talent & career development

rate your personal purpose

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bonus: experts discuss challenges for new leaders.

by martin bissett
passport to partnership

the passport to partnership study collated a number of responses in a conversational style. the need for commitment is showcased below and was repeated many times in various different ways.

so many use us as a stepping stone and we’re now trying to determine who those are at the interview stage.

more: nine checkpoints before every prospect meeting | thirteen ways to show commitment | clients can’t grow without you | seven mistakes in winning new fees | how to develop your communication abilities | five questions for measuring partner potential
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proof – if any were needed – that long-term commitment is not a given in the next generation of accounting professionals.

one question we ask is: would we want to pass our firm on to someone like this?
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47 types of business valuation to provide

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there are great money-making opportunities, but don’t overlook the difficulties in getting started.

by ed mendlowitz
202 questions and answers: managing an accounting practice

question: i am exploring the business valuation credential as a way to expand our practice. i’m still (relatively) young to the profession and would (i think) love to expand into this niche area.

a few things:

more: referral fee? forget it | should you offer financial services? | ready to retire? selling your practice is no strategy | 20 things you need for a business valuation
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1) we don’t do any bv now so my ability to acquire the abv credential would be difficult w/o the experience aspect.
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move announces best firms for women, best firms for equity leadership

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pinched between immediate capacity shortfalls and applying talent to innovation, firms are crafting new ways to recognize and reward women’s resilience.

by bonnie buol ruszczyk

you can’t go the distance on an empty tank.

it takes pacing, re-fueling and constant systems checks to achieve long-term goals, for both accounting and advisory firms and women in the profession. individual career sustainability is essential for firm growth – and vice versa.

in the recently released 2023 accounting move project report, a talent-starved profession receives a fresh influx of strategies and inspiration for investing in the women it must attract and retain to achieve short goals and survive long-term. with nearly 75% of accounting firm leaders eligible for retirement, and accounting degree college enrollment continuing to drop, the profession is at a crossroads. it is more important than ever for firms to find ways to attract and retain employees to not only meet increasing client needs, but to simply survive. so, what are firms that are outpacing the industry doing differently?

more: jina etienne: practice fearless inclusion | csr for cpas: the missing ingredient | new study: embracing diversity in accounting |why the diversity problem won’t be ‘fixed’ |sponsorship might keep talent from exiting | new study: embracing diversity in accounting
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the accounting move project report finds firms embracing the new super skill of career sustainability are rising to the occasion. for women, career sustainability addresses the capacity to maintain motivation and energy at every step, while rebalancing the personal and professional with each engagement. for firms, it engenders a leadership culture, defining new capabilities, qualifications, and measurements for unmapped growth. and for both, this super skill is the ability to “skate to where the puck is” on slanted ice through upended physics. through it all, mutual respect and collaboration remains paramount, the inescapable legacy of the workplace upheaval brought on by the pandemic.

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thirteen ways to show commitment

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let the partners see that you mean business.

by martin bissett
passport to partnership

rising from senior manager to partner often means being promoted ahead of our peers and contemporaries. it creates a gap in earnings, stature and influence compared to those who were our colleagues on a level playing field just yesterday.

more: five ways to make selling easier | three questions about conversion | six keys to turning prospects into clients | don’t overlook internal communication | four reasons people struggle with communication | why firm culture matters for partners | competence is step one of seven | three things that rich accountants do | four reasons it’s hard to sell | eight questions to hold yourself accountable | win your first client: yourself | perception is reality, client version
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it can also mean that if we are coming into a firm from the outside, we are being promoted over people who have served at that firm for many years and understand the firm’s culture much better than we do now. we may have to lead these people as the head of a department and if so, they’d better be on our side.

this is where the principle of commitment is applied.
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train now before it costs you down the road

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your time investment now could reap dividends during tax season. 

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

we’ve all heard it.

ask if an assigned project has been completed and get the, “it’s done, but …” followed by a few reasons why said project is still – let’s be honest – incomplete.

more: keep clients from “balance due” shock | stop clients from performing “favors” | control your time: avoid ambush meetings and calls | make fewer mistakes, increase revenue and capacity | six ways to create a millennial-friendly firm
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let’s examine how we got a “done but” society. a lot of this will sound like, “back in my day, sonny …” old man nonsense, and a lot of it is.

however, i promise you a solution after my sociological exploration of 21st-century culture. you won’t need a degree in sociology to understand this.

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