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Over-orchestrated: what happens when your team is too in-sync

Atlassian

Subscribe to Work Life Get stories like this in your inbox Subscribe. 5-second summary. Team cohesion is an important component of high-performing teams. Too much team cohesion can mean that individuals focus on coming to an agreement rather than finding the best idea. Encouraging a culture of healthy dissent can help prevent this – but only if team members feel psychologically safe.

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5 Ways To Increase Engineering Velocity Without Skyrocketing Costs

CloudZero

It's something you know. Those who rely on or offer Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions are under constant pressure to innovate. Often, this means quickly building new features and releasing them more frequently.

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Putting AWS re:Invent 2021 cost optimization announcements into practice

AWS FinOps

Following re:Invent 2021 and all the amazing announcements, there are so many new and exciting ways for customers to optimize cloud spend. This blog highlights some opportunities that customers could really benefit from, and offers guidance on how to take advantage of them, and, therefore, the savings. If you want to hear about other re:Invent announcements, check out the Top Announcements for AWS re:invent 2021 post or watch our re:Invent episode from ‘ The Keys to AWS Optimization – Twitch Ser

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Behind the scenes at 5 Minute Bookkeeping

5 Minute Bookkeeping

If you’re here, you’ve likely heard of the 5 Minute Bookkeeping blog, and maybe the 5 Minute Bookkeeping YouTube channel , too. I love interacting with our community online, and I thought that for a change, you might want to see a behind the scenes look at how I put together the videos for my YouTube channel. Read on to see what happens behind the scenes at 5 Minute Bookkeeping and how these videos come about.

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Your Accounting Expertise Will Only Get You So Far: The New Way To Lead

Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA

In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. But if you’re aiming for the summit, the air gets thinner, and what got you here won’t be enough to get you to the top. 🗻 What made you successful early in your finance career—technical accuracy, sharp analysis, flawless execution—won’t be what carries you to the next level. The higher you go, the more your effectiveness depends on how you connect, adapt, and communicate.

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How to help your team recover after a setback

Atlassian

5-second summary. Failures and setbacks can destroy a team’s confidence, which, in turn, can impact their performance. Leaders can help people power through a crisis by employing three mental safeguards that keep the team from falling into a shame spiral. Once the dust has settled, teams should do some guided reflection to help them regain their confidence.

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How To Calculate Margin Analysis For SaaS [Formula & Examples]

CloudZero

Profitability in SaaS can be tricky. A company's net earnings are based on its invested capital, assets, and equity. But its profit margin shows how much money it extracts from its total sales or revenue — its ability to turn revenue into profit.

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3 Tips to Make Tax Preparation a Breeze with Your CPA

XY Bean Counters

4 MIN READ Tax season is here, and advisors are starting to take a more detailed look at their books in preparation for filing and sending financial statements to their tax accountants. Before you send anything to your tax professional, a little legwork in advance might just get you moved to the front of the line and makes a big difference in filing as accurately as possible.

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5 code review best practices

Atlassian

Subscribe to Work Life Get stories about tech and teams in your inbox Subscribe. In 1988, Hewlett Packard (HP) conducted an internal review of their software development processes and set a target to improve their code quality tenfold. To meet this ambitious goal, they tried a number of approaches. Eventually, they concluded that incorporating code reviews into the development cycle saved more money than resolving defects after they were found by customers. fyi.

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5 Cloud Tagging Best Practices Every SaaS Company Should Use

CloudZero

Ask anyone who’s managing any cloud environment of any size, and they will undoubtedly bring up the stress they experience on a regular basis over tags.

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3 Ways to Fast Forward Your Finance Career

AvidXchange

Are you ready to grow in your finance career? We pinpointed three ways to consider: sharpen your strategic thinking and planning skills, gain specialized education in digital technologies and decide whether you want to progress further in an accounting or finance career – they’re not exactly the same. Let’s dive into each in more detail: 1. Sharpen Your Strategic Planning and Execution Skills What does it mean to sharpen your strategic planning skills?

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The Hidden Science Behind Why Finance Teams Resist Change—And How to Fix It

Speaker: Kim Beynon, CPA, CGMA, PMP

The most overlooked, yet most critical, element of transformation is preparing people for change. Automation and AI aren't just technical upgrades, they’re cultural shifts which can challenge identities. That’s why change management isn’t a side project—it’s the foundation. In finance, where precision and process rule, navigating change can feel especially disruptive.

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3 Tips to Make Tax Preparation a Breeze with Your CPA

XY Bean Counters

4 MIN READ Tax season is here, and advisors are starting to take a more detailed look at their books in preparation for filing and sending financial statements to their tax accountants. Before you send anything to your tax professional, a little legwork in advance might just get you moved to the front of the line and makes a big difference in filing as accurately as possible.

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4 Atlassian apps enabling a powerful Microsoft Teams experience

Atlassian

Subscribe to Work Life Get stories about tech and teams in your inbox Subscribe. Like many workplace practices over the past two years, the way we communicate with our colleagues and customers has undergone a massive transformation. At Atlassian, we launched a company-wide distributed work policy , making virtual collaboration practices across Slack and other tools crucial.

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Jan 31, Bookkeeping Checklist | Accounting Checklist

Bookkeeping Essentials

Small business accounting and bookkeeping checklist. how to package your recordkeeping information for your bookkeeper and/or accountant. ensuring your year end will go as smoothly as possible.

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Is Tether A Fraud (feat. Dr. Sean Stein Smith)

Earmark Accounting Podcast

Referenced in the episode: The Cloud Accounting Podcast, Episode 263, "Crypto Is A Scam" [link] Sign up to get free CPE for listening to podcasts: [link] Download the Earmark CPE App: Apple: [link] Android: [link] Connect with Our Guest [link] Connect with Blake Oliver, CPA LinkedIn: [link] Twitter: [link] Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies backed one-to-one with U.S. dollar - in theory - but that has never really been tested.

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Doing More With Less: The Modern Finance Miracle

Speaker: Mark Gilham, FCCA, CPP

Finance used to be the function that counted, now it's the one that’s counted on. 📊 For accounting firms, controllers, and finance leaders, expectations are rising faster than headcount. Businesses want agile forecasts, granular analysis, seamless reporting, and smart automation—often without added resources while demanding uncompromised accuracy and compliance.

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Tax Organizers Suck

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsors Relay: [link] Synder: [link] a2X: [link] Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: [link] Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: [link] Show Notes. We're also covering assorted listener mail around our Tether talk from Episode 263, why it may be wise to avoid that Prometric remote testing, and how bosses can also be less than honest when it comes to timesheets.

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Working With an Outsourced Bookkeeping Service – What You Need to Know

OSYB

Bookkeeping isn’t exactly the first thing on their minds for busy business owners. After all, they’ve got enough on their plates as it is. However, bookkeeping is crucial for running an efficient and profitable business. You need to make sure that your books are being handled properly. The solution? Outsourced bookkeeping services. We’ve talked about the benefits of outsourcing your bookkeeping.

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Ep. 167: Ben Taylor - API Driven Accounting

IMA's Count Me

Contact Ben Taylor: [link] SoftLedger: [link] Full Transcript: Adam: ( 00:05 ) Hey everyone. Thank you for coming back to listen to another episode of Count Me In, I am your host Adam Larson, and this is episode 176 of our series. As we hold conversations about various topics impacting the accounting and finance world, one of the underlying themes across most is strategy.

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The Future Of QuickBooks With Hector Garcia

Earmark Accounting Podcast

A message from our sponsor: Are you already recommending QuickBooks to your clients? Get paid to recommend and implement QuickBooks! join Hector Garcia and the largest network of QuickBooks Solution Providers. Email hector@garciacpa.com for more information. Connect with our guest, Hector Garcia, CPA.CITP: Linkedin: [link] Sign up to get free CPE for listening to this podcast: [link] Download the Earmark CPE App: Apple: [link] Android: [link] With QuickBooks Desktop slowly phasing out, what is

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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Oil Prices Are Increasing, But Supply Is Not

NACM

Oil prices are hovering near $90 a barrel on average, its highest seen since 2014. The sudden cost increase is likely due to political tensions in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and a supply shortage. Normally, prices this high would call for OPEC to significantly increase oil exports. However, during a meeting this morning, OPEC and.

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Bottlenecks Extend to Multiple Ports Within the U.S.

NACM

Bottlenecks along the busiest ports of the West Coast are expanding to the Eastern side of the country, including South Carolina, New York and Georgia, according to news reports.The twin ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle about 40% of the U.S.'s inbound containers; and after receiving record amounts of imports in 2021, delays continue to pe.

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