even if the economy still isn’t as helpful as they’d like, businesses can take steps to improve their operations.
10 new year’s resolutions for businesses
1. pay your employees first, they are your highest priority and don’t forget the irs – keep current with payroll taxes. read more →
by robert j. lees, august j. aquila and derek klyhn
momentum is critical in driving change, so it is no surprise that the initiation of activities that drive and support the strategy is key.
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it is also one of the reasons why focus is critical. and yet one of the mistakes we see are initiatives having too much time between them.
these lessons were learned the hard way in the media business.
but they can apply to accounting firms just as well. read more →
by robert j. lees, august j. aquila and derek klyhn
creating the effective partnership
in our work with managing partners, we always talk about the importance of the partners “walking together,” of sharing that common vision.
but if the partners are to share the vision, they have to play an active part in determining the firm’s direction – and, critically, how it’s going to get there.
setting direction is the first step.
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?
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.