titles can make people happier

but some people will never be happy enough.

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

question: my top staff person wants a better title than manager, or senior manager. any suggestions?

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answer: in larger firms, senior manager is one step below partner.
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44 hard-earned tips from new managing partners

//www.g005e.com/2021/07/08/advice-from-new-managing-partners/

everything from gaining credibility to where to turn for help.

by marc rosenberg
the role of the managing partner

the toughest lessons for new managing partners have nothing to do with taxes, accounting, or even textbook management. it’s all about people – such as people issues and handling partners, according to our straw poll survey of a handful of top-flight firm leaders.

we gleaned comments from 10 relatively new managing partners. eight are from firms with revenues from $10 million to $30 million and two are from $5 million to $10 million firms.

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we posed three questions to the new managing partners:

  1. what advice would you give a new managing partner?
  2. what were your greatest challenges when you became a managing partner?
  3. if you had to do it over again, would you approach your ascension to the managing partner job differently? in what ways?

their responses tell us as much about how to do the job well as how to fail at it.

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when cpas leave to work for a client

money tree growing in the middle of green meadoware you sure that grass is greener?

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

i know many cpas who left public accountancy to take a “better” job. for many of them this was a mistake. for some it worked out, so if you are one of the lucky few, you can stop reading what i have to say.

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there are basically three types of companies the accountant could work for – a small client that does not have an in-house controller or cfo, one whose controller will be replaced by the departing cpa, or a large company that has an entire accounting staff already in place. let’s talk about working for the small companies that do not have a controller.
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help! key staffer refuses to supervise people

businessman with hand extended in "no" gesture4 ways to deal with it.

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

question: i have a key staff person who does not like supervising people. he says he can do everything faster and better than anyone else and doesn’t want to take the time to teach someone who, he says, won’t do it as well. he is a workhorse and spends anywhere from 50 to 60 hours a week all year round. what do i do?

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answer: he told me his firm consists of 10 staff and one owner and this person is indispensible to him, but he (the owner)
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