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Don’t Rest On Your Achievements So Far If You Want To Build A Successful Career In Accounting
It’s always great to read on social media about someone completing their professional accounting exams. From time to time there will be the post that pops up in my feed from someone who is a prize winner. Huge achievements, whether a prize winner or not. Of course, while getting professionally qualified in accounting is an important milestone, it […]
Continue readingWhat Will Help You To Build A Successful Career In Accounting?
Working in accounting and finance roles can be hugely rewarding. Whenever I look back over the 25 years I had in various roles, I really was pleased with the progress I made. Sadly, one thing I see way too often is accountants struggle to build the career they wanted. Which is a real shame. It got me thinking about […]
Continue readingWhere Are You Heading In Your Accounting Career?
If you have invested the time and effort to get your professional accounting qualification, you have potential, without doubt. Equally, I’ve noticed that many smart accountants, who sail through their exams, sometimes don’t always go on to achieve their potential. Now let’s not pretend there is some magic trick that is going to help you be successful […]
Continue readingJob Moves- Think Before You Jump
I came across a post on LinkedIn from Robin Kiziak a while back. In the post Robin spoke about something called “Helsinki Bus Station Theory” It related to continually chopping and change to be creative. The post made me think about job moves. There are plenty of roles out there for accountants and professionals. The temptation can be to chop […]
Continue readingSeizing The Opportunity As A Finance Professional
Without doubt 2020 has been a very different year for businesses. COVID-19 has changed the landscape in most sectors. There have been plenty of challenges already. Going forward that’s not likely to change. Equally, one of the benefits has been that Finance professionals contributions have become evident to all. It’s taken leadership. It’s taken courage. It’s changed decision making. There also […]
Continue readingYou Have To Look and See Beyond The Numbers If You Are Going To Build A Successful Accounting Career
You are a qualified accountant. You are ambitious. You have a huge amount of potential. Of course there’s a huge difference between being ambitious and having potential and actually realising your potential. What’s clear from my expert interview with Susan Ni Chriodain is that finance professionals who want to be successful in their careers, need to see […]
Continue readingHow Clear Are You About What You Want From Your Next Job?
You have reached the stage where you can almost do your job in auto pilot. Now it’s just a case of applying, interviews and getting offered the job. In the early stages of your career this may have proven successful. What I’ve noticed over the last 40 years of my career is that what works in the early […]
Continue readingHow Many of These Leaks Are Stopping You Land Your Next Job?
I recently read an excellent book called Watertight Marketing. The book focuses on how leaks in your marketing bucket might be impacting on how effective your marketing is. It got me thinking about landing your next job. Do the right things and you increase your chances of success. Conversely if there’s leaks in the process you […]
Continue readingFocus on Value Rather Than Activities
As an accountant or professional you are ambitious. Achieving in your career matters to you. All good in theory. On the other hand theory and making it happen practically is very different. A common complaint of accountants and professionals is that they have too much to do and not enough time. You know that getting an upgrade on […]
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What Stops You Building A Successful Career
As an accountant or other professional you have a lot of potential. Of course there is a huge difference between your potential and what you actually achieve in practice. Having spent 25 years in accountancy and the last 13 years helping accountants and professionals be more successful in their career, I’ve noticed several things: It’s […]
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