Coaches Help Find Blind Spots
Each of us has blind spots. This week I’m sharing some of my most significant ones — each identified by a coach or mentor who helped me see how I could #beBetter.
Create a Magnetic Culture at Your Firm
We must be better at attracting talent to the profession and retaining them once they're here. Here are some ideas and thoughts on changing our mindsets to secure our abundant future view.
15 Minutes of Opportunity
developing the discipline to read 15 minutes a day on one specific subject provides you enough knowledge over three years to be an expert when compared to others knowledge of the subject matter.
Confidence Leads to Progress
Building Block Two in this series [meant to outline the Four Building Blocks to Move to Advisory Services] is Confidence. How do we move our organizations towards advisory services? How do we seize our future by being relevant starting now? I think there are four foundational building blocks. Last week, we discussed the first block: MINDSET SHIFT. I say this to combat ... Read more
Educating, Influencing and Encouraging a New Growth Mindset
In my previous blog, we talked about “the gap” and our need for a wake-up call regarding moving to an advisory services mindset. So how do we move our organizations towards advisory services? How do we seize our future by being relevant starting now? I think there are four foundational building blocks, and we’ll discuss the ... Read more
Mind the Gap: The Gap Is Bigger
We see it every day — automation, implemented well, reduces the amount of compliance work we perform. We experience it every day — fierce competition from outside our profession pursuing our clients. We feel it every day — the market for professional services is demanding and opening the door for “higher-value services.” These were the ... Read more
What Are We Dressing For?
My mother-in-law, Happy, loves to come over and visit in the late afternoons and sit by the fireplace outside, weather permitting. She can be quite funny and we so enjoy her visits. This afternoon she is really on a roll and sharing story after story. “Every day, I am up at 8 a.m., breakfast done, dressed ... Read more
What Has Changed for You?
CeCe and I have spent a lot of time at home together with the COVID-19 shelter in place orders, as I am sure you have with your family. So when the Governor opened up the restaurants for 50% dining capacity, we were the first in line at our favorite spot. It was delightful, and we ... Read more
So Far to Go as a Profession
Have you ever taken a shot to the gut? The kind that literally takes your breath and leaves you gasping for air? I had such an experience recently, and I found myself gasping at how far we have to go as a profession when it comes to female talent. Earlier this week, I shared this ... Read more
