Knowledge and a Buffalo: Personal Development Happens When Habits Change
However, knowledge and a buffalo didn’t cause a behavioral change. It was a measured, rigorous personal development process that changed habits and created the opportunity
AFWA Builds Professional Qualities in Accounting and Finance Employees
By encouraging your employees to not only join AFWA, but to get involved through volunteer opportunities, you’ll see a clear improvement in her abilities to communicate, multi-task, adapt, envision, and more.
Back to Basics: Lead
As we start a new year, I want to continue beating my drum – back to basics – for our organization! I’m going to focus on “LEAD” this month. For AFWA to succeed, it is imperative that we help our members grow into the leaders they want to become.
Mindful Movement at Work
By infusing short breaks of movement and time outdoors into a workday, a person can sustain higher energy levels, more whole-person health and increased happiness.
The Most Powerful Thing in Your Leadership Toolbox…the Question
We need to develop leadership practices that help people with their critical thinking. Telling them what to do won’t help with that.
Do You Have the Mindset, Confidence & Grit to Truly Succeed?
You have a top-notch degree. You’re smart. You know where you want your career to go. But do you have the right mindset to succeed professionally in your organization? Many of us are competent, but we lack the true confidence to excel.
Think Office Politics is Dirty? I Did Too Until I Discovered This…
Office Politics isn’t necessarily bad. In fact, it can be good. It is also one of these things that when it’s bad it’s called Office Politics and when it’s good we might call it “good leadership” or “well functioning group."
5 Tips to Help You Transition from Friend to Boss
A new title can flip the switch on only relationships. 5 tips to manage the transition from friend to boss.
Back to Basics: Connect. Advance. Lead.
This year, AFWA National President, Lori Kelley, CPA, will lead AFWA's Board of Directors back to basics. With a focus on AFWA's intent to connect, advance, and lead.
Where Have All the Past Board Members Gone?
We’ve all seen this happen. A dedicated Board Member serves her time for many years, making her way through the organization’s leadership pipeline. She finishes her term as President, engages a little as the Immediate Past President, and then you never hear from her again.