Monthly Archives: February 2012

Nailed It: HoganTaylor Takes on Corporate Structure

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Randy Nail, CEO, HoganTaylor
Randy Nail, CEO, HoganTaylor

Randy Nail named CEO.

In a restructuring designing for agile maneuvering and rapid growth, Tulsa, Okla. accounting firm HoganTaylor has reportedly named a new CEO, promoted a new tax practice leader and created a new board. The new structure, very different from that used in many accounting firms, mirrors the corporate structure found in most businesses. HoganTaylor is the largest public accounting firm in the Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas region with more than 160 employees and two offices in Tulsa, and offices in Oklahoma City and Fayetteville.

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Hi Tech Contenders Battle for the Cloud with Fresh Venture Funding

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Jamie Sutherland, President, US Operations, Xero
Jamie Sutherland, President, US Operations, Xero

Google Exec Backs Cloud Accounting Start-Up, while Xero Raises $16 Million.

Xero online accounting software for small businesses has secured $16.6 million in new funding from existing investors to accelerate growth in the United States. The company recently appointed former Sage vice president and general manager  Jamie Sutherland, as president of U.S. operations and doubled its U.S. team.

Meanwhile, Reach Process Outsourcing Ltd. of Chennai, India, has raised a fresh round of angel funding for its portal Reachaccountant.com from investors including Google-India managing director Rajan Anandan, who takes a seat on the board.

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Slackers, Space Cadets, Drama Queens: Managing and Motivating ‘Challenging’ Employees

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Sandra Wiley, COO, Boomer Consulting Inc.
Sandra Wiley, COO, Boomer Consulting Inc.

Here are just seven types of difficult co-workers. You may know more.

by Sandra Wiley

Anyone who has managed a team has most likely stumbled across a challenging employee. Identifying the challenging behavior is easy; finding ways to change the behavior and motivate the team member so they exhibit superstar qualities is the true challenge.

Why are they so difficult? Why do they continue the unpleasant behavior, even when they are told that it needs to change? Because it is working for them! This is behavior that has worked for them before, and allows them to get what they want.

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How Smart Firms Use Market Research

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Gale Crosley
Gale Crosley

The strategic method of growing your firm.

by Gale Cosley
Crosley+Company

When it comes to business building in CPA firms, most partners are too comfortable with random acts of networking.

Traditional banker breakfasts, lawyer lunches and chamber cocktails might have been good enough when the economy was soaring, but not anymore.

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The Cloud Won’t Make You into a Superhero

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Edi Osborne

And it won’t rescue the accounting business.

by Edi Osborne
Mentor Plus

“Is it a bird? A plane?  No, it’s an Accountant!”

We can all relate to the desire to be a superhero, to swoop down from the clouds in Superman/woman-like fashion to rescue the damsel in distress. However, if the accounting profession is banking on mobile or cloud technology to make them a superhero in their client’s eyes, clients should not hold out much hope of being rescued.

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Innovation, Collaboration, and Opportunity

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A new movement is stirring within the CPA profession, led by a new tech- and social-savvy generation. Last week in a Chicago suburb, we met for a first-of-its-kind un-conference, organized by Jody Padar of New Vision  CPA Group and titled I C … Continued