Productivity & Performance Strategies for Accounting Leaders - Accounting Voices Podcast

Episode 40

Productivity & Performance Strategies for Accounting Leaders

Published on: 7th March, 2019

Chris Croft has an Engineering Degree from Cambridge and an MBA. After a career in manufacturing and then as a university lecturer, he started his own training company in 1995. Since then he has trained over 90K people, and his free email tips are sent to 20K people. He has 10K subscribers and 1m+ views on YouTube.

Chris has trained the top teams of various accountancy firms and while he can’t tell them about accounting, he can help them with management – of both people and time. Shownotes:

  • Why time management and delegation are always an issue for accountants
  • Face to face training is always more effective but often impractical in today’s busy world
  • Seeing time as red, brown and green is a very practical way of managing time – you’ll like these distinctions
  • Networking, while not a direct money generating activity, is important business development and should be respected
  • 5 brilliant ways busy accountants can spend less time on unimportant things
  • How to negotiate your way to an extra 50 hours a year
  • Why accountants find it hard to say ‘no’ and how this eats up a lot of their time
  • Accountants should harness the power of being less fussy or perfectionist to save an extra 5 hours every week
  • How better management of time can make accountants more profitable
  • Why accountants don’t delegate as well as they should, and some practical ways to do it better to save valuable time
  • Tip for busy accountants – if someone can do something 80% as well as you can, you should give it to them
  • Why accounting is like surgery – you’ve got to give others a chance to improve
  • Thoughts on accountability with monitoring and supporting – a brilliant framework for accounting leaders and managers
  • The meaning of life and objective of time management is to enjoy the present and achieve in the future
  • Technology has speeded everything up – it provides tools as well as temptations
  • Tips for dealing with email – the scourge of good productivity for busy accountants
  • Fun online survey to show the ‘six animals’ that signify the efficiency of accounting firms or individual accountants
  • The many benefits of writing things down for maximum productivity and efficiency
  • And much much more…

Chris is featured on www.lynda.com and LinkedIn Learning where he presents highly practical courses on time management, assertiveness, negotiation, problem solving, difficult people, and happiness. It was in the top 10 courses on Linkedin Learning for 2018. In his spare time, Chris plays the sax in a band, has two children and a dog, and is addicted to curry.

Find out more at www.www.chriscroft.com or to contact Chris directly:

Twitter: @chriscroft

Chris on LinkedIn

07966 241750

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Accounting Voices Podcast
Accounting Voices helps people in the accounting world stay relevant visible and vocal. Host Rob Brown interprets trends reshaping the profession and gives listeners insight to build authority influence and a stronger voice in firms and markets.
Accounting Voices, hosted by Rob Brown, helps decision makers and leaders in accounting and finance stay relevant, visible and vocal in a profession being reshaped by technology, private equity, regulation and shifting client expectations. Each episode interprets the trends disrupting accounting and finance such as AI, automation, M&A, talent and the move to advisory and translates them into practical insight that strengthens authority and influence.
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Rob Brown

ob Brown is the creator and host of the Accounting Voices Network, a media platform that includes the flagship solo podcast Accounting Voices and the panel shows Accounting M&A and Accounting Tech. He chairs conferences, panels and virtual events worldwide and is recognised as a leading advocate for the accounting profession.

He is an accomplished speaker and authority on trust, reputation, employer brand, talent, succession, executive presence and the forces shaping the future of accounting. Rob is the author of the bestselling book Build Your Reputation (Wiley) and his TEDx talk The Personal Brand of You has been viewed more than 400,000 times.

A former co-founder of the Accounting Influencers Roundtable, Rob now focuses on amplifying the voices of leaders, firms, networks, vendors and influencers across the global accounting ecosystem.

Outside of work he is a stroke survivor, lives with epilepsy, holds a black belt in kickboxing and is based in Nottingham, UK. He plays chess and backgammon, loves orange chocolate and is allergic to grapefruit.