leadership

why you must constantly push work down

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woman in business attire with papers flying around behind her backnew staff won’t work the hours you did. forget that notion right now.

by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli

as we work with firms throughout north america, one of the most constant, critical issues we find is that of staffing gaps. those gaps are manifested in shortfalls of billable hours, as well as shortages of people, and a lack of critical competencies of people – all at various levels throughout the firm.

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in these situations, we tend to find that often the partners, and sometimes the managers, are billing too many hours. meanwhile many staff, especially at the lowest levels within the firm, consistently are missing their billable hour targets.
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how to hire and manage great admin staff

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businesswoman shaking hands with someone out of view3 key points to remember.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

you can divide staff into four categories: administrative, entry-level preparer, advanced preparer and manager.

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i’m tempted to state that administrative employees are the most important people in your firm. i won’t go quite that far, but your administrative staff are every bit the face of your firm that you are.
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the eternal riddle of being an effective leader

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businesswoman holding green folder4 characteristics. also: leading vs. managing.

by august j. aquila

some form of leadership probably has been around since the dawn of time. the early cave man with the largest club became the leader of the clan.

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sometimes this type of leadership can still be found in businesses today – accountants and lawyers have just replaced the club with a book of business or rainmaking skills.
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the right way to assign staff projects

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magnet drawing in three people… and then manage their workloads.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

let’s talk about assigning staff to projects. understand that this discussion will mean nothing the first two weeks of april, when you may be assigning the family dog to some returns.

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and that makes perfect sense in those circumstances. i’ve done worse. who knew that goldfish can’t type?
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