Transformation Highlights - Issue #107

#betterbizculture?Highlights

Building inclusive, dynamic, and forward-thinking workplaces is the key to thriving in today’s business world. Explore how fostering engagement can transform your organizational culture and boost productivity. This week, we’re sharing two impactful articles our team discovered to help inspire #betterbizculture. Want more insights delivered straight to your inbox each month? Subscribe today!

The Power of Quiet: Unlocking the Introvert Advantage

With so many of us accountants being introverts, I loved how this article highlighted some of our strengths and how we may be more resilient than others. We need to stop trying to be extroverts (and stop soft skills training that is focused on creating extroverts) and instead better leverage our natural strengths as introverts.#betterbizculture

Three Conversations That Set Great Managers Apart

These three are not new, and with hybrid work, managers need to be even more intentional about being sure to address these 3 things with their team members. #betterbizculture

Featured Event

You’ve heard about it. You, your staff, and your clients have started to use it, but how do you apply this powerful tool to serve you in the daily business operations? What used to be described as “Google on Steroids” can magnify EVERY user’s effectiveness. Join "Dr. Scott" Dell, CPA, CMC, FFAC, MBA, DBA for this innovative webinar: Leveraging ChatGPT: Unleash the Power and change your mindset of continuous improvement and adaptation in utilizing AI Chatbots, such as ChatGPT, by staying informed about emerging best practices and evolving AI capabilities. https://improvetheworld.net/events/leveraging-chatgpt-unleash-the-power/

Podcast Pick of the Week

Each week, our team chooses one video or audio podcast episode to share that is good food for thought on a transformation-related topic. If you have an episode you think should be featured here, send us a link at [email protected].

Interview with Chris 'Elroy' Stricklin, Colonel-Ret, USAF | The Soul of Enterprise

I totally agree with the discussion around the importance of enabling teams to fail fast and not focusing on sunk costs (and also, that sometimes the bigger challenge is getting the team members to accept these small failures). And an interesting proposition to change "diversity" to "variety"... #betterbizculture

Featured Courses

• Enabling Hybrid Work: How to Ensure a Holistic Approach to Customer, Employee, and Cybersecurity Risks - Feb. 10, 1 p.m. ET (1 hour)
• ChatGPT: Accountant’s Friend or Foe - Feb. 12, 1 p.m. ET (1 hour)
• Business Continuity Planning for Non-Techies - March 6, 3 p.m. (2 hours)

Receive 50% off by using promo code "c4tlith-50" when you register for any of these highlighted courses. You may also want to check your association membership benefits to see if Center courses are available to you.

Keep in Touch

I always welcome your feedback and constructive criticism on this newsletter or anything else that we publish via the?Center for Accounting Transformation. You can reach me easiest via email at [email protected] and connect to me here on LinkedIn:?Donny Shimamoto, CPA, CITP, CGMA.