we hear but do we really listen?

smiling businessmen listening to young female during interview6 people not to be.

by steven e. sacks

do you ever find yourself speaking to someone and notice that they are battling you and their iphone? a quick glance here, a one- or two-word text response there.

more: the holy grail: finding the right talent | battling staff turnover | confronting leadership: not such a bad thing | the damocles sword of staff retention | does your board know its role? | can we please refer to accounting as a profession?
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unfortunately, it is the new normal – whether in business or in our personal lives. those of us who encountered different forms of technology tools and platforms during the second half of our careers still believe that effective interpersonal communication still counts for something. of course, in this era of uncivil discourse, speaking over one another has, too, become the new normal.
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2 lessons clients taught me

older businesswoman pondering, seated by windowwhat our clients can teach us.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

let’s discuss lean six sigma as it applies to cpa firms. let’s discuss lean processes and error tracking.

more: cpas can’t help you | the value-pricing con job | no consultant can solve your biggest problem | the agile accountant | the 21st-century cpa firm | the great marketing hoax | the cure for commoditization | ruthlessly efficient workflow management | what the value-pricers get wrong | four amusing millennial myths | the annual tax meeting is dead. clients killed it. | 3 rules for asking great tax-return questions

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you’ve probably heard of lean six sigma. our manufacturing clients implemented it back in the 1990s.

i’m betting this is the first time you’ve heard of its application to the cpa world.

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cpas can’t help you

young asian entrepreneur reading magazinelook outside the cpa world for practice management answers.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

there are no easy answers. the people who are selling “firm of the future” once sold “elder care” as the future. did you make a killing off elder care? that was one rotting corpse of an idea.

more: the value-pricing con job | no consultant can solve your biggest problem | the great marketing hoax | what the value-pricers get wrong | 3 rules for asking great tax-return questions

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do you want advice from someone who found consulting to cpas more profitable than being a cpa?

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the agile accountant

scrum line art illustrationlearning a lesson from software programmers.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

agile project management conjures up the image of scruffy software programmers surrounded by empty pizza boxes at 3 a.m. hacking away at producing the next google.

more: the cure for commoditization | ruthlessly efficient workflow management | what the value-pricers get wrong | four amusing millennial myths | the annual tax meeting is dead. clients killed it. | 3 rules for asking great tax-return questions

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what could agile possibly bring to accounting and income tax preparation?

actually a lot, and it could transform your workflow and provide a quantum leap in the efficiency of your project management.

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the 21st-century cpa firm

young businesswoman using a tabletlearning how to learn.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

our profession is woefully behind state-of-the-art management.

more: the cure for commoditization | ruthlessly efficient workflow management | what the value-pricers get wrong | four amusing millennial myths | the annual tax meeting is dead. clients killed it. | 3 rules for asking great tax-return questions

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have you read anything about agile project management in cpa firms? no? well then, lean in a little.

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