leadership

the 8-point financial tune-up for your accounting firm

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hstrengthen your partnership and protect minority interests.

by auqust aquila
creating the effective partnership

with busy season just around the corner, it’s a good time now to tweak your firm’s financials and partner performance.

start by reviewing your billing rates, billing and collection policies, type of work partners are doing, how you reward performers and your leadership.

more august aquila on creating the effective partnership: three ways to run a firm: but only one is sustainable  •  eight key goal areas for partners  •  5 must-do’s for every managing partner today  •  are bad clients driving you crazy?  •  6 steps to handle staffing problems in a merger  •  new times call for new cpa firm metrics  •  6 reasons why cpa firms fail in innovation  •  when the deal is done: a 24-point checklist for the morning after  • 

take the time to focus on what drives the bottom line. it’s time well spent. here are eight issues you shouldn’t miss: read more →

how to plant seeds for mergers

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veteran buyers say that for every firm they merge with, they had discussions with 10 others.

by marc rosenberg
cpa firm mergers

firms that are serious about merging in smaller firms on a regular basis understand that conducting mergers is all about planting seeds.

a buyer has to have this attitude:

every day of every year, at least one firm decides to test the merger waters. if our efforts to identify sellers are made continuously throughout the year, every year, sooner or later, we will find at least one interested merger candidate and probably more than one. read more →

the 21 steps in every merger deal

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checklist: for every step in the merger negotiations, there’s a possible misstep.

by marc rosenberg
cpa firm mergers

it’s important to understand the flow of the entire merger process.

every merger has its unique aspects. it’s impossible to choreograph, from a to z, exactly how the process for all mergers will work. most steps occur in the same order from one deal to the next. but then, all mergers are different. your mileage may vary.

still, there are at least 21 steps that need to happen. and one can’t happen without the other. take a look…

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making meetings more productive

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ed mendlowitz cpa the practice doctor q and a…by making people more accountable.

by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor

question: we seem to have a lot of meetings where great ideas are exchanged and then nothing is done. any suggestions?

response: a problem with many meetings is that there are no action items decided upon and assigned. a secondary problem is that many easy and quick-to-do items are assigned but they do not lead the firm toward their overall goals. read more →

the 13 big reasons firms merge

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and 13 potential sticking points with conflicting agendas.

by marc rosenberg
cpa firm mergers

whether you’re looking to acquire a smaller firm, merge upward into a larger one or join forces with an equal, answering this basic question honestly and objectively is key to laying the groundwork for a successful merger. read more →