By Nick Hopkins, CPA, CFP®
Partner, Director of Tax Services
What is expected of us in our position within a business or organization? It's a question people tend to ask when they're first hired or promoted, but not afterward -- especially those in an executive or management role.
If you want to excel on a personal basis as well as make the company better, it's a good idea to regularly ask others, "What do you expect of me?" And not just your supervisors, but also those under you within the hierarchy.
What we often see in a lot of work environments is that in order for a person to achieve excellence, they must have a clear set of expectations for themselves in terms of what their responsibilities and duties are. Sometimes these can be different from the expectations your superiors and subordinates hold. When your sense of expectations varies too far from those you work with, invariably conflict or disappointment arise.
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One of the newer faces on the team, Adam Parkhurst joined the Sponsel CPA Group team last fall as a Staff accountant in the Audit & Assurance Services department shortly after graduating from Purdue University's Krannert School of Management with a bachelor's degree, triple-majoring in Accounting, Management and Finance.
By Eric Woodruff, CPA
Kudos to Lila Casper, a Staff accountant in Audit & Assurance Services, on being appointed to the Emerging Leaders Alliance within the Indiana CPA Society. Her term will start later this month. Aimed at up-and-coming leaders, ELA members serve as advocates for the CPA profession, as effective communicators to peers and as active volunteers in Society outreach.
