Value your customers I recently had the pleasure of visiting Cairo to run an IFRS training course for an African bank. Having never been to [...]
Financial Reporting
Don’t ignore the future By my reckoning, there are six new or amended international financial reporting standards (IFRS) and interpretations that companies with December year [...]
Leadership Traits
Creating a learning culture by example One important leadership trait is to set a good example. Leaders cannot realistically behave in one way and ask [...]
Financial Reporting
Where next for UK GAAP? If I was an accountant involved in the preparation of accounts under UK GAAP, whether as an auditor or preparer, [...]
Effective communication
Handling conflict situations Workplaces can be stressful environments and so, despite everyone’s best intentions, personal conflicts can, and will, arise. It is imperative therefore that [...]
Effective communication
The incomplete sentence Effective communication not only requires us to be good listeners, but also good speakers too. It is with this in mind that [...]
Leadership Traits
Our propensity to trust Why is it that some people are more trusting than others and why do we instinctively trust some people more than [...]
Personal Effectiveness
Delegation requires wisdom and skill It is generally accepted that key leadership traits are the wisdom to recognise what and when to delegate and the [...]
Leadership Traits
Becoming more trustworthy Most people would accept that trust is the foundation for any successful, long-term relationship – whether at work or in your personal [...]
Financial Reporting
Financial reporting – Keep it relevant In September 2010, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) completed the [...]
