talent & career development

the training mindset: mapping firm attitudes to performance

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woman training man at computerwhat corporate america knows that cpas ignore: training pays.

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by michael ramos
michael ramos + associates

to maintain their licenses, professionals are required to meet annual continuing education requirements. to practice in certain areas (e.g., government audits) or maintain a designation (e.g., certified financial planner, certified fraud examiner) also requires continuing education. thus was born the multibillion-dollar continuing professional education industry, to meet the needs of millions of professionals forced to comply with continuing education requirements.

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more:  top cpe trends: how accountants are re-tooling for 2017  |  cpe survey: why some cpas are focusing on accounting & financial reporting this year |  ohio cpa society teams with 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 to improve cpe roi  |   how to choose the right cpe  |   the missing link: developing your people to achieve profitability  |

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outside of the professions, most businesses face few if any mandated training requirements. though not required, businesses still train their employees regularly and at great cost. one study shows that the typical small business trains each employee an average of 40 hours each year – the same as a cpa.

sadly, most cpa firms do not share this mindset. whether it’s because of the overt regulatory nature of professional cpe requirements or for some other reason, compliance with licensing requirements continues to be a major driver for training at most cpa firms. few firms approach training as an investment of strategic value.

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cpe survey: why some cpas are focusing on accounting & financial reporting this year

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increased monthly billings to augment once-a-year tax work.

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by rick telberg
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this year’s tax business is done; mostly, anyway. now it’s time to buckle down and do what cpas – and only cpas – are built for: accounting, financial reporting, compliance, auditing, attestations, and, of course, the host of consulting services that range from business valuation to internal controls.

more on trends in professional development: top cpe trends: how accountants are re-tooling  |  ohio cpa society teams with 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 to improve cpe roi

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preliminary results from a survey being conducted by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 in conjunction with the ohio society of cpas and consultant michael ramos show that about 42 percent of accountants are making accounting and financial reporting a top priority, second only to taxes, and almost twice the rate for two dozen other pursuits.

julie lepper at lepper & company llc, which works with a lot of agricultural professionals in greater pinckney, mich., says upcoming efforts will be in accounting, reporting, practice management, internal control, and tax matters. “these are areas of particular interest to the direction of our firm,” lepper says. “we want more monthly accounting clients, so we want to take classes related to that area that might give us some tricks and updates.  we are also want to help clients with process and internal controls.” read more →

more merger questions than you imagined

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business group of two women and two men shaking handsthere’s a lot to consider whether merging up, down or laterally.

by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli

although we find that an internal ownership transition often can be your best bet, a merger makes sense in many cases. so, if this is the direction you are heading, we’ve highlighted some of the issues below that we think you ought to consider, with the first one being to really take a close and hard look at the compatibility of the organizations courting each other.

more on performance management: how to compensate your managing partner | the job of managing partner: empowered or emasculated? | how the best managing partners turn ideas into reality | make accountability a process | accountability requires clear expectations | base retirement on today’s operations

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who is a likely candidate for a merger?

if you are going to consider a merger, which firms would seemingly be a good fit for your practice – i.e., your clients and your employees and if, applicable, partners?  the better the fit, the more likely you will be able to retain clients and employees, and the greater the chance for overall success of the merged firms.
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merging for all the wrong reasons

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jigsaw puzzle with pieces missing and word "incomplete" in gapfirst: get your house in order; don’t expect someone else to do it for you.

by bill reeb and dominic cingoranelli

for at least the past 10 years, the merger market among cpa firms has been pretty active. while the market volume has waxed and waned a little several times during this period, mergers have been a topic in almost every strategic planning retreat we have facilitated.

more on performance management: how to compensate your managing partner | mps: how to elect them … and fire them | partners as role models: the good, bad & ugly | managing the managing partner | pay varies when performance varies | accountability is for everyone | who decides what?

 

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how to choose the right cpe

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you have to spend the money and time, so make it worth your while.

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

question: i received a call from an accountant with some questions about a foreign-owned client of his. he had the client for 15 years and seems he did not file a ton of required disclosure forms.

more practice doctor q&a: what’s lousy, the client or your approach? | too much paper, too many drives | 34 ways to make more money | why this help wanted ad is all wrong | the six rules to get the most out of cpe | why credentials are worthwhile | i made partner, now what?

in the course of our discussion it turns out he never took a cpe program or even read an article on the topic. the question here is why didn’t he?
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