leadership

another meeting?!?! … sigh

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business meeting with people around table facing forwardif they’re necessary, so be it. but set some guidelines.

by steven e. sacks
the new fundamentals

when in doubt, call a meeting. jeez! how many hours in the u.s. are cumulatively wasted on a daily basis with meetings? are they really necessary?

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if yes, do you employ rules of courtesy, such as strongly encouraging punctuality? do you have a clearly articulated agenda that was distributed in advance of the meeting? if yes, did it provide advance notice about any preparatory work or research expected to be done by the participants? finally, will the meeting be structured in such a way that it will allow for participation by the complete group?
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busyness isn’t the same as productivity

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stacks of papers on the corner of a deskdo you really need to go to that meeting?

by steven e. sacks
the new fundamentals

did you ever notice when you call an associate, a friend or a business of any type, more often than not he or she will always respond with “i’m really busy” or “i’ve been jammed up”? it does not matter the time of the year, much less the time of week or day.

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has busy become too colloquial and is simply a throwaway line? what is actually meant by “busy”? or, more specifically, what is the condition of “busyness”?
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is your leadership team at the edge?

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5 ways to evaluate them.

by anthony zecca
leading from the edge

“teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. the ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. it is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” – andrew carnegie, industrialist

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the above quote by andrew carnegie really puts a fence around the key responsibilities of your leadership team:

  • ability to lead their team to work together toward a common vision
  • ability to direct (drive) their individual team members’ efforts and accomplishments toward maintaining alignment with the firm’s objectives and
  • ability to inspire and motivate each team member to achieve more than they have and to reach top performance and top results as a team

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why create an accounting firm business model?

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process touch screen showing workflow designpsst … it includes checklists.

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

running a professional services business requires the ability to manage multiple types of strong-minded and -willed individuals.

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it works, but it needs a discipline and a model to follow.

here is mine:
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