strategy

and mergers are getting tougher. ouch!

by marc rosenberg
the rosenberg survey

firms are stepping up their efforts to be more liberal and staff-friendly with their staff policies. more unlimited pto polices including many variations of this, working remotely, staff setting their own hours, etc.

unfortunately, i am not seeing any changes in the lip service most partners give to staff mentoring. eighty percent of firms never make it to the second generation – many reasons for this but a big one is that the quality of partner mentoring sucks.
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what the best firms already know.

by rick telberg
the rosenberg survey

卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 finds a wealth of information in the new rosenberg survey, the leading national compendium of financial and operating statistics for cpa firms.

a host of consultants points out some of the things they see cpa firms doing right and wrong.

here are some of the rights.

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help others to help you.

by domenick j. esposito
8 steps to great

all partners and partner candidates in small and midsized cpa firms are very aware that they need to originate new business each and every year. some are very successful at this aspect of the business; others not so much.

more on strategic planning: 8 steps to small firm survival | don’t have partner candidates? whose fault is that? | how partners fail | is it time to manage your receivables like a real business? | mine vs. yours vs. ours
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many of those who are not very successful at originating new business haven’t developed the necessary skills to be effective at it. as a result, it isn’t an awful lot of fun.
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go big or go deep: here’s how.

by domenick j. esposito
8 steps to great

there are approximately 14,000 multi-partner cpa firms in the u.s. and yet, according to accounting today’s 2018 top 100 firms survey, only 100 firms had annual revenues of at least $40 million; the median revenue was approximately $86 million.

more on strategic planning: don’t have partner candidates? whose fault is that? | how partners fail | is it time to manage your receivables like a real business? | mine vs. yours vs. ours | 22 things leaders must do | 21 questions to help unlock accelerated growth | m&a candidates: valuations and vetting
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the statistics are staggering. we have many small cpa firms in this country serving the mid-market and, regardless of size, in this emerging economy many firms are finding it difficult to organically grow their audit/tax practices at an acceptable rate (say 6 percent to 8 percent per annum). without healthy profitable growth on the top and bottom lines, any firm will struggle and ultimately die.
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8 competencies to develop.

by domenick j. esposito
8 steps to great

as i travel across the country working with small and midsized cpa firms, one of the most common concerns expressed by managing partners and other senior partners at these firms is, “we don’t have a sufficient number of partner candidates who can help perpetuate the firm into the next generation.”

more on strategic planning: prune your firm: ‘rightsize’ managers and partners | 10 roles of an executive committee | why do we accept poor new business results? | the link between strategy and winning on value | the top 11 reasons cpa firm mergers fail
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when i ask the question, “what are you doing to develop the next generation?” i usually hear a lot of lip service and superficial things that, in most cases, don’t add up to a hill of beans.
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