Nov 16

How to automate your reporting

Do you use spreadsheets for reporting?  Do you manually check the numbers, adds and cross-adds, and populate the MD&A?  Would you rather spend time on strategy and mentoring people than making sure you don’t find embarrassing errors in your prior quarter MD&A?  And you want to do this without making an ongoing investment in a […]

Nov 16

Effective feedback? It is harder than you think.

Providing and receiving feedback is a core leadership competency. Yet many are not effective at it. This article provides practical advice. Things to do: – Be direct. We are biased to hear what we want to hear and listen to confirm what we already believe. Being direct helps to overcome confirmation bias. – Be specific. […]