Five Questions to Ask Your Partners about Accountability

Three business colleagues arguing while seated at tableFive consequences when it’s lacking.

By August J. Aquila
What Makes a Great Partnership

Why accountability now?

Lack of accountability is not a new phenomenon. There are several factors that have caused accountability to become an important element of successful CPA firms today.

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The external environment has changed and firms find themselves in an environment of:

  • Scarcity of people. Finding good staff and developing future partners still remain critical problems for the profession. One of the key issues facing firms today is the lack of future owners. This problem has reached epic proportions that firms are requiring more of their current owners and staff.