EP333: Carice Anderson - How To Build Relationships For A Sustainable Bookkeeping Business

Carice Anderson (Nov 29): You know, because if you think about entrepreneurs, they have to be a little bit of a different type of thinker, right, to even think to start a business from scratch. So I think they have a certain level of optimism. But on the flip side of that optimism is sometimes I think we need to be tempered with the reality. And that's why you need to surround yourself from an inclusion standpoint with people who fill in the gaps and complement, you know, the skills that you, that you don't have. They bring those skills that you don't have so that you don't have those blind spots. You're listening to The Successful Bookkeeper with your host, Michael Palmer. Listen each week as inspiring guests share their secrets of success to help you increase your confidence, work smarter, and build a business you love. This episode of The Successful Bookkeeper is brought to you by purebookkeeping.com. The proven system to grow your bookkeeping business. Welcome back to the Successful Bookkeeper Podcast. I am your host, Michael Palmer, and today's show is going to be a good one. Our guest is a workplace diversity and inclusion expert and author of Intelligence Isn't Enough: A Black Professional's Guide to Thriving in the Workplace. Kerise Anderson, welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me, Michael. Well, it's great to have you. And I mean, it's an interesting book title. I can't wait to get into that and learn more about your book. But before we do that, please tell us about your career journey leading up to this point.

I always describe my career in 3 parts. I think I may need to add a 4th. But the first part was before I went to business school. I was the first person in my family to major in business and to work in the corporate space. Needless to say, I was pretty clueless in the first, I would say, 6 years of my career, even though I had some pretty good brands on my resume. I worked at Arthur Andersen, which used to be one of the Big Five accounting firms. And then I also worked at Deloitte. And I went to business school. I went to Harvard Business School for 2 years, came back to Deloitte. And I say that that's kind of the second part of my career. I worked at Deloitte for a couple more years and decided I really wanted to make a change. Got into a fellowship program and started working for a public school system. So I worked for Fulton County Schools for 3 years. And then kind of in the midst of ending my time at Deloitte and