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why process is key to remote work

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woman leading meeting, flipchart in backgroundit benefits not only clients, but your team.

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by jody grunden

with the right people in place, empowered to work independently, and proper access to the tools that are necessary to get the work done, process comes next.

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creating process is important in any business if you want to scale, but it is imperative when it comes to remote work. process helps streamline things, reduces confusion and makes your team more efficient and productive.
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geared up for exponential growth at mowery & schoenfeld cpas

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a conversation with gale crosley, growth consultant.

the principles behind the leaps and bounds of mowery & schoenfeld

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when jeffrey l. mowery and keith a. schoenfeld decided to bail out of the big firms and start their own, they were just a couple of cpas with a couple of folding tables and a dream.

that was then. this is now. after a series of astonishing leaps and bounds, they have raised their revenues from $3.5 million in 2008 to over $17 million today. and they plan to double that in five years.

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in these turbulent times, leaders must lead!

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www.g005e.comsix things you needed to start doing yesterday.

by allan koltin

in the face of this unprecedented global pandemic, leaders must lead! we need to fill our days with talking to our people, clients, and our families and engaging them in the reality of the situation while at the same time stressing the positive things going on.

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i was on a call this morning with a client and i was sharing how wonderful it was to have all three kids back home (they would have been studying abroad, at college, or going to high school) and how nice it was to have family dinners together again. i was also sharing the positives with the kids that their grandparents were healthy, safe, and getting calls from so many family members and how important this was to them. as i was walking the dogs this morning it occurred to me that i heard birds chirping and that i had been “so busy being busy” for the past four decades that beautiful sounds like this or the smell of the morning air were never on my mind. at a deeper level, and to equate it to a sporting event, i feel like the proverbial “scoreboard” has malfunctioned and there is now a new way to keep score, and it is becoming the new normal.

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my ‘brand’ is the exciting history of accounting

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smiling businesswoman talking on camerawhat feels right to you?

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

in 1998 i read that andersen consulting would be spending $100 million to brand their company. this seemed unusual for a few reasons.

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1. they were in heated litigation with arthur andersen to leave the accounting firm and set up an independent company.
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be an accountant, not a salesperson for other things

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extreme close up of female hand with pen pointing on cash flow document.“a piece of the action” didn’t pan out.

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

there are accountants who only do accounting and accountants who also do other things such as selling financial products and doing deals with the client. there is nothing wrong with this, but with some very minor exceptions, i never did the other things.

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accountants have many openings and opportunities to

  • sell life insurance, annuities, mutual funds and tax shelters;
  • broker mortgages;
  • find buyers for a client’s business;
  • manage investments;
  • introduce investors;
  • perform executive searches and
  • even invest along with clients.

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10 reasons for my success

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by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

recently i was asked if i could provide some reasons for my success.

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this gave me an opportunity to think about it and i came up with a list of 10 reasons that i am presenting here. i hope you take away some ideas from this. if you have your own list, i would appreciate it if you would share it with me.
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do your clients feel important?

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portrait of a mature businesswoman giving a binder8 ways to delight them.

by ed mendlowitz
tax season opportunity guide

clients are our customers. they pay our salary and enable us to make good livings. do what you can to accommodate them and make them feel important – as important as they believe they are.

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also be user-friendly – do not make it difficult to work with you. clients don’t know how smart we are. they think we are great, but they measure us by the small things – the good and bad.
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social security as an asset class

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scale with coins on one side, alarm clock on the otherwithdraw funds from elsewhere.

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

if you have ever worked in the united states or were married to someone who did, the chances are you will eventually receive social security benefits.

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there are different ages when regular benefits can start beginning at age 62. the longer the benefits are delayed, the greater they will be … until reaching age 70.
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when clients don’t know

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two older businessmen talkinginvestigate motive before diving in.

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

we all have clients who wonder what their business is worth and sometimes imagine getting away from it all.

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some even sell, but many more talk about starting the process but are not really committed to selling.
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when the kids don’t want to take over

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if you didn’t have time pressure, how might your planning change?

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

i had a client who had five sons and three daughters who worked in his business. their ages ranged from 28 to 48. i was helping him with exit planning and suggested that i could possibly structure a transaction where either some or all of his children could buy his business.

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he liked the idea and i told him to meet with them and suggest it.
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how to waste lunch hour

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business colleagues eating meal together and discussing workthis was time that could have been spent working on the business.

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

i was recently in manhattan during lunchtime and thought i would drop in at a cpa firm i did some consulting for to see if anyone was available to have a quick lunch with me.

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it was around 12:45. if no one available, no harm done. i showed up (that counts as a “client contact”), would see a few people and then would only be there 10 or so minutes.
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why you’re only as good as your staff

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senior businessman mentoring two younger workerseveryone is busy, but work still has to flow smoothly.

by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting

this is a response to a reader who sent me the following email:

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all your articles are good, and so was this one about a surprise staff leader.

question: why was it important in your firm, for you personally, to “know” about elliot and the tax manager?

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