It’s OK to Have Favorite Clients


Happy business professionals giving high five hand slap

Here’s how to get more work from them.

By Penny Breslin
It’s Not Just the Numbers

You cannot do everything all at once for everyone. This group exercise calls on your team to be an integral part of selecting the best clients to approach for back-office support services.

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Sit down with your team members and identify those clients you like working with now. Get their experience of working with these clients. Because your team’s collaboration is critical to success, getting their input is vital. The changes that occur will affect them as much as it will your clients.
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It’s NOT Just the Numbers

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Pick Your Favorite Clients

Happy business professionals giving high five hand slapThen get more work from those clients.

By Penny Breslin
It’s Not Just the Numbers

You cannot do everything all at once for everyone. This group exercise calls on your team to be an integral part of selecting the best clients to approach for back-office support services.

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Sit down with your team members and identify those clients you like working with now. Get their experience of working with these clients. Because your team’s collaboration is critical to success, getting their input is vital. The changes that occur will affect them as much as it will your clients.
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Geni Whitehouse: Unlock Your Accountant Super Powers

The Disruptors: Geni Whitehouse shows how to shift from a focus on mere data to priceless wisdom.

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With Liz Farr
for CPA Trendlines

COVID showed us that we can do more than traditional services and that we can respond to change even when we don’t have all the information, CPA Geni Whitehouse tells Liz Farr in an exclusive interview for CPA Trendlines.

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COVID has given the profession the opportunity to impact clients in a very real way, and clients now see accountants in a very different light, says Whitehouse long an evangelist in the profession for progressive practices and innovation.

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