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 →
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 in stand up and worked as a writer and performer for Contents Under Pressure, the sketch and improvisational comedy troupe he co-founded at his alma mater. With his dual degree in Economics and Religious Studies, John headed to law school where his studies took precedent over comedy until 2005 when John won the nationally recognized Funniest Person in Austin Competition. John’s clean and quasi-intellectual comedy has made him a favorite with high school, college, church, corporate, and club audiences.
And it’s not good news. “The advisory profession has a good but challenging problem on its hands: It is caught between an influx of new clients and a shortage of talented staff.â€
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.
“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.
By Rick Telberg
“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.
