strategy

“the five-year rule is ridiculous and limits the number of people needed in the industry.”

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间

finding qualified staff is among the most significant problems facing the accounting industry, and the american institute of cpas is partly to blame, according to joel a. cooperman, chief executive officer of citrin cooperman & co., a new york-based accounting and consulting services firm with more than 650 employees.

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“the aicpa does a very poor job promoting reasons why accounting can be a very exciting and very rewarding career,” says cooperman, who co-founded citrin cooperman in 1979 and has overseen the firm’s growth to its ranking of 22nd on accounting today’s top 100 firms list with $175 million in revenues during 2014.

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plus mission statements vs. vision statements.

by marc rosenberg
cpa firm retreats

a mission statement is:

• an overarching purpose or reason for being
• why we exist
• motivating, distinctive and feasible
• action-oriented; it should lead to change and improvement or it has no value

more on retreats: 5 reasons cpa firms are bad at succession planning | staff best practices … for the firm | staff likes and dislikes about the accounting profession | 25 ways to turn good firms into great firms

cpa firms have a very difficult time creating mission statements that are motivating and distinctive. regardless of how hard firms try, most cannot come up with a mission statement that is different from every other firm. for this reason, i advise firms to skip the creation of a mission statement.
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business at the speed of change: internal conferences educate employees on specialties, solicit feedback.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 staff

attracting and retaining talented employees is the key issue at blum shapiro and for the firm’s managing partner, joe kask, that means offering more than just the traditional workplace incentives.

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“it’s not just about offering flexible work hours – providing people with the technology to work from anywhere or providing collaborative work spaces – it’s a paradigm shift in the way your organization thinks and operates,” says kask, who took over the reins at blumshapiro in january 2016. the west hartford, conn., firm’s $72.7 million in revenues during 2015 make it accountingtoday’s 52nd largest accounting firm in the united states and the largest in new england.
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