Learnings from Corona
Are there any possible learnings from this awful crisis? We have been in contact with a large number of people, employers and employees, over the past week or so, and
Mind your mind
It is fair to say that the last few weeks have been a bit of a surreal time for all of us. Working from home, definitely has its perks, but
Coming up to my 60th Birthday, what have I learned?
A little bit of context. I have had 3 different careers to date. I started in banking at 17 after completing my secondary education as a boarder in St Munchin’s
Age, Retirement and the “Going Concern Concept”
Are you driving at speed towards a cliff and a long drop? I trained as an accountant earlier in my career and one of the four fundamental principles in preparing
Where are all the Recently Qualified Accountants?
If you are a Hiring Manager in Limerick / Clare, and you are currently seeking to employ a Recently Qualified Accountant (ie Qualified between 2015 – 2019) who has trained
Mandatory Retirement. Are we guillotining valuable talent or making way for the next generation?
Retirement in the employment market is closely tied to date of birth as distinct from normal performance based criteria, e.g. expertise, experience, motivation, punctuality, attendance, loyalty and risk of leaving
Why is it so difficult to fill your Temporary/Contract vacancy?
You are faced with the following dilemma …. the pressure is on and you need to complete a project or maybe someone on your team is leaving or you need
3 Actions that a Partner in Practice can take to retain “Talent” within their Firms
….. imagine you’re a Partner in an Accountancy Firm, you have just reviewed how far you have progressed in achieving this year’s Fees Target and you are visualising how you
The Power of Purpose
The inspiration for this blog came from a discussion I had recently with someone who had up to recently been operating at a very senior level in a global organisation
What Makes a Good Manager?
We are familiar with the phrase “people don’t leave bad jobs, they leave bad managers” In my opinion, managers are critical to the success of organisations today more than ever