Gary Boomer: No Small Changes [VIDEO]
In an age of massive transformation, taking baby steps won't do.
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Is ‘Expertise’ Blocking Innovation at Your Firm?
And five areas where innovation will produce significant results
by L. Gary Boomer
Accounting firms generally are not who you think of when you mention “innovation,” yet many firms excel at innovation and there is a pattern to their success.
Six Ways to Cope with Technological Change
Technology isn’t new. But the pace of change is.
And it’s adding new stresses to CPA firms every day, according to L. Gary Boomer of Boomer Consulting.
The impact can be seen — and felt — in how firms attract, retain, nurture and leverage talent, he tells the CPA Leadership Institute. Staffing takes on a whole new meaning when it’s done within a firm-wide culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Here’s how: READ MORE →
How to Nurture the Genius Around You — Even if You’re Not a Genius Yourself
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 →
Strategy Execution: “Hope Is Not a Strategy” [VIDEO]
What you need to know to get things done.
Gary Boomer of Boomer Consulting explains in this extended, 7-minute interview how good plans can go awry in today’s accounting firm.
Boomer’s talking points:
- Most partners like to hold others accountable, but not themselves.
- Many firms fail to conduct the critically important conversations that can avoid major problems from developing.
- It’s what partners don’t know that gets them into trouble.
- Why a CPA may be the wrong person for your firm.
- Who’s missing from your strategy sessions.
- How to go beyond hope as a strategy.