leadership

partner accountability: how and for what?

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13 things to hold partners accountable for, 10 ways to do it and 12 questions to ask. bonus: example of a personal accountability plan.

by marc rosenberg
cpa firm retreats

partner accountability means different things to different people. some quotations:

“if there are no consequences to failing to achieve a goal, then it is less likely that the goal will be accomplished.” – marc rosenberg

“if people are not prepared to be held accountable for what they do, it is unlikely they will achieve much.” – david maister

more on retreats: 30 marketing and growth questions to cover at a retreat | how marketing for cpa firms is different | why create a marketing plan? | thinking of merging? discuss it at a retreat | how to take action after a retreat | 12 simple rules for a retreat | leave your retreat with a to do list | every retreat needs a leader, but who? | retreats are no place for clowns | who should participate in a retreat? | retreat logistics: how long, what kind? | what should cpa firms discuss at retreats? | why do cpa firms conduct retreats?

“i’m a partner in this firm. that gives me the right to do whatever i darn well please, whenever i want to do it.” – firm partner to whom “accountability” is a dirty word
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5 questions for every mp to answer honestly

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businessman's hand separating letter blocks spelling "im" from those spelling "possible"before you can change your firm, you have to gauge where it is now.

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?

more on leadership for pro members: 6 practical ways to innovate | the 4 best ways to use your senior partners | how to tell a culture change is due | 11 steps to building a better partnership team | why your firm should be a republic | partnership is about persuasion

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.
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turning problems into opportunities

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business concept:problem solution success

what the highly successful do by habit and the rest of us need to learn the hard way.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间

every accounting firm has a problem. sometimes many problems. something is preventing exponential growth or inhibiting sales or tangling up the it system or requiring too many weekends at the office or causing clients to drift away or… well, the list could go on forever. no organization is perfect any more than any human being is perfect or any machine is perfectly efficient. somewhere in every firm there is a problem which, if solved, would make the firm better.

you need to find that problem and solve it. you need a system. here’s how some of the smartest people we know go about tackling their problems. read more →