OUTLOOK & ANALYSIS

Wireless Is Hot, and Here’s How to Handle It

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Novatel Wireless MIFI 4510L

What you need to know to go from Wi-Fi to Mi-Fi.

By Roman H. Kepczyk
Quantum of Paperless

One of the revolutions in remote connectivity is happening within your cellphone, as digital cellular providers have beefed up and expanded their networks to provide reliable Internet access to remote devices.

About 94 percent of firms utilize smartphones for access to email, calendar and contacts, and 33 percent provide tablets or netbooks to senior management, according to the Association for Accounting Administration.

Kepczyk
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The first step is to determine which telecom provider is the best in your firm’s area of operations. Consider: READ MORE →

Check Your Relationship Ratios for Better Business Success

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By Sandi Smith Leyva
The Accountant’s Accelerator

Here’s a quick exercise: Choose any person in your work life or personal life. Now think back to last few interactions you had with that person. Recall what was said and classify your list into two groups.

What interactions, comments and questions did you have with your chosen person that were negative? Here are some examples of things that are in the “negative” group: READ MORE →

What Does Being a Partner Mean?

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Aquila How to engage partners in the firms future clip square cvrPartners persuade their people to join them on the journey and to play a part in building a better firm.

By Robert J.  Lees and 
August J. Aquila
Creating the Effective Partnership

Just as the partners need to engage with the firm’s vision so do the firm’s people. But, like everyone, they actually engage with people not words. So, effective partners continually engage with their people, regardless of their level and role. They go out of their way to create a personal bond, sharing personal information and operating with honesty and integrity in all of their interactions.

Creating the Effective Partnership: Every Partner’s First Question: ‘What’s in It for Me?’ | The 9 Building Blocks of a Winning Vision that the Big Four Have Discovered | The Politics of an Accounting Firm Partnership | Nine Rules to Creating Highly Effective Partnership Teams | Audacious Vision and Grand Purpose Prove Essential to CPA Success | Are You Creating a Sustainable Firm? | The Debilitating Effects of Denial at Accounting Firms | The Five Psychological Hurdles that CPA Firms Must Confront Today READ MORE →

4 Steps to Get More from Your Training Budget

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How to run your training like a business. By Michael Ramos and Cate Miller With CPA firms spending 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent of revenue on learning, budgets can be hundreds of thousands of dollars even for a modest-sized firm. But firms invest … Continued