talent & career development

randy myeroff at cohen & co.: winning the youth movement

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myeroff
myeroff

“whoever can connect with today’s youth movement and invest in it the right way is going to win.”

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 staff

attracting and retaining high-caliber, younger workers is far and away the most pressing concern at cohen & co. in cleveland, ohio.

more from the corner office: rick dreher innovates wipfli for clients, younger workers | how blain heckaman drives value at kaufman rossin | weisermazars mp blake charts u.s. expansion | frank longobardi: cohnreznick’s battle for top talent | the robo-cpa: jim sikich prepares for disruptive technologies |  exclusively for pro members. log in here or 2022世界杯足球排名 today.

the cpa firm, which ranks among the nation’s 100 largest, is reaching out to young talent via means that include offering one of the top-ranked internship programs in its northeastern ohio region, and by simply increasing its hiring of new college graduates.
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managing the managing partner

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businessman standing at conference table with 4 colleagues seated behindchecks and balances are key.

by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli

as past success and personal development continuously demonstrate, organizations operate more effectively when people are managed. and since partners are people, rather than gods or superheroes, it makes sense that we put something in place to manage them as well.

more on performance management: accountability is for everyone | succession plan requirements | base retirement on today’s operations | how involved should retired owners be? | firms say what would change retirement pay | 4 ways to create more capacity | 7 succession questions to ignore for now | how partner ratings factor into equity | hazards of not reallocating equity | 5 harmful management attitudes (and how to fix them) | do cpa firms need management or leadership? |  job 1 for the practice owner: client management

with this general background in mind, let’s dive a little deeper into how a managing partner goal-setting process might work.
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how to decide who decides pay

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woman on building roof spraying out dollars with a garden hosewhere to draw the line between managing partner and compensation committee.

by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli

everyone likes the idea that “i” will hold “me” accountable. but few like the idea of “anyone else” holding “them” accountable.

more on performance management: accountability requires clear expectations | base retirement on today’s operations | who decides what? | how retired partners are robbing their own firms | best practices for mandatory retirement | how retirement issues affect succession planning | succession: the questions to care about | how to target what skills to develop now | what having your employees’ backs means | 5 harmful management attitudes (and how to fix them) | do cpa firms need management or leadership? |  job 1 for the practice owner: client management

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so, once the decision has been made to implement systemic changes to hold partners accountable to specific performance expectations rather than just relying on everyone to put in a self-proclaimed “good day’s work,” the next battleground is determining who will be holding whom accountable. the discussion always shifts to “let’s have a group of people, like a compensation committee, hold us accountable.”
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15 sure-fire ways to develop staff into partners

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one person helping another to the top of a mountain at sunsetbonus checklist: 23 best practices for training.

by marc rosenberg
cpa firm retreats

how do firms develop staff into partners?

more on retreats: 25 ways to turn good firms into great firms | partner buyout 101 | 27 tough questions every firm needs to address | make more money | system vs. system: partner compensation best practices | 10 benchmarking missteps | how to address partner compensation at a retreat | partner accountability: how and for what?

here are 15 surefire ways:
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make accountability a process

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man and woman reviewing a documenteveryone performs better when someone else has oversight.

by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 / succession institute

setting up an “accountability and goal process” always sounds much easier than it actually is to implement. so for those who already think this process would be painful, just know that you still are probably underestimating the amount of agony in store.

more on performance management: accountability requires clear expectations | accountability is for everyone | succession plan requirements | base retirement on today’s operations | who decides what? | how retired partners are robbing their own firms | how involved should retired owners be? | firms say what would change retirement pay | 4 ways to create more capacity | how to find a partner’s replacement | action plans for transitioning partners | partner retirement and the war for clients | best practices for mandatory retirement | how retirement issues affect succession planning | succession: the questions to care about 

this leads us to the standard question, “if this is so awful, why would anyone do it?” the answer is both simple and abstract.
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the six rules to get the most out of cpe

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ed mendlowitz cpa the practice doctor q and ait’s not just to line trainers’ pockets.

poll: what’s on accountants’ cpe agenda this year?
join the survey. get the trends.

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

question: like every cpa i need to take continuing education courses. however most of what i take

  • are not relevant to me,
  • are things i know or
  • are things i don’t really want to know.

more practice doctor q&a: everyone needs strategic planning | help clients, increase revenue: make sure everyone on staff knows your firm’s full menu of services | i made partner, now what? | 19 ways to stop wasting reviewer time | how to sell your practice | why gross is the method for pricing a practice | no go on pro bono

also, many of the speakers are boring. yet, cpe is big business. are there any suggestions you can give me to get better use of that time?

answer: i am willing to bet your practice is also in a rut and is stagnating. the purpose of cpe is to help us become more effective, to grow, to be introduced to areas we are not familiar with and to keep us updated in what we do. you can approach cpe as you do, which is as a chore, or as i do, which is as an opportunity.

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pay varies when performance varies

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closeup shot of a caliper measuring the word "goals"plus ways to measure both objective and subjective performance criteria (yes, it can be done).

by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 / succession institute

an important point to keep in mind is that we, as human beings, have good months and bad ones, good years and bad ones.

more on performance management: accountability requires clear expectations | accountability is for everyone | succession plan requirements | base retirement on today’s operations | who decides what? | how retired partners are robbing their own firms | how involved should retired owners be? | firms say what would change retirement pay

what is going on in our personal lives has a lot to do with how we perform in our professional ones. therefore, if someone is going through a difficult time, such as a divorce, death in the family, major conflicts with extended family, etc., we can expect those events to spill over into our work life.
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hate meeting people? try improv (no joke)

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ed mendlowitz cpa the practice doctor q and atwo must-read books on communication and networking.

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

question: i am a very good accountant but have problems when i speak with people i meet whom i do not know. do you have tips for me?

more practice doctor q&a: everyone needs strategic planning | help clients, increase revenue: make sure everyone on staff knows your firm’s full menu of services | i made partner, now what? | 19 ways to stop wasting reviewer time | how to sell your practice | why gross is the method for pricing a practice | no go on pro bono | when a client balks at necessary work | how to advise an executor | why your clients need annual minutes – and how you can help | 14 ways to use timesheet data | why more firms are trashing timesheets | how much overhead is too much?

answer: there are many ways to break the ice when you meet new people that i could share with you, but i just read a book about that so will recommend it to you and will now provide a brief summary of the book.
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accountability includes partners

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manager dangling carrots in front of staffdeliver not only rewards but sanctions.

by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 / succession institute

let’s take a close look at what accountability might look like.

more on performance management for pro members: accountability requires clear expectations | accountability is for everyone | who decides what? | firms say what would change retirement pay | action plans for transitioning partners | how retirement issues affect succession planning | how partner ratings factor into equity | cpa firm performance assessments: 15 core competencies, 21 questions

for partners, accountability is best described as having a system in place that rewards partners for
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accountability requires clear expectations

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two businesswomen sitting at table and talking in office courtyardmake an effort to learn from your successes as well as your failures.

by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 / succession institute

accountability needs to be rooted in much more than a casual perception or it is destined to fail. therefore, the first step to accountability is to move this from an “i will watch you and tell you if i think you are doing a good job” approach to one that clearly defines what you expect of someone up front.

more on performance management: accountability is for everyone | succession plan requirements | how retired partners are robbing their own firms | 4 ways to create more capacity | partner retirement and the war for clients | succession: the questions to care about | hazards of not reallocating equity

now this sounds fairly straightforward, and it is, but it is also loaded with plenty of traps that you can fall into. one of the traps we want to avoid is ambiguity. you can overcome this trap by taking time to describe the expectations you have of someone, like:
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fresh data spell new staffing issues at tax & accounting firms

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卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 jobs reporthiring and wages are up. utilization rates are down.

next question: the best talent retention strategies.
join the survey; get the answers.

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most workers in the tax and accounting industry are working fewer hours than a year and a half ago, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 sources, a potentially troubling sign of unsustainable hiring and management practices.

in addition, year-over-year increases of 5 percent or more were seen in

  • number of overall staff;
  • number of cpa firm employees, both total and staff;
  • payroll staff;
  • and women overall, at cpa firms and in payroll

the really bad news comes in payroll agencies, where positions are at their second highest level ever, but wages are plummeting.

with the new data, the monthly 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 jobs report projects a new surge in turnover with the end of busy season. there will be winners. and there will be losers. savvy, growing firms will be well-positioned to attract the under-leveraged talent that slow-footed firms can’t handle or afford. top talent will be making lateral moves, as much for more supportive cultures and future opportunities as for a quick pay increase, according to the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analysis.

in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 provides additional detail and analysis on:

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

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accountability is for everyone

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businesswoman working late at deskdo you credit others as much as you do yourself?

by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 / succession institute

most firms consider accountability an essential part of their leadership practices.

more on performance management: base retirement on today’s operations | who decides what? | firms say what would change retirement pay | action plans for transitioning partners | how retirement issues affect succession planning | how partner ratings factor into equity | develop your employees or suffer the consequences | 5 harmful management attitudes (and how to fix them)

in the pcps top issues survey, for firms with 11 to 20 professionals, partner accountability/unity landed in second place. for firms with 21 or more professionals, this same issue ranked first in concerns to be addressed.
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weisermazars mp blake charts u.s. expansion

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blake
managing partner james blake

succession planning will be key to success.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 staff

weisermazars is looking to guarantee its success as a firm long into the future by helping its professionals find their own success earlier on in their careers.

the new york-based accounting and consulting firm, which ranks as the nation’s 23rd largest, has its up-and-coming professionals take over the responsibilities of partners nearing retirement under a process that begins very gradually some three years before the partners retire. and it grooms those up-and-comers to handle increased leadership roles via internal training programs conducted by its top executives.

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