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Leadership Spotlight: Pete Miller, CPA, CFE, Shareholder, Clark Nuber
May 2015 will mark Pete Miller’s fifteen year anniversary with Clark Nuber, a 2014 Inside Public Accounting Top 200 Firm located in Bellevue, WA. Pete manages a number of audit engagements in various...
View ArticleHow to Better Elicit Upward Feedback
Many benefits arise from embracing a people-centric culture. People that feel like their employer cares about their well-being and their thoughts and ideas about the firm, too, are typically more...
View ArticleEmbracing Change as a Means to De-Stress
Welcome back to work after Passover, Easter, Spring Break, the Thai New Year – and the tax deadline end in sight! Though we look forward to these special times, we also endure the stress of change....
View ArticleFinding Success in Recruiting Requires a Change in Philosophy
Public accounting is experiencing one of the toughest periods of staffing in our profession’s history, and we believe it is just beginning. 78 million Baby Boomers are planning to retire over the next...
View ArticleFellow Millennials: They Call Us Entitled, But Our Future IS In Our Hands
In my last post, I shared strategies for developing a culture that embraces and encourages upward feedback. Among the many benefits feedback provides, one is the insight that firm leaders gain about...
View ArticleIf At First You Don’t Succeed…
This past year, I have been blessed to serve as a coach in our Transformational Leadership Program (TLP). Once again, I have experienced the fact that the teacher learns right alongside his or her...
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Leadership Spotlight: Allan Koltin, CPA, CEO, Koltin Consulting Group
Our good friend Allan Koltin is CEO of Koltin Consulting Group, Inc., a Chicago-based consulting firm that specializes in working with professional and financial services firms in the areas of practice...
View ArticleSix Ideas for Building a Recruiting Community
With unemployment in the accounting profession estimated to be half the nation’s rate of 5.6%, recruiting the talent to run your firm and serve your clients isn’t getting easier. In our previous blog...
View ArticleFour Activities To Boost Your Personal Brand
Your personal brand is your “professional reputation.” It’s affected by the way that you present yourself – your skills, knowledge and technical expertise – and how others (colleagues, clients,...
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Relentless Recruiting
In this third blog in our series on recruiting, we are going to share best practices for staying on top of your recruiting efforts and tracking your results using an organized, systematic approach. We...
View ArticleCreating Straight Lines Out of Triangles
At ConvergenceCoaching, we strive to help our learners incorporate the concepts from our training into their daily life and patterns of work. One way we help participants accomplish this is to ask them...
View ArticleVisible Leadership
Leadership is more about who you are being than what you are doing. It starts with the recognition that everyone is a leader regardless of their role, title, age or experience. Leadership is about...
View ArticleHalf Full? My Cup Runneth Over!
Think of somebody you know who is always “so busy!” that they often seem to be spinning their wheels, lost in a state of less-than-efficient overwhelm. Or on the other hand, maybe that person is...
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Our 2015 Anytime, Anywhere Survey Results Are In!
Firms Continue To Migrate AWAY From Time and Place. In early June, we launched our 2015 Anytime, Anywhere Work Survey to collect information about the adoption of flexible work initiatives within...
View ArticleHelpful Resources For This Fall Busy Season
As you push toward the first deadline of your fall busy season, we wanted to share some helpful blog posts that can aid you in maintaining a positive outlook, dealing with communication issues you may...
View ArticleDon’t Let Excuses Derail You
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” ~ Jim Rohn We all have dreams, desires and goals for our lives and careers. The difference in those who...
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Why Offer Anytime, Anywhere Work?
This spring, we conducted our 2015 ConvergenceCoaching, LLC Anytime, Anywhere Work Survey and published the “big picture” results in our August 26th blog. In the survey, we asked firms to share the...
View ArticleTransition is All Around Us
Here in Nebraska, it’s easy to see the signs of summer transitioning into fall. It’s a wonderful time of year filled with many sunny crisp days and red, orange and yellow foliage. This time of year...
View ArticleCoaching For Confidence
I was recently questioned about effective ways to help a new manager gain more confidence in his new role. He was a young man who performed well in his initial assignments and role and now was being...
View ArticleAre You Really Impressing Anyone?
You have a wealth of knowledge, experience, and insight. If you share these things in a positive manner, your clients will be more loyal, prospective clients will be more likely to do business with...
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