how to create a talent management strategy

smiling businessmen listening to young female during interview5 steps to acquiring the right employees.

by marc rosenberg
on staffing

what is talent management?

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it’s an umbrella term for how firms acquire talent, engage people in their firm, develop their skills and retain them. among many things, it addresses:
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what happened to the relevancy of the cpa profession?

college students listening to lecture17 ways to make accounting careers relevant to staff.

by marc rosenberg
on staffing

the business graveyard is littered with major organizations that missed the boat by failing to see cataclysmic game-changers happening right before their eyes.

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  • ice companies failed to get into refrigeration because they saw themselves in the ice business.
  • railroads missed out on autos and aerospace because they didn’t see themselves in the transportation business.
  • a ceo of digital equipment corporation (dec) said he couldn’t imagine why people would want a computer in their own house.
  • it took the wright brothers five years to get the u.s. government to even talk to them about their invention.

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staffing: what cpa firms are learning the hard way

marc rosenberg, "when firms excel at making their firms great places to work where staff stay and thrive, client service always improves."4 reasons staff are the #1 key to firm success.

by marc rosenberg
on staffing

the ancient greek philosopher heraclitus said:  “there is nothing permanent except change.”

more from the author: how to identify partner potential in staffers | 15 ways to develop staff into partners | staff best practices … for the firm | staff likes and dislikes about the accounting profession | keys to bringing in new partners

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people fly and drive cars instead of using horses and carts. technology has replaced calculators, slide rules and how books are written. food is purchased at grocery stores instead of grown on the farm.
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5 cautionary tales in partner compensation

older man reading newspaper by fireplacedo you see your firm here?

by marc rosenberg
partner comp: art & science

here are five case studies to illustrate potential problems in partner compensation.

more on partner compensation: does compensation motivate performance? | why compensation and buyout plans must be synchronized | when partner vacation becomes excessive | management stipends: who, how and why | the 8 basics for data-based partner performance evaluations | crash course: operating a compensation committee | 11 points in designing a partner comp system | what partners earn and how they earn it
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the stressed-out mp.  this seven-partner firm had recently changed from having the “mp decides” method of income allocation to usage of a compensation committee because the burden of allocating income was too stressful for the mp. the ensuing problems with the compensation committee, all solvable, were:

  1. mandatory rotation of cc members resulted in people on the cc who were not credible and used their role to boost their own income.
  2. no communication between the cc and the individual partners about expectations and income allocation.
  3. frequent, bitter arguments among cc members.

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today’s top six trends in partner comp

man's hands on pile of moneyplus: point and counterpoint on 10 tough issues.

by marc rosenberg

in today’s cpa firms, six critical trends are emerging clearly.

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they are some of the toughest questions any firm can face. get them right, and you can avoid a lot of trouble. get them wrong, and, well, you may never need worry about them again.

the top six trends are:

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