How big is a small firm? AICPA says $25 million.
New market intelligence has surfaced as the result of a small row between the AICPA and the U.S. Small Business Administration, suggesting the idea of a mid-sized firm may be a wishful notion. According to AICPA calculations, Big Four firms control about half the revenue and half the jobs, and most of the rest of the industry should be classified as small business.
Any system will do. But you need a system…
No economic slowdown has been as bad for jobs as this one. The big red line is the current employment recession. Nothing in the last 63 years has been as painful or as prolonged for American workers. The good news? … Continued
Take a lesson in change management from Weight Watchers.
by August Aquila
aquilaadvisors.com
David Maister in “Strategy and the Fat Smoker” notes that there are two elements needed in order for us to change. The first is a willingness to do it. The second is determination. But alas, we know the path to hell is paved with good intentions.
There are a multitude of platitudes about change. But unless we change we don’t grow and the skills that got us to where we are, won’t get us to the next level. None of us can achieve more unless we become more. If I fail to change, I will not produce different or better results, but only the same thing. This is extremely dangerous because the world around us – our clients, our employees, the market place continue to change.
Take a quick acid test. What do you know today that you did not know five years ago? Ten years ago? If your list is short, you haven’t changed much. If your list is long, congratulations! The longer the list, the better.
L. Gary Boomer has been talking lately about Liz Wiseman’s new book, “Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter.”
“Multipliers” reports research that shows so-called “multiplier” leaders get two times more production than “diminishing” leaders.
“Multipliers are genius-makers,” Boomer says, “where everyone around them gets smarter.” By genius, she is referring to innovation, productivity and the collective intelligence of the team.
Multiplier leaders are not just “feel-good” managers, Boomer says: READ MORE →