How do you know as a finance professional if you’re hitting the right notes with your clients and business partners?

Our guest mentor on this week’s episode Patrick Leavy shares some practical answers that have worked for him and can work for you too. We also discuss Patrick’s unique career journey which could be seen as being a bit back the front for accountants as Patrick initially started his career performing and writing music, having worked on 15 TV documentaries, before qualifying as an accountant in the public sector and then becoming a financial consultant to schools before joining one of the most forward thinking accounting firms in the UK.
Patrick also takes us through:
• Some of the common threads between being a finance professional and his experience of visual direction and music.
• Great practical steps on how to get clients and leaders to engage more with their finance professionals
• The 3 main challenges facing Patrick’s clients and a straightforward bit of advice to reduce business failures.

If you enjoyed this episode, check out our time-stamped show notes, key quotes, resources and ways to connect with our guest mentor and more at sitnshow.com/podcast/108.

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