Description: Looking for an edge as you graduate this spring and look ahead to your career? Could it be as simple as trying three simple things? Columnist Leah Eichler offers three simple tips to give you an edge at work:

1. Stretch yourself
2. Tell great stories
3. Be happy

Source: Globeandmail.com

Date: December 31, 2015

Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/life-at-work/three-simple-strategies-for-keeping-your-edge-at-work/article28081974/

Discussion Points:

1) What is your opinion of Leah Eichler’s three tips?

2) What might be some strategies for accountants to use in dealing with the point of telling great stories, the notion that people can’t put more than 3 points into their short term memories?

3) What are some ways accountants and auditors might stretch themselves in building their careers?