what does the next generation of practice leaders face?
“now, more than ever before firms need to be clear regarding their roi proposition to clients.”
by martin bissett
passport to partnership
leadership
action plans for transitioning partners
the transition process is about making the retiring partner less attractive as the client’s first point of contact.
by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 / succession institute
the key to the client transition process is the action plan that the transitioning partner needs to follow for each client.
more on performance management: partner retirement and the war for clients | how retirement issues affect succession planning | 7 succession questions to ignore for now | the pitfalls of equity allocation and reallocation | how to target what skills to develop now | job 1 for the practice owner: client management
for a small tax client, the directive could be as simple as a one-year transition and turning it over to whoever has been assigned to take over that account. for example, the action plan might be something like:
partner accountability: how and for what?
13 things to hold partners accountable for, 10 ways to do it and 12 questions to ask. bonus: example of a personal accountability plan.
by marc rosenberg
cpa firm retreats
partner accountability means different things to different people. some quotations:
“if there are no consequences to failing to achieve a goal, then it is less likely that the goal will be accomplished.” – marc rosenberg
“if people are not prepared to be held accountable for what they do, it is unlikely they will achieve much.” – david maister
more on retreats: 30 marketing and growth questions to cover at a retreat | how marketing for cpa firms is different | why create a marketing plan? | thinking of merging? discuss it at a retreat | how to take action after a retreat | 12 simple rules for a retreat | leave your retreat with a to do list | every retreat needs a leader, but who? | retreats are no place for clowns | who should participate in a retreat? | retreat logistics: how long, what kind? | what should cpa firms discuss at retreats? | why do cpa firms conduct retreats?
“i’m a partner in this firm. that gives me the right to do whatever i darn well please, whenever i want to do it.” – firm partner to whom “accountability” is a dirty word
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5 questions for every mp to answer honestly
before you can change your firm, you have to gauge where it is now.
by robert j. lees, august j. aquila and derek klyhn
creating the effective partnership
how do successful managing partners respond to the internal and external challenges they face?
more on leadership for pro members: 6 practical ways to innovate | the 4 best ways to use your senior partners | how to tell a culture change is due | 11 steps to building a better partnership team | why your firm should be a republic | partnership is about persuasion
without exception, all of the partners we spoke to talked about the need to have a clear sense of direction that the partners, in particular, could coalesce around. but what they considered even more important is the translation of that direction into a compelling vision and the strategies for achieving it.
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inspiration is good. but consistency always wins.
yes, even during busy season.
by martin bissett
business development on a budget
turning problems into opportunities
what the highly successful do by habit and the rest of us need to learn the hard way.
by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间
every accounting firm has a problem. sometimes many problems. something is preventing exponential growth or inhibiting sales or tangling up the it system or requiring too many weekends at the office or causing clients to drift away or… well, the list could go on forever. no organization is perfect any more than any human being is perfect or any machine is perfectly efficient. somewhere in every firm there is a problem which, if solved, would make the firm better.
you need to find that problem and solve it. you need a system. here’s how some of the smartest people we know go about tackling their problems. read more →
what challenges really mean for partners
the 3 challenges on the road to partnership.
by martin bissett
passport to partnership
best practices for client transition
improper transitions can lead to reduced retirement benefits.
by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 / succession institute
when a partner is retiring, there is a transition process that we recommend. let’s break it down into a few simple steps:
more on performance management: how client transition is abused | best practices for mandatory retirement | how retirement issues affect succession planning | succession: the questions to care about | 7 succession questions to ignore for now | how partner ratings factor into equity | hazards of not reallocating equity | the pitfalls of equity allocation and reallocation | develop your employees or suffer the consequences | cpa firm performance assessments: 15 core competencies, 21 questions | how to target what skills to develop now | what having your employees’ backs means | 5 harmful management attitudes (and how to fix them) | do cpa firms need management or leadership? | job 1 for the practice owner: client management
partners love, hate leadership
management can’t be left to others. (drat!)
by robert j. lees, august j. aquila and derek klyhn
creating the effective partnership
regardless of their ownership structure, most firms either operate as partnerships or would prefer to operate as partnerships.
more on leadership for pro members: 8 ways leaders destroy firms | the 4 best ways to use your senior partners | 11 steps to building a better partnership team | 6 things leaders must do | how to build a growth-centric pricing strategy | how to combine two firms after merger: carefully
the tensions between being a business and the loss of the values and ethics of being a partnership feature strongly in our research.
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partner retirement and the war for clients
bonus checklist: 8 best uses for a retiring partner.
by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 / succession institute
once a firm is ready to phase out a partner in retirement, it’s time to move on to the client transition process. but this is the single most abused part of the entire succession process.
more on performance management: best practices for mandatory retirement | how retirement issues affect succession planning | 7 succession questions to ignore for now | how partner ratings factor into equity | the pitfalls of equity allocation and reallocation | cpa firm performance assessments: 15 core competencies, 21 questions | what having your employees’ backs means | 5 harmful management attitudes (and how to fix them)
the reason why this part of the process is the most abused is because both sides – the partner nearing mso (henceforth referred to as retiring partners or retired partners) and the remaining partners – are motivated to do the wrong things. for example, it is in the best interest of retiring partners to not transition their clients because if they don’t, the firm will need to keep them around to continue to work on them after mso. if this isn’t bad enough, because they did not transition their clients properly, the retired partners have a great deal of leverage since they are now entitled to their full retirement pay and still have control over some or most of their client base. this allows the retired partners to gain additional benefits from the partner group by basically reselling their clients to them again. unfortunately, this situation is more the norm than the exception.
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the true measure of practice growth
the three critical questions you should be asking.
by lee eisenstaedt
leading with courage academy
question: is your firm really growing as much as you think?
you probably celebrate when you win a new client, but what do you do when you lose one? which leads to this little exercise… what are your revenues and profits over the past 12 months after you:
• take out any mergers and acquisitions completed during that time?
• take out any price increases implemented in the past 12 months?
• take out all the new clients acquired in the past year?
what’s left? what kind of real growth remains? even with those questions answered, you may be ignoring three fundamental considerations. read more →
how to decide who decides what
bonus charts: 15 habits that make a partner. plus: equity vs. non-equity partners, and a voting decision grid.
by marc rosenberg
cpa firm retreats
“i can’t manage this firm if i have to take a vote every time i want to make a decision.” – tony kendall, ceo of top 200 firm mitchell & titus, shortly after taking over from the firm’s founder.
more on retreats: 30 marketing and growth questions to cover at a retreat | how marketing for cpa firms is different | why create a marketing plan? | thinking of merging? discuss it at a retreat | how to take action after a retreat | 12 simple rules for a retreat | leave your retreat with a to do list | every retreat needs a leader, but who? | retreats are no place for clowns | who should participate in a retreat? | retreat logistics: how long, what kind? | what should cpa firms discuss at retreats? | why do cpa firms conduct retreats?
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there are decisions that managing partners should make without a partner vote.
8 goal types for leadership, accountability
“production” and “client service” aren’t specific enough. nail it down.
by auqust aquila
creating the effective partnership
as leaders of a firm, partners need to do more than pay for themselves and contribute to overhead expenses. their duties to the firm and to each other extend to bringing in new business, improving their own skills as well as developing skills in others, contributing to strategy and a passion for continuous improvement in all things.
more on leadership for pro members: 8 questions that staff ask in a merger | does your dashboard need fine-tuning? | 6 practical ways to innovate | the 4 best ways to use your senior partners | today’s top six partner compensation trends | why your firm should be a republic | partnership is about persuasion | 6 things leaders must do
most firms don’t take enough time to develop meaningful partner goals because it is a very time-consuming process. but, if you want to get better results in this highly competitive environment, this is the road you need to take.
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