Small Successes Big Encouragement

I don't remember what I have shared in other blogs and I am too tired to go back and figure out if I have shared this...so bear with me.

My last trip to Africa was all about teach my accountants how to document all the transactions, properly record them in quickbooks, and to reconcile between the safe and quickbooks. Up to that point, they had been off hundreds of dollars at times. I don't think it was because of dishonesty but more from lack of attention and knowledge. So, I created a process, explained it, demonstrated, had them practice it, and wrote it all down. I then told them if they did it right they would get a bonus.

One of the things I am doing on this trip is evaluating how well they accomplished the task from my last visit. I am glad to report that both locations were only off 30 francs which is less about 7 cents. I can not tell you how huge an improvement that is. I am so proud. One of the locations documented all of the transactions almost perfectly. I am blown away. The other location has a little work to go on documentation but still this is very encouraging.

To see that your hard work is paying off. To know that instruction given has been taken to heart and followed. I love it.

Tuesday, I will start reviewing the budgets each program has drafted. I will be doing that until I leave. I am excited to see what these guys have done with the instruction. I have been amazed that at times when you give them some freedom and permission they can get amazing amount of things done in a short period of time. I will let you know how it goes...hopefully, it will be encouraging. Even if not, this is a necessary learning step and is good for the guys to grow and learn through. In the end, it will pay off. There might be bumps in the road but it will pay off.