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What is Your Idea of a Reward?

Posted by Kelley Lear on Apr 19, 2012 in Empowerment Series, Humor, Innovation, Leadership, Tax | 0 comments

Are you feeling unrewarded, overworked and generally unappreciated? If not you, what about your team or your colleagues? If you are a CPA, you are probably still reeling from a busy tax season. If you are a corporate tax department, you may have a little breathing room before you jump back into the craziness that is the corporate provision, planning, compliance and audit cycles that occur throughout the year. Do you feel overwhelmed, underwhelmed and generally tired just thinking about it?

I was just looking through a great slide show on Accounting Today that showed the interesting things accountants were doing through busy season.

Windows 8 – What’s New?

Posted by Kelley Lear on Apr 17, 2012 in Empowerment Series, Innovation, Process Improvement, Software, Tax | 0 comments

Well, my technology and tax technology lovers…I thought I’d share some of the latest and greatest on the new Windows 8 release coming out. On April 9^th, Microsoft started the tease with a “consumer preview” to get folks excited. From what I understand, the latest release is an operating system that is more geared toward “mobility”. Therefore, there are a lot of key features that will allow for easier navigation based on touch-based interfaces. They are calling it a “Metro-style touch-based interface”. Hmmm…interesting product marketing. Their positioning however is that key board and mouse functionality will not wane, they will provide equivalent ease of use for their touch-based navigation as it is for their traditional methodology. Tax pros are probably breathing a sigh of relief.

Can Social Media Make You a Better Leader?

Posted by Kelley Lear on Apr 11, 2012 in April, Empowerment Series, Innovation, Leadership, Process Improvement, Software, Tax Planning | 0 comments

I would say that most of us these days are actively using some form of social media. From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition, social media is defined as “forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)”. Or from Wikipedia, “includes web-based and mobile technologies used to turn communication into interactive dialogue”. Pretty good definitions. Some of the most well-known tools currently are sites such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn, and more recently Pinterest, All of these mediums also have apps that can allow access to these websites for viewing and interaction from any tablet, ipad, iphone, or any other “smart” phone on the market today.

“Big Brother”? Or Cool Tools to Help you Work Smarter?

Posted by Kelley Lear on Apr 10, 2012 in April, Empowerment Series, Innovation, Process Improvement | 0 comments

Was just reading a really interesting article, if not a bit frightening, in the Wall St. Journal titled “ Employees, Measure Yourselves” by H. James Wilson. This article describes a new wave in software that can be used to track behavior, work patterns, efficiency, and even your health. The article is really about managers offering these tools to their employees so that they can encourage their folks to keep track of what they are doing throughout the work day, so that they can find ways of being more productive, less stressed and generally all around healthier. The article also “tees up” the concept of employees using these software solutions for their own enrichment and career success.

What Motivates You?

Posted by Kelley Lear on Apr 4, 2012 in Empowerment Series, Leadership, Motivation, Process Improvement, Tax, Tax Planning | 0 comments

The age old question. What motivates you? There have been endless discussions on this topic as well as in depth studies throughout the 19^th century and beyond. Why do we care? Why should we care? Well, the answer to those questions are simple for anyone who has ever been in a management position. We want to better understand how to recruit, hire, manage and get the most out of our team members. To do that, it is helpful to understand what motivates them. For those of you who just want to understand yourself and your own happiness, it is always helpful to understand what motivates you!

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Jim Shedivy

Jim focuses on the long term strategy and the alliance opportunities for Red Moon Solutions, a privately held family business. He has over twenty years of experience in managing tax technology projects and businesses.

Kelley Lear

Kelley is a member of the executive leadership team and leads our sales and marketing efforts at Red Moon Solutions. Kelley’s extensive experience in project management, product management, and consulting with Fortune 500 and Global 1000 clients is extremely important in this role.

Susan Sabatini

Susan Sabatini is the Client Services Manager at Red Moon Solutions. She uses her project management experience and a client focus to ensure Red Moon Solutions’ clients have successful implementations. Susan also leads our client support team.

Traci Wheeler

Traci is a member of the executive leadership team and leads our sales and marketing efforts at Red Moon Solutions. She has over ten years of software business experience serving small and large clients in a variety of industries.