by Rob Pillans | Jul 23, 2025 | Articles
As an accounting firm coach, mentor and consultant I am in and out of firms pretty much every day. One of the things I have observed is the critical role of non-techncial skills. My experience is that as a person gets more senior in a firm these skills increase in...
by admin | Mar 22, 2023 | Articles
When I wrote about Chat GPT in December 2022 I described it as an indicator of the massive impact artificial intelligence is going to have a on how knowledge workers and others work. The events of the past three months have only reinforced that view. How accounting...
by Rob Pillans | Jan 16, 2023 | Articles
In my first article on this topic I shared my views on: Who the right people are Why getting them is so important Why attraction and retention matter How we got to this current position which is challenging for employers In my second article I shared a list of the key...
by Rob Pillans | Jan 16, 2023 | Articles
Many of you are aware I’m a big fan of goal setting. In July 2021 I wrote an article – Is goal setting useful? Drawing on the research I did with some colleagues in our Master of Business Coaching degree, I concluded that goal setting is very useful when done...
by Rob Pillans | Nov 16, 2021 | Articles
The end of the calendar year is rapidly approaching and for many it probably can’t come soon enough. COVID has made it a particularly testing year for many people. I’ve turned my mind to some things accounting firm owners and managers could benefit from thinking about...
