Can You Recite Your Organization’s Mission Statement?

By Steven E. Sacks, CPA, CGMA, ABC Do you think your staff knows what your company’s or firm’s mission statement is? Wait. Let me back up. Does your staff even know that such a mission statement exists? My… Read More

The Bookshelf — Smart Trust: Creating Prosperity, Energy and Joy in a Low-Trust World

By Steven E. Sacks, CPA, CGMA, ABC There are some ideals that never go out of style; they simply stand the test and challenges of time, enduring through disruptions caused by innovation, changes in public policy, globalization and… Read More

Have You Gauged Your Staff’s Enthusiasm?

By Steven E. Sacks, CPA, CGMA, ABC Picking up from my January 31 post about motivation, did you ever take a survey of your firm’s staff to gauge its level of job satisfaction or how enthusiastic it is… Read More

Political Correctness or Just Common Courtesy?

By Steven E. Sacks, CPA, CGMA, ABC The 2016 presidential campaign had been engulfed in the battle for and against political correctness. What people thought but never verbalized—at least in a large company of people—had made the art… Read More

Negotiate For Success Rather Than a “Win”

By Steven E. Sacks, CPA, CGMA, ABC We enter into negotiations every day without realizing it; whether it is on a professional or personal basis. Irrespective of whether it is a contractual transaction between a company and vendor… Read More