When Staff Accountants Don’t Want to Supervise

Ed Mendlowitz CPA The Practice Doctor Q and AYou have 4 choices.

By Ed Mendlowitz
The CPA Trendlines Practice Doctor

QUESTION: I have a key staff person who does not like supervising people. He says he can do everything faster and better than anyone else and doesn’t want to take the time to teach someone who, he says, won’t do it as well. He is a workhorse and spends anywhere from 50 to 60 hours a week all year round. What do I do?

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