People Don’t Buy What You Do [VIDEO]
They buy what you stand for.
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Longtime Clifton CEO Sees More M&A Mania to Come [VIDEO]
The need for leadership, succession pressures, and bench strength are driving today’s merger mania, says Carl George
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Marc Rosenberg: Why CPAs Aren’t Making More Money [VIDEO]
Marc Rosenberg, author of The Rosenberg MAP Survey, says too many CPA firms fail to heed their own advice to clients: They don’t run their firms like a business.
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David Bergstein: How Succession Planning Drives M&A [VIDEO]
M&A is the only succession strategy left for many older firms and partners. For latecomers to exit strategy, merging out is the default option, according to David Bergstein, CPA.CITP, director, of strategic relationships at CCH. Here he talks about that and more: leadership development and revenue growth.
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Winning Is Everything 2011: Key Take-Aways [VIDEO] #WIE11
More than 300 top CPA firm leaders gather in Las Vegas for the 10th annual Winning Is Everything conference staged by uber-gurus Allan Koltin, Gary Boomer, Rebecca Ryan and Gary Shamis. Follow the developments live on Twitter, hashtag #WIE11. And click here for more CPA Trendlines coverage and interviews with attendees. Gary Shamis, managing partner of SS&G Financial Services, reflects on the key take-aways. Gary Boomer, from Boomer Consulting, talks about the critical importance of three success drivers for 2011: A vision for the future, Personal accountability, and The courage to make some tough decisions. Allan Koltin at Koltin Consulting says “leaders can indeed make a difference.” And he gives a thorough run-down of the conference’s highlights.
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Gary Shamis: Everybody’s in the Same Boat [VIDEO] #WIE11
And the seas are kind of rough. Gary Shamis, managing partner of SS&G Financial Services and one of the producers of Winning Is Everything, reflects on the key take-aways. More CPA Trendlines coverage here.
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Carl George: Have You Been Taking Care of Business? [VIDEO] #WIE11
Or have you just been riding the wave? Today’s winning firms are the ones who have prepared for times like these. “The accounting business is good if you are ready for it,” Carl George, the legendary chief executive of Clifton Gunderson, commenting at the 10th annual Winning Is Everything conference. “If you’re not ready, if you haven’t taken care of business, if you’ve kind of ridden the wave for the last ten years and really haven’t taken care of business, provided for succession, gotten the proper governance in place, the you might have some trouble, no question about that.” More CPA Trendlines coverage here.
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