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5 Strategies to Smoothly Handle a Workplace Confrontation
The act of confronting someone can be awkward and stressful. Here are a few strategies to skillfully approach the encounter. Some situations at work urgently require a confrontation. Maybe it’s a gripe you have with your coworker, your boss, your neighbor, or even your spouse. But instead of confronting the problem, you ignore it. You rationalize away having the conversation by saying, “it’s not that big of a deal,”or ...
Read MoreHow to Manage Performance Evaluations in the Work-From-Home Era
A performance review, done well, applauds excellent work, delivers beneficial feedback and inspires a feeling of forward momentum. It’s not easy to pull off in the best of times, and as work-from-home drags on, the task can feel even more challenging. Inspiring employees to remain engaged and productive is a growing issue. The number of chief executives who cited employee performance as a top concern shot up to 56 percent in ...
Read MoreArt of Accounting: Top 10 All-Time Leadership and Management Books
"The One Minute Manager" by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson "Murphy’s Law" by Arthur Bloch "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie "First Things First" by Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, and Rebecca R. Merrill "The Essential Drucker" by Peter F. Drucker "The Way to Wealth" by Benjamin Franklin "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill "Parkinson’s Law" by C. Northcote Parkinson "The Peter Principle" by ...
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Revenue Planning During COVID-19 and Beyond
Originally Published in The Cooperative Accountant, Winter 2020 Issue Introduction The pandemic has brought overall economic slowdown and changes in social patterns resulting from impacts due to the SARSCoV-2 virus (COVID-19). This is making it more difficult for electric cooperatives to project future revenue patterns, and challenging to forecast future financial outcomes. This article discusses trends in revenue forecasting for the electric ...
Read More2021 Standard Mileage Rates Decrease
The optional standard mileage rates for business use of a vehicle will decrease once again in 2021 after increasing significantly in 2019, the IRS announced in Notice 2021-02. For business use of a car, van, pickup truck, or panel truck, the rate for 2021 will be 56 cents per mile after decreasing to 57.5 cents per mile in 2020, down from 58 cents per mile in 2019. Taxpayers can use the optional standard mileage rates to calculate the ...
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