talent & career development

reality check: can you hit your goals?

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businessman pole vaulting toward his goalan exercise to help you perform a self assessment.

by bill reeb

everything in my posts is designed to help you become more aware of yourself, more aware of how you both propel and sabotage your own desires and efforts, and how to better harness the power of momentum into progress.

more: aligning what we think with what we do | don’t be someone else’s rug | are you a box or a funnel? | tension impacts performance | your perception will shape your experiences | for cpas: the road to wisdom is paved with failure | being judgmental is self-destructive | 3 ‘letting go’ actions to help you get unstuck | get better, work better, right now | constantly build on the basics | from martial arts to business: 5 steps of evolution | expect and embrace failure anytime you do new work | determining your desires should be an active process | know where you are running to | let go of what you think you know
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tax shops bulk up for big busy season

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wages hit new highs.

by beth bellor
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间

new hiring in the tax and accounting industry may be slowing in many areas, but the latest 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 jobs report finds gains overall. up is up and we’ll take it.

more on jobs: jobs report: 43,000 new hires | tax shops cut 6,200 jobs | salary survey: top skills getting top pay | accounting wages set new record | all staffed up? new tax prep hiring stalls on eve of busy season | the myth of the staff shortage
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improve job satisfaction or it’ll cost your firm

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purple no. 4 billiard ball4 ways to make employees happier.

by steven e. sacks

a recent report published by the conference board indicates that slightly over half (51%) of u.s. workers are satisfied with their jobs; this means a not-too-insignificant amount (49%) are less than satisfied with their jobs. the study consisted of 1,500 workers surveyed on 23 components that comprise job satisfaction.

more: performance reviews: no need for teeth pulling | outsourcing the c-suite | battling staff turnover | confronting leadership: not such a bad thing | the damocles sword of staff retention | does your board know its role?
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job dissatisfaction is not a new occurrence, and with the increased influence of technology, this issue has not experienced much improvement over the past 15 to 20 years. a recent study by job seeker nation indicated that 82 percent of workers would like to seek new employment opportunities, although the prospects of landing a new one would be more difficult than last year.
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performance reviews: no need for teeth pulling

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two people sitting across from each other at a deskwhat factors separate the superstar employees from the mediocre ones?

by steven e. sacks

companies or firms either employ a formalized, thoughtful and comprehensive approach to evaluate employees, or they just use their gut instinct on a timeline that is not consistent. in any event, the amount of effort expended will yield a proportionate return on investment.

more: outsourcing the c-suite | we hear but do we really listen? | performing like crap can be a badge of honor | 7 steps to take as your firm grows | can you recite your mission statement? | your firm’s biggest assets walk out the door every day

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there are, however, situations in which companies go overboard in their quest to acquire information and deliver their findings through a process that is slow and plodding.

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2019: how partner greed kills firms

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partners must take a hit to personal incomes to re-invest in their firms. or face obsolescence and slow death.

by rick telberg
the rosenberg national map study 

so far, profitability is way up. at the large firms (those with at least $20-million in annual billings), income per partner averages $635,000. the highest earners are pocketing about $1.2 million. even the lowest-paid partners average of $282,000. but how long can that go on?

more from the map survey: 2019: more focused training | 2019: expect more alliances | 2019 trends: client service changes | 2019: shifts in hiring & office space | 2019: firms grapple with change | staff policies improve, but not mentoring
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the always insightful and provocative allan koltin, of koltin consulting, warns: partners must invest in something besides themselves – if they want their firms to survive.
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employees have better memories than bosses

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two businessmen talking across a deskwhat can forgetting cost you?

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

i was lucky to get my second job in accounting, but i received a salary that was $5 lower than my first job (which i had been fired from), so i took the job.

more: working for a jerk | staffers need to speak up with clients | bored by cpe? you’re missing out! | clients buy solutions, not hours | roger is my only client | blown loan covenants and how to recover from them
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i asked for $90 a week. my boss said he would give me the extra $10 in six months after seeing how i worked out, so my starting salary was $80 per week. also, he said i did not have to work any overtime. if i did, they would pay me at straight time rates, but there was no overtime.
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outsourcing the c-suite

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businesswoman using laptop and tablet at deskis “flexible leadership” right for your firm?

by steven e. sacks

one of the revelations arising from the great recession was that companies could find they could do more with less human resources or at least maintain the same level of productivity.

more: we hear but do we really listen? | the holy grail: finding the right talent | getting the accounting firm agreement right | today’s workplace challenge: communicating across generations, cultures, and diversity
goprocpa.comexclusively for pro members. log in here or 2022世界杯足球排名 today.so, while the bureau of labor and statistics cites the current unemployment rate at 3.9 percent, the actual number is higher when the underemployed or those whose unemployment ran out are taken into consideration.

we now have what is referred to as the gig economy, in which important functions can be outsourced while companies can still focus on core competencies that impact growth and profitability.
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2019: tech isn’t the problem. it’s the solution

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dobek
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sarah dobek foresees new leaders, new services, new clients.

by rick telberg
the rosenberg survey: national study of cpa firm statistics

it may seem too obvious to bother mentioning, but the accounting industry, from audit firms to tax prep to corporate finance, is in the process of transition. but too many managers think that just means technological transition.

more from the map survey: 2019: more focused training | 2019: expect more alliances | 2019 trends: client service changes | 2019: shifts in hiring & office space | 2019: firms grapple with change | staff policies improve, but not mentoring
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technology may be behind a lot of the transition, but technology itself is not the transition. it’s the enabler of transition.

sarah dobek, president and founder of inovautus consulting, has identified numerous interwoven transitions in process, some already peaked and passing, others coming down the pike.

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working for a jerk

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invisible businessman saying "blah blah blah blah blah"what is more important to you, how you look or how good the work is?

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

early on in my career, i was assigned to work with a manager on a half-dozen monthly clients.

more: staffers need to speak up with clients | when writeups went extinct | kennedy’s acceptance speech
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he went with me and worked on the main company while i worked alongside him on the baby company. the baby company was much smaller and usually was for a second line the client had. i did the writeup and prepared the financial and other statements for the current month and year to date.
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we hear but do we really listen?

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smiling businessmen listening to young female during interview6 people not to be.

by steven e. sacks

do you ever find yourself speaking to someone and notice that they are battling you and their iphone? a quick glance here, a one- or two-word text response there.

more: the holy grail: finding the right talent | battling staff turnover | confronting leadership: not such a bad thing | the damocles sword of staff retention | does your board know its role? | can we please refer to accounting as a profession?
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unfortunately, it is the new normal – whether in business or in our personal lives. those of us who encountered different forms of technology tools and platforms during the second half of our careers still believe that effective interpersonal communication still counts for something. of course, in this era of uncivil discourse, speaking over one another has, too, become the new normal.
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aligning what we think with what we do

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two metal balls balancing at each end of seesawif you’re “behind,” then “don’t try to eat the entire elephant in one bite.”

by bill reeb

look for disconnects between what you think and do. and when you find yourself taking an action that contradicts the way you have been thinking, take a moment to figure out why there is a disconnect.

more: don’t be someone else’s rug | focus on changing yourself (not everyone else) | how a strength can become a weakness | tenacity and persistence: friends or foes? | don’t let worry consume you | guilt vs. duty | being judgmental is self-destructive
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when your actions and thoughts are not in congruence, know that you are setting yourself up to get stuck. doesn’t it make sense that a major source of dissatisfaction can occur anytime you are thinking one way yet acting another? if we can’t be honest with ourselves, how can we ever expect to know who we really are and what is really important to us?
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jobs report: 43,000 new hires

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hourly pay averages $33.53, up 4%.

by beth bellor
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间

as 2019 dawns, the most stunning trends in hiring in the tax and accounting industry is in payroll services, which shows year-over-year increases of 7 percent or more in overall employment, according to an exclusive 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analysis. meanwhile, tax prep continues its slow slide.

more on jobs: tax shops cut 6,200 jobs | tax shops cut staff by 10% | benefits, perks, and incentives: the happy-packs of employee satisfaction | salary survey: top skills getting top pay | growth slowdown: tax & accounting hiring rates hit headwinds | steady gains in hiring at accounting firms | accounting wages set new record
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in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 reports:

  • current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry.
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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the holy grail: finding the right talent

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two businesswomen meeting in an officethe 3 elements that matter. ok, maybe 4.

by steven e. sacks

we get so hung up on generational labels: baby boomers, gen x, gen y and now gen z. as a result, we ascribe certain characteristics or behaviors to each one – whether fair or not.

more: battling staff turnover | performing like crap can be a badge of honor | 7 steps to take as your firm grows | how enthusiastic is your staff?
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adherence to the labels can cause a hiring manager or an executive to overlook the contributions each cohort can make to an organization. potential stars are overlooked and the usual reliance on outdated search approaches continues unabated.
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