The 10-Step Recipe for Engagement Disaster

Tasty tips from a lousy cook.

by Drew West
@DeltekDrew

Drew West
Drew West

You know why I like writing articles?  It keeps me out of the kitchen, where from bachelorhood through fatherhood, I still make any culinary task a bumbling trip down a path of missed ingredients and inaccurate measurements – right to the doorstep of “didn’t-turn-out-like-I-expected.”

Why is our local pizzeria on the speed-dial? For those (thankfully infrequent) times when my wife is traveling, and I’m on the hook to keep my two youngsters relatively nourished.

Unlike my cooking endeavors, yours in public accounting surely go beyond the simplicity of cold cereal or the occasional peanut-butter sandwich.

Today’s modern engagements require delicate management of people, their work, the client’s demands and the firm’s expectations.