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busyness isn’t the same as productivity

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stacks of papers on the corner of a deskdo you really need to go to that meeting?

by steven e. sacks
the new fundamentals

did you ever notice when you call an associate, a friend or a business of any type, more often than not he or she will always respond with “i’m really busy” or “i’ve been jammed up”? it does not matter the time of the year, much less the time of week or day.

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has busy become too colloquial and is simply a throwaway line? what is actually meant by “busy”? or, more specifically, what is the condition of “busyness”?
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what running a virtual cpa firm really costs

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happy business professionals giving high five hand slapremote workers still need to get together if possible.

by jody grunden
building the virtual cfo firm in the cloud

with a brick-and-mortar company, there are a number of standard costs that you would expect to have, such as rent or mortgage, utilities, building repairs, furniture, technology, etc. the total amount of these kinds of costs typically falls in the range of 3-4 percent of the company’s annualized revenue. that amount can be pretty significant for a lot of companies.

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some business owners may think they can save the company all of that money by going remote, but i personally believe that’s a terrible idea. while it’s true that a distributed company doesn’t have the costs that come with having a physical space, the very nature of a remote work environment results in a completely different and unique set of needs that should be considered in the company’s annual budget.
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is your leadership team at the edge?

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5 ways to evaluate them.

by anthony zecca
leading from the edge

“teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. the ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. it is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” – andrew carnegie, industrialist

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the above quote by andrew carnegie really puts a fence around the key responsibilities of your leadership team:

  • ability to lead their team to work together toward a common vision
  • ability to direct (drive) their individual team members’ efforts and accomplishments toward maintaining alignment with the firm’s objectives and
  • ability to inspire and motivate each team member to achieve more than they have and to reach top performance and top results as a team

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use checklists to get new tax clients

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don’t let marketing be an afterthought.

by jassen bowman

in an ideal world, every business day would feel like the movie “groundhog day.”

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the same things would happen at the same times, day in and day out. your business would run like a well-oiled machine that simply puts out marketing, takes in clients and cashes checks.
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