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slackers, space cadets, drama queens: managing and motivating ‘challenging’ employees

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sandra wiley, coo, boomer consulting inc.
sandra wiley, coo, boomer consulting inc.

here are just seven types of difficult co-workers. you may know more.

by sandra wiley

anyone who has managed a team has most likely stumbled across a challenging employee. identifying the challenging behavior is easy; finding ways to change the behavior and motivate the team member so they exhibit superstar qualities is the true challenge.

why are they so difficult? why do they continue the unpleasant behavior, even when they are told that it needs to change? because it is working for them! this is behavior that has worked for them before, and allows them to get what they want.

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the profession’s four biggest dilemmas

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and four simple solutions.

by rick telberg

if this is february, then it’s the season for already forgetting our new year’s resolutions. i don’t know about you, but i’ve already broken a few of them.

but there are some new year’s resolutions that we cannot afford to ignore. for accountants, here are just four. that’s right: only four. that’s all we have space for here. but each is hitched to a pervasive dilemma within the profession.

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cpa firms lead accounting and bookkeeping sector in adding 3,100 jobs in december

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cpa firms account for 2 in 3 new jobs.

accounting and bookkeeping services, thru december 2011

the nation’s tax, accounting, payroll and bookkeeping businesses added 3,100 employees in december, bringing the industry’s total headcount to 943,100, according to the latest government data obtained by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间. read more →

how to make your firm a success magnet

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fligel

learn what it takes to attract the best talent and merger partners.

by robert fligel, cpa
rf resources llc

for many in the cpa business, organic growth is going to be very slow for the next several years. so, cpa firms seeking growth are:

  1. making strategic mergers or acquisitions, or
  2. bringing in new partners or groups of partners with strong books of business.

but how do you position your firm to be desirable to merger partners or new talent?

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women report growing career dismay

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survey reveals widening gap with men.

only 48 percent of women are satisfied with their careers, compared to 59 percent of men — a gap that has only widened from year to year, according to a mergis group survey.

and nearly three-quarters of women in accounting and finance believe they face a tougher set of obstacles than their male counterparts.

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accounting sector adds 2,000 new jobs

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even as cpa firms shrink by 1,100.

the nation’s accounting and bookkeeping sector accounted for 2,000 of the 80,000 new jobs created in october, according to new preliminary and seasonally-adjusted data from the u.s. labor department.

for the nation, the jobs gain pushed the unemployment rate down to 9.0% from 9.1%.

for the accounting and bookkeeping sector, october’s performance represents a third straight month of gains and a year-to-year gain of 60,800 jobs, bringing the industry’s payroll to 932,200 employees.

all employees, october 2011
all employees, october 2011

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