Monthly Archives: August 2013

Partners Demand Accountability, Except….

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Except when it affects themselves.

By Marc Rosenberg
Author of How To Bring in New Partners

Partner accountability addresses what is expected of each partner, how partners will be managed so that the expectations are met and what the consequences will be for failure to meet these expectations.

I have interviewed hundreds of partners on partner accountability.  I frequently ask them if they would like the firm to have partner accountability.  The most common response I get, somewhat apocryphal, is:  “Yes, I’m all for partner accountability (long pause) as long as it doesn’t affect me!” READ MORE →

Top Ten Best Places to Find an Accounting Job

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Finance sector jobless rate falls to 4.7% from recession high 7.7% With the job market strengthening, career opportunities for finance, tax and accounting professionals are widening to places like Seattle and Phoenix, beyond traditional financial industry centers like New York according … Continued

The 9 Building Blocks of a Winning Vision that the Big Four Have Discovered

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Learn more about the research findings

And that you can use too.

By August J. Aquila and Robert J. Lees
Creating the Effective Partnership

What should a compelling vision contain?

While we still see some visions that talk about becoming the leading player in a state or region, we are seeing a real recognition that a vision is a lot more than the statement we used to see firms use across accounting and the other professional services firms sectors.

More Creating the Effective Partnership: The Politics of an Accounting Firm Partnership  |  Nine Rules to Creating Highly Effective Partnership Teams   |   Audacious Vision and Grand Purpose Prove Essential to CPA Success | Are You Creating a Sustainable Firm? | The Debilitating Effects of Denial at Accounting Firms | The Five Psychological Hurdles that CPA Firms Must Confront Today

Consider, now, the common ideas from the visions of the Big Four firms:

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Staff Training Starts with Doing Something

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Ed Mendlowitz, CPA, ABV, PFS
Author of “The 30:30 Training Method“

Question: Thanks for the training memo. Although I requested your memo because I know I need help with improving efficiency and the like with my practice, many of your thoughts and ideas I have already thought of but simply did not implement them.

Response: I think you hit part of the nail on the head in what you wrote – you’ve had many of the ideas and “simply did not implemented them.” You need to make changes or things stay the same. READ MORE →

How to Survive as the Future Unfolds

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Are you ready for the new age of Professional Services Marketing 3.0?

by Bruce W. Marcus
Professional Services Marketing 3.0

Professional Services Marketing 3.0? This from someone who has written, spoken, railed against jargon and gimmicks?

Well, yes, because in this rapidly changing economic environment, intensely competitive landscape, and highly charged computer age, it’s the best way to define significant evolution from one distinct period to the next. But, that’s exactly what’s happened – and is happening – with CPA firms. And in management practices, business models, and structure as well. READ MORE →

Competitive Economy Weighs on Work-Life Balance

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CPAs share some of their best time-management tips. How hard are YOU working?

by Rick Telberg

With the days of summer rapidly dwindling, accountants and finance managers across the nation are grabbing their last vacation days. But it’s not always easy.

Many finance and accounting professionals are working harder than ever, doing more with less as their organizations cut back with the recession. Balancing life and work becomes all the more difficult and all the more important. So we’ve been asking readers for their best time-management tips for a balanced life.

Here are nine of the best we’ve received so far: READ MORE →