Take a Cue from Big League Coaches

Mentoring is every professional’s number 1 job.

0040308.jpgBy Rick Telberg
On Careers

Forget the strategic stuff, the visionary exercises, the long-term planning. What keeps most finance and accounting executives awake at night lies closer to home in the here and now: the day-to-day management of their jobs and departments.It’s no small task considering the many roles finance managers are expected to play, the layers of new rules and regulations and the competitive demands of just keeping up.

So it’s little wonder that all too many finance managers may overlook the human and personal aspects of the job. But accountants are people, too, and they need as much hand-holding, mentoring, encouragement and coaching as anyone else. READ MORE →

TurboTax Crowns a Comedy Winner

For the funniest bit on taxes, 2008. [youtube]2jRm0VTtze0[/youtube] The winner is John Ramsey, who lives with his wife, Anna, in Austin, Texas where John works as a comic and attorney, according to his MySpace page. While in college, John dabbled … Continued

New Weight-Loss Secret! The Tax Season Diet

Accountants are working around the clock at Kruggel, Lawton & Co. in downtown South Bend, Ind. — and not just on taxes.

This year, employees are working together in their quest to get healthy. The employees have lost 139 pounds and logged 402 hours of physical activity.

kevin-kruggel.jpg“I think it’s just been a greater emphasis on trying to maintain fitness level, trying to get a little more activity this time of year and also just eating a little better than probably we’ve done in the past,” partner Kevin Kruggel (left) told WSBT TV.

“I’m now 10 pounds down” said Tax Manager Ben Silver.

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