Steven Burns, FAIA spent 14 years managing the firm Burns + Beyerl Architects. After founding his own software company, Steve took his management expertise to BQE Software, where he is refining their business strategy and product development for the...
If client advice is our dog food, then we, as accounting professionals, need to be eating more of it. We are great at identifying solutions to our clients’ problems, proposing ways to improve their businesses, and advising them on...
One of the oldest jokes on the internet goes like this: Software mogul: “If the automobile industry had developed like the software industry, we would all be driving $25 cars that get 1,000 miles to the gallon.” Automobile executive:...
It’s not always an easy task gauging how well an organization’s teams are operating and if the processes they’re using are effective in reaching their goals. It may be easy to see if larger-scale goals are being met, but...
The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) provides accounting and financial advisory services to components of the Department of Defense (DoD) that handle procurement and contract administration. The DCAA sets several guidelines, policies and procedures that ensure the systems their...
Ask a professional what is the least enjoyable part of their job and you will invariably hear them say something like “filling out my timecard.” It’s no wonder, for decades, firms have been demanding their billable staff submit weekly...
“If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company” – Jean-Paul Sartre We live in a world that rewards being busy and getting things done. How guilty do you feel if you take a whole day just to...
So, you started a business and it’s going great, except for one thing… project management. While your accounting education taught you all about profit and loss statements, budgets, and tax returns, it brushed over the all too important skills...
Managers spend nearly two days a week on unnecessary administrative tasks that are not core to their jobs, according to Today’s State of Work: The Productivity Drain, a new report from ServiceNow. Repetitive and routine administrative HR tasks take...
One of the biggest problems employers face is the misuse of resources. On average, projects go over their intended budget by 27% of their intended budget, according to Harvard Business Review. If employees don’t know the budget or deadline...