To many finance chiefs, “engagement” is nothing but a meaningless buzzword. But the truth is, when employees aren’t engaged in their work, the entire company suffers.
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Tags: Company Values, Dear Workforce, Employee engagement, Leadership
Excel is still the lifeblood of most Finance departments. So any tips that eliminate a few steps can really do wonders for time-strapped workers.
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Tags: Column values, Corresponding values, Excel, TechRepublic, Time-saver
Most managers see delegating work as a necessary evil. But a large part of that is because they go about it all wrong.
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Tags: Assignment, Delegating work, Delegation, Micromanaging
From Direct Deposit to your 401(k) to cafeteria plans, there are tons of Finance programs that depend on employee participation to be successful. Some new research on employee attitudes toward money just may be your ticket to getting more of it across the board.
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Tags: AICPA, Basic living expenses, Direct deposit, Employee intel
It’s Administrative Professionals Week! What better time to take a tip from these masters of organization?
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Tags: Administrative Professionals Week, Cross-index, Documents, Filing, Questions
When it comes to breaking up employees into teams, many managers are never quite sure how many team members are too many or how many are too few. Here’s a simple way to tell.
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Tags: AccountingToday, Brad Smith, Daniel Hood, Intuit, Two-Pizza Rule
In grade school you may have been told “never mind what your neighbor is doing,” but smart finance pros know that keeping an eye on what their peers are doing is smart business.
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Tags: Benchmarking the Finance Function 2012, Finance benchmarks, Finance staffing, Robert Half International, Smart business
Only check messages twice a day; get off as many mailing lists as possible. Valid tips for email management, but — yawn – you’ve heard them all before. You probably haven’t heard these.
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Tags: Auto reply, Email tricks, Frequently emailed people, P.O. box, Shortcut
So it may not be the best tool … but it’s probably the one you and your finance staffers lean most heavily on.
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Tags: downtime, Entire row, Excel, Trick, Value of cells
When the clock strikes twelve on March 15, a huge chunk of your Finance staff is likely to have trouble focusing on their work. The question is: What should you do about it?
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Tags: Career Builder, March Madness, Mark Toth, NCAA Men's basketball tournament
