are you too generous with your write-offs?

five ways to improve operating margin.

by bill penczak

the pandemic has placed new strains on most cpa firms, with a paucity of events other than zoom meetings and many clients hunkering down and not making any changes to anything least of which their accounting firm relationships, under some semblance of normal.

more penczak: re-thinking today’s firm with five global leaders | 5 things your firm should do differently this summer | do you have the guts to beat the covid crisis? | how to inoculate your firm against covid competition | ‘found money’ delights clients | don’t buy a rolodex, buy a process | the three r’s for beating the corona crisis | 6 reasons why your marketing sucks
goprocpa.comexclusively for pro members. log in here or 2022世界杯足球排名 today.

so when it comes to preserving your original profit goals – or at least salvaging them – firms have an opportunity to seek better processes or staffing options, or both to pivot to the times. as a cfo i once worked with used to say, “you can either raise the bridge or lower the water.”

here are five options for lowering the water (labor cost) as a short- and long-term strategy for greater firm success: read more →

five ways to get staff to own their work

help them build careers.

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

question: how can i get staff to step up and assume more responsibility for their client assignments?

more: profit sharing for a staffer? | the secret recipe for staff retention | help! key staffer refuses to supervise people | get more done by saying no | employee demands a raise she doesn’t deserve | how are you spending the next five years? | how to get the most from cpe | does your staff know all the services you provide?
goprocpa.comexclusively for pro members. log in here or 2022世界杯足球排名 today.

answer: this is an issue every manager and partner deals with at some point.
read more →

staffing: 10 key interview questions

to uncover potential fast and early.

by jody grunden
building the virtual cfo firm in the cloud

before our firm became a distributed company with a remote workforce, our hiring was naturally limited to a small geographical location – fort wayne, indiana.

more: why remote workers need retreats | take the pain out of online meetings | why your firm’s core values matter | be more efficient with tech stacks | not all employees will work out
goprocpa.comexclusively for pro members. log in here or 2022世界杯足球排名 today.

when we really started to grow, we knew we needed to bring in more senior-level accountants to be able to handle the clients we were bringing in at such a rapid pace.
read more →

four ways to beat the staffing shortage, with pasha malik

kill the billable hour, embrace remote work, stay flexible, get social, says pasha malik of thyor.

^ click to play

>  get the podcast version and follow 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 here

with richard rothstein

more on the staffing crisis:  the digital toolset for hiring at a small accounting firm  |  learning how to hire amid covid  | how covid rewrites the rules for recruiting | steven braunstein: new covid strategies for staff recruiting and retention | irs has recruiting problems, too | 12 signs it’s time to outsource | how aging boomers impact the accounting profession | why remote workers need retreats | 44 key attributes for assessing staffers | coaching the right way | 20 best practices for staff training and retention | the art and science of hiring: three essentials for the covid age | uncover potential in 10 interview questions | why your firm needs to attract more millenials | why small firms can win the talent wars | the one big reason your hiring sucks | five ways to improve operating margin during covid | getting and keeping the best people | be a talent magnet | who’ll quit next? | why you must constantly push work down |

goprocpa.comexclusively for pro members. log in here or 2022世界杯足球排名 today.

twitter and linkedin are the go-to resources for finding new talent at the mclean, va.-based thyor group of companies, founder and ceo pasha malik tells richard rothstein for 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.

read more →

how to embrace the blended future of work

convergence coaching research suggests eight steps to take.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the covid-19 pandemic has been many things for many people.

for the wise, it’s been an education.

more: the future is blended: combining remote and office work
goprocpa.comexclusively for pro members. log in here or 2022世界杯足球排名 today.

or, to put it another way, the mother of invention.

cpa firms have been quick to invent. what the wise have realized is that the inventions aren’t temporary measures destined to disappear when no longer needed. many are here to stay, and the accounting industry will be better off with them.
read more →