Whilst some of us accountants and finance professionals may be quite robotic and machine-like when it comes to our jobs the majority of us still

In relationships there’s an often clichéd break up phrase “It’s not you, it’s me” and this is partly true also in Finance when trying to

A fellow finance professional asked me a couple weeks ago what are the key skills required to become a fantastic accountant, and rather focus on

There are two types of accountant and finance professional, those that ensure the appropriate controls and compliance are in place so that the numbers are

In a survey from earlier this year 95% finance leaders said they experienced a skills-gap in the finance function, however telling finance professionals to change their behaviours

Often I see and hear finance professionals and finance leaders talking about ‘adding value’, but when they are asked to describe what that value is

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you’re well aware of the rate of change impacting many of our enterprises and industries. And, of the

Have you ever read the story of Rumpelstiltskin? You know the one where under threat of death a young woman is forced to seek help

I recorded a podcast this week with a senior finance professional who had also ran his own business and it got me thinking that nowadays

It was a 15 minute conversation with a Mentor that helped chance the direction and success of my career in Finance. But up until then

Recently when talking with a fellow finance professional our conversation switched over to which martial arts style is best? Which is better, jujitsu, kung fu,

Most people think that business involves decisions around selling more stuff or spending less money, and accountants would typically record the results of these types

One of the main truths we know in Finance is that income follows on from assets so long as an organisation is managing them well.

As accountants and finance professionals we’re expected to have great attention to detail and the numbers, in fact it’s a large part our training, but

Over the years Finance professionals, whether having gone through business school or as part of their accounting training, have been taught and introduced to various

In a previous article I suggested that an effective vision, as much for finance professionals as the organisations we support, starts and ends with value

There’s an old saying: “Where there is no vision the people perish.” PROVERBS 29 VERSE 18 Which means that there’s two types of vision for

One of my favourite parables is that of the broken window fallacy which was first expressed by the French economist, Frederic Bastiat and it constantly

The Finance profession grew out of the need to preserve business value by recording transactions and safeguarding the value of company assets, nowadays our organisations

There’s an old Irish song that warns of the prison ships lying empty in the bay and this serves as a precursor the importance of

Finance professionals have always known the value of the word integrity, in fact it is one of our strengths, but nowadays it is probably one

Currently it’s summer in the Northern hemisphere, and the sunnier conditions along with the odd rain shower means that for those of us with lawns

In my previous article we discussed the Trust Equation and how individuals and organisations with High Trust relationships could achieve a Trust Dividend whereas Low

Finance teams have been around since the first organisations were established, around 3000 BC in ancient Mesopotamia, because they knew about one big thing that