Derek Henry

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About Derek Henry

I help people save a lot of time in four key ways: 1. Implementing and optimizing BlackLine to automate finance and accounting processes. Automating all kinds of common tasks in Excel with hundreds of configurable macros in a valuable Excel add-in. Engaging and entertaining training on Extreme Excel Efficiency and Winning with all your HEART (efficiency, accountability, leadership, and communication). Consulting automation projects. Follow me and ring the bell in my profile so you don't miss enlightening and entertaining content! Sign up for my newsletter to get access to valuable insights and resources: https://excelevate.co/wp/#nlsu Efficiency is my passion. It's like a never-ending game of continuous improvement. Some people work harder, some people work smarter.I do both by striving for 1% better than the day before. I have a background in Accounting and IT, helping me transition from public accounting to corporate accounting/financial reporting to accounting software sales and consulting. Personal Mission Statement: To save a lot of people a lot of time by educating, enlightening, entertaining, and empowering. Core Values:*Hospitality *Efficiency *Accountability *Resourcefulness *Tenacity “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart.” - Colossians 3:23 Favorite Quotes:*"Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to."- Sir Richard Branson *Efficiency is clever laziness."-David Dunham *"Chance favors the prepared mind."- Louis Pasteur *"Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change."- Tony Robbins *"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."- African Proverb Great advice I've learned:*Always be learning (especially from mistakes). FAIL = Future Attempt In Learning.*Be aware of and think about what you're doing. Use your brain - it was given to you for a reason!*Keep an open mind. Ask plenty of questions.*Live within your means. Treat your future self as importantly as your current self.*Don't ever burn bridges. You never know when you might need to cross one again.*Know your limits - under-promise and over-deliver."No" is an underused complete sentence! Personal: I live in the DFW TX area with my wife, two daughters, and our two goldendoodles. Yes, I'm a Texan that drives a truck, often wears boots, and listens to 🪕country music. I love playing 🥏disc golf and 🥎softball, and my family is very active in our church.