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Effective Outsourcing: Key Business Functions You Can Delegate

Strategy Driven

Finance and Accounting The finance and accounting department is crucial for any business, but managing it in-house can be challenging, especially for smaller businesses. Outsourcing these functions to specialist firms can ensure accurate bookkeeping , tax preparation, payroll processing, and financial reporting.

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Not Enough Time At Work?

Rich Gee Group

DELEGATE - High Urgency & Low Importance Description: Urgent, but not that important tasks that need to be completed quickly. Example: “Run monthly sales report,” which can be handled more efficiently by Susan in Finance. It also strengthens your delegation skills daily. If you have to push it a week, do it here.

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Is your Leadership Development Developing Leaders?

Great Leadership By Dan

Today, I help (mostly) professional services firms — law, accounting, insurance, architecture, finance — attain growth, productivity, and profitability. Few, if any, have had soft-skill training in actual management topics such as difficult conversations and delegation. Together, we identify deficiencies and implement solutions.

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Recent Promotion to Management: Leadership Success Case Study

Mike Cardus

Anthony, at 30, was promoted to Director of Finance. 6 months later, after several of his staff had approached the VP of Finance with their concerns, I was brought in to help Anthony meet these challenges: Anthony was showing favoritism to his friends , with whom he used to work and now was managing. Intervention. 1 on 1 Coaching.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I think you’ll find that your view of the world will change dramatically when you rely upon your own observations, as opposed to what you read in a management report, or what you hear third or fourth hand in a meeting. The Unaware CEO : These CEO’s will take any report or piece of information at face value.

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Five Productivity Mistakes for Entrepreneurs to Avoid

Strategy Driven

According to the Gallup Wellbeing Index, 45% of entrepreneurs report being stressed compared to 42% of “other workers.” Entrepreneurs also report being more likely to have “worried a lot” — 34% vs. 30%. Here are five mistakes entrepreneurs should correct in order to help them achieve a more productive day and a healthier lifestyle.

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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

Research by Gallup, as reported in The State of the American Workplace in 2013, discovered that roughly 70% of workers were disengaged. Some may be engineers, marketers, finance directors, or salespersons. Where are we? 90% of leaders think an engagement strategy is important while only 25% of organizations have one (ACCOR).