No Alignment? No Execution.

Seven steps to getting things done right.

August Aquila
August Aquila

Strategy, they say, is easy. Execution is hard.

Excellent execution beats excellent strategy most of the time. Unfortunately, at many accounting frims, good strategies die a slow death as intertia, obstinacy or simple disinterest take hold.

The roadmap to success may seem easy to follow. But, as management consultant August Aquila says, “it takes real commitment from the firm’s leaders to do it and follow through.”

Aquila is CEO of AQUILA Global Advisors, specializing in succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, and compensation plan consulting. Here’s his seven-step formula for translating good intentions into real results. READ MORE →

The Partner Compensation Checklist

It’s a process.

by Gary L. Adamson
Adamson Advisory

There is a constant topic of conversation both inside firms and at almost every conference. It is the age-old question of partner compensation and “how do you do it”. As our firm grew, we evolved from everyone is equal, to the “slip of paper” approach, to a more goal driven, performance based system. Every firm is a little bit different but the issues surrounding how you split the pie are pretty consistent.

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Paul Dunn: CPAs Change Lives

Here the legendary practice management guru Paul Dunn previews his planned talk at the AICPA Pracitioners conference in June. And here he is delivering a TED talk:
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