In September 1962, American President, John F. Kennedy, gave one of the best and most inspiring speeches ever made when he said, “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing…
Category: Re-Energize
Motivating Your Team
Bill Kennedy
Posted in Accounting, Blog, Employees, Leadership, Motivation, Re-Energize
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Labeling Co-Workers
“He is always goofing off.”“She never gets it right.”“He’s always late for meetings.” People get labeled: the office clown, the slacker, the flirt. My spider senses start to tingle whenever I hear the words “always” or “never” applied to someone…
Tagged with: People Issues
Loblaws Needing Re-Energizing
Maybe I should say that I need re-energizing after the monster grocery shopping trip I just returned from, but I noted two things at my local grocery store that made me pause. The first was minor. The cashier didn’t know…
Turn Arounds: 1. Stop the Bleeding
Bill Kennedy
Posted in Accounting, Accounting Software, Analysis, Re-Energize, Turn Arounds
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This is an occasional series about the accounting side of business turnarounds, where a company makes a serious effort to get back on its feet. Two things that all turnarounds have in common: high stress and low money. Even if…
Nortel Re-Energized?
In the July 30, 2007 Toronto Globe and Mail Report on Business, Mike Zafirovski, the CEO of Nortel Networks Corp, was asked, “What was the old Nortel’s big mistake?” He responded: Nortel used to have some of the best processes…
Energizing your GL
Signs your GL needs re-energizing: You have accounts with the letter A after them, e.g. 1200A (There was no room at the inn!), In order to prepare certain reports, someone has to analyze transactions in an account line by line…
How Things Look
In a restaurant, good food is what’s important to me. I don’t care what the place looks like or how the food’s arranged on the plate as long as it is a quality meal. My wife, on the other hand,…
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