers worldwide to change occupations by 2030, with women facing a slew of challenges that could worsen workplace gender inequality, according to a new report.Tips for dealing with difficult colleagues
It’s possible to deal with contemptible or thoughtless behaviour in the workplace without engaging in it yourself.Finance faces off with business email compromise
A sophisticated and costly scam takes direct aim at finance departments.
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