leadership

what + who leads firms to better service

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maze with word "plan" at the centeryou need commitment + competency.

by gary bolinger

you may remember the old abbott and costello routine “who’s on first.” after some back-and-forth dialogue, we get to “all i’m trying to find out is what’s the guy’s name on first base?” abbott responds, “no. what is on second base.” after some more banter, we finally learn that “i don’t know is on third base.” baseball almanac says that this is “one of the most famous baseball comedy acts to ever take place.”

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setting all of this up, lou costello said to bud abbott, “if you’re the coach, you must know all the players.” and that is a true statement. you need a good understanding of your players’ (who) competencies (what). a partner must know all the players’ strengths and weaknesses.
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nancy fox: winning the mind game of success

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how to overcome the mind-blocks holding you back from total success.

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with steven sacks
the new fundamentals: thriving in disruption

professionals need to use a blend of psychology and strategy to guide them with both mental fitness and tactics to produce career breakthroughs, executive coach nancy fox tells steven sacks.

more steven sacks: effective networking is an art | business development activities shouldn’t be a chore | cpa’s best role: leveraging knowledge, not just process | avoid last-minute deal making | five common negotiating mistakes | the myths of performance management | business is about relationships | reaching for authenticity in client service |

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in business, the mind is 95% of the game, according to fox, so it’s essential to recognize the causes of mindset blocks that are encountered, such as competition and business development, and what their impact can be.


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key takeaways:

  • leaders may not understand the nuances or fundamentals of mentoring and cultivating talent. as such, they find the biggest impediments to be themselves.
  • the conscious mind is where our thoughts are directed in such areas as logic, strategy, memory, learning, data analysis. however, 95% of our thoughts are directed by the subconscious mind, and only 5% by our conscious minds.
  • the subconscious mind is where the inner game of work, career, and life is really won — or lost.
  • there are some strategies you can use to train your mind to prepare yourself to experience an outcome and imagine ways to achieve that outcome.
  • in addition to training your mind to block negative thoughts and experience only positive thoughts, there are physical techniques that can be used.

nancy fox is the founder and president of the business fox, a business consulting and training company specializing in guiding law, accounting, and service business firms grow through smarter networking and business development and niche marketing strategies.

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how today’s staffing crisis can forecast your future

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you can read the tea leaves in who’s getting hired today because they’re the generation that will re-define the tax and accounting firms.

by steven e. sacks
the new fundamentals

the accounting profession is at a crossroads: increasing pressure on keeping up with technology to serve more varied and complex clients, while a quick peek at the landscape indicates the ongoing struggle to attract and retain talent.

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but what is meant by this, actually?

what will be the type of necessary talent? will it be a mixture of technical gaap and gaas know-how and technology-driven knowledge like artificial intelligence? or will the necessary technical expertise be superseded by a deep understanding of blockchain technology and data analytics? if that, then how will firms draw the right people to deliver the value-added services that leverage technology?

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better understanding = better communication

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overhead view of five people in a meetingdisc helps remote team work together effectively.

by jody grunden
building the virtual cfo firm in the cloud

working in a remote environment can be great, and it can also have its challenges. communication is one of the biggest hurdles distributed companies have to overcome. to tackle this issue head on, summit cpa has implemented many initiatives.

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one of our favorites is the disc profiles. let me start off by telling you a little bit of the background on the disc profiles.
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gary cokins: the truth about activity-based costing

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how to implement progressive management accounting techniques.

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the new fundamentals: thriving in disruption

management finance expert gary cokins says there’s nothing wrong with activity-based costing. except that you’re probably doing it all wrong.

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the problem is, cokins says, it’s convenient for the accountants to allocate the overhead based on allocation factors, like labor hours, number of units produced in a manufacturer, headcount, number of employees, and square feet, even though none of them reflect the unique consumption relationship between how the outputs products and services consumed.

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