ask not what you firm can do for you…
true partners start by asking themselves what they can do for the firm. and, of course, that means what they can do for their other partners, after studying more than 700 firms and canvassing almost every year for the last 14 years, marc rosenberg has some ideas. eighteen to be exact. read more →
by august j. aquila and robert j. lees
how to engage partners in the firm’s future
managing partners always ask us what it takes to achieve sustained, consistent partner performance.
more on partnership management: audacious vision and grand purpose prove essential to cpa success | are you creating a sustainable firm? | the debilitating effects of denial at accounting firms | the five psychological hurdles that cpa firms must confront today
while the answer is easy, maybe simplistic, the implementation is difficult in most firms. read more →
plain-vanilla goal-setting may be the single biggest problem plaguing today’s cpa partnerships.
also in this report: the 11 traits of “one-firm” firms.
by august j. aquila and robert j. lees
how to engage partners in the firm’s future
more firms now have a vision and a strategy in the hope of engaging partners and employees, according to our research.
but the partners aren’t always involved in their creation and often don’t buy in to the vision.
more on partnership management: are you creating a sustainable firm? | the debilitating effects of denial at accounting firms | the five psychological hurdles that cpa firms must confront today
this can be because the vision just isn’t compelling enough or because the partners are more interested in their own practice rather than creating a real firm. this type of accounting firm is usually referred to as a “siloed” firm and never succeeds in bringing the full capabilities of the firm to bear. read more →
by marc rosenberg
cpa firm management & governance
one of the most common agenda items at partner retreats is the question of what it means to be a partner in the firm.
more cpa firm management & governance: 17 ways to measure a partner | how the structure of an accounting firm changes through the years | congratulations! your firm needs a human resources director | the 19-point marketing director job description | checklist: how the best managing partners and firm admins work in concert | 21 questions for managing the managing partner | no partner vote needed: 17 decisions best left to the managing partner alone | new rules: 13 items that should be in your managing partner’s job description | when is it time to shift your firm from partnership-style to corporate-style governance? | not every firm needs a general patton |
so, what is a partner? here are 17 metrics. read more →
a new generation takes over the corner office. join the survey, get the results.
by rick telberg
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间
the same generational shift that has the accounting profession fretting about succession, mergers and millennials is also wreaking havoc in another sector of the firm: the office of managing partner.
by one 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 study of a fairly typical global association of firms, roughly 25% of the managing partners now serving have held the job for two years or less. in a business that measures job longevity in decades, two years represents rookie status. considering the advance of age and consolidation, we estimate that within another five years 80% of today’s firms will be under new management.
this new generation of managing partner is bringing new energy and new ideas to the profession. but that hardly makes up for the lack of executive leadership training and experience of the new class of ceo. mistakes are sure to follow: making big decisions too quickly, or too slowly; misunderstanding the business drivers or looking at the wrong ones entirely; failing to make the right relationships with the right people, or maintaining bad relationships for too long.
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 is canvassing practitioners across the nation and in firms of all sizes to sift out some of the best advice we can find for the rookie managing partner. join the survey, get the results.
and so far, we’re getting an earful. read more →