Packing five days into four
Could your company work a four-day week without sacrificing performance? Two accounting firms who have made the move share their advice on how to make a four-day week work...
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Work to live, or live to work?
A culture of working long hours is entrenched in some corners of the accounting profession, a challenge exacerbated by a tight labour market that’s left some firms short-staffed. So, how do we talk...
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The price of public holidays
Talk around public holiday costs overshadows a greater need to lift productivity and living standards...
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Looking at all aspects of life
Achieving a work-life balance shouldn’t lead to guilt: caring for your career like you would any other relationship can be beneficial to professional advancement...
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Want your work-life balance back? Try these apps
Working from home shouldn’t mean working 24/7. Use tech apps to set boundaries that assist your productivity and wellbeing...
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Hybrid working, mental health and other office essentials
Many of us set new routines working from home during COVID. How do we keep our lives in balance as we return to the office?...
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Overcoming burnout in accounting
Burnout is widespread among workers, not least those in professional services. CAs discuss what small to medium-sized accounting firms can do to prevent their workers ending up depleted...
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Extinguishing auditor burnout
Auditors are prime candidates for burnout, but some accounting firms are dealing with mental health head on...
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Hybrid Working, The New Normal: How Working From Home Impacts The CBD
Is hybrid working the new normal? How has it impacted the CBD? As more people work from home this will surely have an impact on business in the city...
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Is it time to include non-work-related goals in employees’ KPIs?
Happiness and being successful at work are not mutually exclusive. Here’s how including ‘human’ KPIs can boost productivity...
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How will we reshape the post-pandemic office?
Our enforced experiment with mass remote working may spark a radical rethink of the office post-COVID...
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What CAs really want
Cash isn’t always king when it comes to remuneration. CAs want a work-life balance, with flexible hours and other benefits...
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No pay rise? Here's what to ask for instead
Disappointing pay rise? Ask for these benefits in lieu of a salary increase...
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Is being too busy affecting your health?
Are you finding it hard to fit everything in? We look at the adverse effects of busy life on our health and reveal simple changes to lower your stress...
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Supercharging CA practices
For Amanda Gascoigne, a sea change crystallised her aim to pursue her passion for making accounting practices stronger and smarter...