at microsoft, they worry about motivation, says bruce w. marcus, author of professional services marketing 3.0. when everybody who holds any kind of a responsible job is making more money than any of them ever dreamed they would, and when … continued
to develop and nurture talent: it’s more than just lunch.
unfortunately, even the best-intentioned mentoring initiatives can easily fizzle in the early stages, before delivering value to the participants and the organization at large, according to molly sargent of rowayton, conn.-based professional impressions consulting.
sargent has trained and coached thousands of financial professionals and client-facing executives in professional image, presentation skills, business etiquette and sales effectiveness. since 1985, she has helped major accounting firms and fortune 500 companies, including aetna, american express, at&t, citibank, goldman sachs, jpmorgan, key bank, mastercard, pricewaterhousecoopers and prudential achieve breakthrough results.
with so much to gain, how can your firm initiate mentoring in a way that is successful and sustainable? read more →
like a bead of pearls: when one leaves, a lot follow. join the survey. get the results.
in the 2014 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 talent management survey we’ve been asking accountants to identify their primary business objective and the most critical factor needed to achieve it.
good staff, many said. perhaps not surprisingly. but we’ve been bowled over by how widespread and universal the sentiment is. read more →
and the fatal mistake cpa firms make in their training budgets.
by michael ramos
for years cpa firms have tried to measure the roi from their learning and development spend, an effort that has produced mostly unsatisfactory results.
standard learning and development metrics provide some insight into the training function, but firm partners are more interested in measuring something much more elusive: tangible economic benefit from training spend. what the profession has struggled with is, while measuring costs is easy, measuring direct return has proven to be quite difficult. faced with an incomplete roi model, firms turn to the only side of the equation they can control, the cost side, which leads them to take the only option that seems viable – cutting costs as a way to drive roi.
the problem is firms are asking the wrong question. instead of focusing on precise measures of return on training dollars, cpa firms would be better served by asking the more subjective question, “what should we do to make sure our training dollars are being spent wisely?” the answer to that question may lack the precision firm leaders desire, but it does have one distinct advantage over precise objective measures: it is a question firms can answer. and the answer, if thoughtfully considered, may achieve the ultimate goal: providing high-impact training at an affordable cost. read more →
no. 1 method: ‘give them challenging assignments.”
by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research
it may sound harsh to the uninitiated, but the most common way for firms to turn talented staffers into future managers and leaders is to make their lives a little more difficult, according to a new 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 multi-year study.
the questionnaire for “talent strategies: how to identify and develop professionals for management and leadership responsibilities” remains online and open as 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 continues to collect data and refine its analysis. read more →