New year energy is great… until the inbox fills up, the deadlines start stacking, and we slip right back into “survive and cope” mode. If you run an accounting or bookkeeping firm (or you’re the accidental COO of your own solo practice), the habits you build now will quietly shape your entire year—your capacity, your culture, your client relationships, and your profitability. Here are eight business habits worth committing to this year. Not because they’re trendy, but because they make the...

If you manage people, you already know this: your job isn’t just to keep the work moving. It’s to help your team grow. And here’s the part we don’t talk about enough—most “learning and development” plans fail because they live outside  the real work. They become one more tab open. One more course to finish “when things slow down.” (Spoiler: things don’t slow down.) If you want learning to actually stick, it has to be built into the rhythm of the week. 1) Try a simple “learning meeting” I’m...

Termination is stressful from every angle. Employees are suddenly thinking about income, references, updating a resume, and how quickly they can land something new. Employers, meanwhile, are staring down the cost of recruiting, onboarding, and training—made even harder by Canada’s ongoing labour shortage. That pressure can lead to an awkward (and surprisingly common) situation: an employer terminates someone, then tries to reverse course. So what happens if your employer says, “Actually… come...