When surveyed in March, more than 1,000 managers said that they spent, on average, 18 percent of their time handling staff conflicts, according to Accountemps, a financial and accounting staffing firm. That’s almost one day a week, and it accounts for a lot of lost productivity.

Company efficiency is obtainable and sustainable.

Chief Financial Officer Susan needs to finalize and release the client’s quarterly earnings report. Normally it would take her a couple of hours to complete this task, but Susan is waiting on the draft from her Chief Accounting Officer Michael. She is expecting it Wednesday morning at 9:00 a.m., so she sets some time aside in her a.m. schedule that day.
 

UHY Advisors' Management Consultant, Brad Baer, based in Georgia, is interviewed by WSB Radio News personality Pete Combs regarding the economic implications of the President’s State of the Union speech.