Bill Hagaman, Withum: Metrics for Partners

Strategy 2012: Talent, Pricing, Accountability

What are your critical challenges for 2012, and what can do you about them? A number of the profession’s leading lights have been sharing their thoughts with Accounting Today. Here’s one:

Bill Hagaman
WithumSmith+Brown

We see the top challenges as retaining talent, pricing and partner accountability. We’ve worked hard at creating a culture that our professionals want to work in.

READ ALL THE 2012 STRATEGIES:

This starts with our philosophy that no jerks are allowed at any level and while we will work with partners and staff to mentor them regarding the proper behavior in the office we will not tolerate any unprofessional conduct toward our staff.