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what new partners should know about buyouts

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man's hands on pile of moneybonus: 28 main provisions.

by marc rosenberg
the rosenberg practice management library

this article summarizes key points that new partners should know about cpa firm partner buyout plans. if you want greater detail, you’re in luck. we devoted an entire book to the subject, cpa firm partner retirement/buyout plans.

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one of the benefits that new partners receive in exchange for their buy-in is that they will receive a buyout when they retire. this amount can be in excess of a million dollars at many firms. receiving a retirement buyout is one of the major reasons becoming a partner is so lucrative.
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the 14 trends crushing today’s accountants

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business hand holding hot chart in crystal ballplus: nine fatal flaws in the accounting firm business model.

by marc rosenberg
the role of the managing partner

one purpose of strategic planning is to address trends taking place in the profession to ensure that the firm isn’t caught flat-footed when major changes or opportunities present themselves.

more: 13 traits of the best managing partners | top issues for millennial managing partners | the managing partner’s secret weapon | how a good managing partner impacts profitability | how a great managing partner impacts firm growth | compensation is no way to manage partners
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believe it or not, most of these trends have not changed much over the past decade or so. and the global pandemic only served to disrupt the status quo and accelerate long-standing trends.
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it’s time to herd your highly compensated cats

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six questions to ask yourself about partner accountability.

by bill penczak

the managing partner was trying to contain his frustration, but it was evident, even on a zoom call. we had been reviewing the status of a focused market blitz, in which each of the partners was to come up with only three targets on which they would focus development efforts. when we reviewed the aggregated list, one-third of the partners had not responded to the request.

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he was pissed, and i felt bad for him. neither the carrot nor the stick approach had worked. and he was facing another example of lack of partner accountability, which i’m finding is one of the most common frustrations of firm management, regardless of size or specialty.

no firm runs perfectly, and partners, for the most part, have the right intention of supporting firm initiatives and improvements. but they get enveloped in client deliverables, dealing with unplanned people issues, and trying to keep up with billing, collections and wip management.

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13 traits of the best managing partners

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senior businessman with his team at officethat smile, that teamwork? genuine.

by marc rosenberg
the role of the managing partner

i have worked with over a thousand cpa firms during my 20-plus years of consulting. i’ve worked closely with hundreds of them. the 80/20 pareto principle certainly applies here: 20 percent shine brightly and are worthy of adulation. (managing partners, please, please, don’t call me to ask if you are in the 20 percent or the 80 percent group. i’ll plead the fifth!)

more: top issues for millennial managing partners | 44 hard-earned tips from new managing partners | how to enforce the partner agreement | the 9 biggest merger pitfalls | 10 ways to hold partners accountable | make sure partners focus on two things
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today, i’ll share with you the traits of those managing partners who, in my opinion, were the best.
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comp: what new partners don’t know

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businessman sitting on scales with stack of coins in other traybest practices: top firms use these seven systems for allocating income.

by marc rosenberg
the rosenberg practice management library

it would take a book much longer than this post to properly explain the finer points of partner compensation, especially how each of the major compensation systems works.

(oh, did i forget? we wrote such a book, cpa firm partner compensation: the art and science.)

more: making partner: 15 steps to the buy-in | making partner: do the math | a crash course in the business of public accounting | making partner: what managers need to know | nine reasons people are promoted to partner
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as is the case with all of my lists, no one firm incorporates all of these practices in its partner compensation policy.

but i have observed all of the practices below in one or more of the best firms i’ve worked with over 20 years.
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