Energized Accounting

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• Getting to Phase 2

  How much of Excel do you use? If you spent a little more time designing your key spreadsheets so that all of the calculations were consistent and the data flowed in a logical way, could you produce more effective reports? If you learned a little more... Published: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 10:06 AM Tags: energize, implementation

• What Makes You Proud of Your Company?

  This blog is all about energizing accounting staff by providing them with the best use of their accounting system. You will be a more productive, more effective team member if your tools save you time rather than getting in the way. But, on a deeper level... Published: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 12:53 PM Tags: energize, ethics

• Energizing the Staff

  If I were to create an EnergizedAccounting award, the first recipient would have to be Julie Kincaid, a staff member of the Stewardship unit in the United Church of Canada. Charities typically have more worthy projects than funds, so staff have to "do... Published: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 07:20 AM Tags: energize

• Brag Bag Now Open!

  Chris Brogan , a social media expert, has a great concept he calls the Brag Bag. Every Friday he posts an article encouraging people to add a comment about something they're proud of. Some people talk about personal accomplishments. Some people brag... Published: Friday, July 25, 2008, 07:57 AM Tags: energize

• Accounting 501: Be Nimble

  The only time my father's employer changed was when his firm merged with another, whereas I have had several employers, including myself. I didn't plan it that way. In fact, I had every intention of staying with my first employer until I retired... Published: Friday, July 18, 2008, 07:44 AM Tags: energize, ethics

• Motivate Your Team

  “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” In how many MBA classes, inspirational business speeches and management books has this... Published: Tuesday, July 08, 2008, 03:45 AM Tags: energize, motivation

• The Passionate Accountant

  On Sunday I attended the annual meeting of a church in a well to do part of Toronto where I am not a member. The person in charge of fundraising got up and said that the central church had not reached its fundraising goal last year and was asking for... Published: Tuesday, March 04, 2008, 06:27 AM Tags: energize

• French Bank Loses $7.2 Billion

  Did you hear the one about the rogue trader who cost a French bank two years worth of profits? These days, it's nothing new. We seem to hear about people routinely circumventing companies' control systems and causing an uproar, whether for personal... Published: Friday, January 25, 2008, 06:01 AM Tags: energize, internal control