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AccountingWEB.com - NewsNew time management techniques
By David Tighe
Time management remains a core focus within leadership, coaching, and mentoring programs.
Inevitably, to keep the subject fresh, new buzz words and soon-to-be clichés pop up to put new clothes on old concepts. You take the new label with a grain of salt, but sometimes the new label makes sense.
Beta Alpha Psi student and faculty volunteers clean up San Jose Guadalupe River
More than 900 members of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP), the professional honors organization for financial information students and professionals, supported by 50 employees from KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm, descended on the Guadalupe River trail last month to undertake a massive clean-up effort, sponsored by KPMG and the KPMG Foundation.
2010 AccountingWEB accounting student scholarship winners announced
AccountingWEB is pleased to announce that three winners have been chosen as the 2010 AccountingWEB Accounting Student Scholarship winners.
Entrants were required to write a 500-word essay on the topic of "The Role of Accountants in Social Media." Essays were judged in a variety of areas including creativity, innovation, quality of writing, structure, logic, and sources/research. All three essays will appear on AccountingWEB.com later this month.
This year's winners are:
AICPA contracts NACVA to develop course for CPA forensic credential exam
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has engaged the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts to develop a course to help CPAs prepare for the qualifying exam for the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) credential.
Afternoon not so delightful for many workers
If you're constantly battling the afternoon slowdown at work, take heart because you're not alone. A recent survey of senior managers confirms the late afternoon is the most common time for workers to hit the proverbial wall.