how common management pitfalls hurt firms and employees.
by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 / succession institute
how do attitudes, misconceptions and bad habits get in the way of our learning to be better managers?
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here are five common attitudes, practices and perceptions we find:
new tech solutions require new thinking.
by hitendra patil
pransform inc.
it’s tough enough to keep up with the new technical developments in taxes and accounting, but practitioners are also grappling with a whole new vocabulary in technology.
if you’re not speaking the new lingo, you risk losing the millennials you work with and mystifying some of your clients and prospects.
for instance: in the distant past, you “bought” a “software license,” “received” a cd and then “installed” the software on your “desktop.” but now, you go to the “cloud” to “activate” your “subscriptions” to the “software as a service.”
team building is great, but the benefits don’t have to end there.
by marc rosenberg
cpa firm retreats
management retreats are one of the best ways to accomplish the wonderful things that the so-called management gurus tell us our firms should be doing:
… all designed to achieve success in our organizations, whether success is defined by profits, growth, survival, happiness, challenge or all of the above.
but what are the benefits of partner retreats?
‘uberization’ disrupts the cpa business model.
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by hitendra patil
in “four signs the uberization of accounting has already begun,” we analyzed the opportunities and threats for cpa firms’ operations. after some more research into the “1099 economy” or the “contingent workforce,” the evidence all seems to point in one direction: transformation in the business model of accounting firms. the us dept. of labor notes that employers are seeking new ways to make employment more flexible with contingent work arrangement, and the dol recommends that the definition of employee and that of employer should be standardized and grounded in changed economic realities:
these and many other findings indicate key impacts on how accounting firms will do business in future. here are some of our thoughts:
differentiating between the two, and the two most common styles of management.
by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 / succession institute
let’s start out with a straightforward question. what is the difference between management and leadership?
from one point of view, leadership is far different than management. for example, leadership might be all about developing a vision for the organization, being innovative, motivating others, empowering those around you, focusing on developing the people around you instead of just developing yourself, looking for positive ways to change, doing the right thing, and keeping the forest in view and not just see the trees.