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do cpa firms need management or leadership?

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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.

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new record: u.s. accounting industry tops 1 million workers

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wages rise 6%. double-digit expansion in payroll agencies.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

the number of people employed in the accounting industry has topped 1 million for the first time ever.

sounds great, doesn’t it? there are a million of us. savor that for a moment.

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in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 covers:

  • current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, tax, payroll and cpa segments of the industry, indicating growth and shrinkage among sectors.
  • average hourly wages for key segments, with trends in employee pay rates.
  • typical hours worked per week, showing utilization and productivity.
  • trends concerning women in the workforce, including hiring rates.

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why my people take 5 days off (yes, in a row)

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need more? take more. you’re an adult.

by wesley middleton
middleton raines llp

so we decided to shake things up in the accounting world and offer a benefit that many others don’t have. open pto, or as some call it, unlimited pto.

no more tracking paid time off. no more carryovers or figuring out the carryover policy. should it be 40 hours or 80 hours? we are telling our team what we expect them to get done, when we expect them to do it, and then the rest of the time is on them. please go home or on vacation! you deserve it.

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what culture really means for partners

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bonus: three outlooks from our exclusive expert council: grundy, pipe, dunn. by martin bissett passport to partnership the passport to partnership study collated a number of responses from existing partners of accounting practices in a conversational style. examples that really stood out … continued

top 100 firms report solid growth amidst staffing challenges

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top 100 overall revenue chart
source: accountingtoday

attest, m&a and salt lead top trending niches.

accounting today’s annual listing of its top 100 firms reflects what the industry as a whole is seeing: business is good and it’s getting better.

overall growth was a healthy 8.44 percent, similar to but slightly higher than recent years.

firms with revenues between $100 million and $1 billion outpaced the others in growth mode, although mergers had a great deal to do with that.

the most difficult challenge cited was – no surprise – recruiting and retaining qualified staff, especially those with three to five years of experience. pressure is being put on the talent pool by retiring baby boomers only exacerbates the problem. tools to counter it include: read more →

36 cheap and easy ways to reward employees

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happy business team eating pizza in officepondering personal preferences is paramount.

is money is the no. 1 motivator for employees? maybe not.

“money is important. but if someone doesn’t like their job or the way they are treated, i don’t care how much you pay them, they still won’t like it,” says arnold sanow, a seminar leader and coach. “in fact, in numerous surveys the no. 1 motivating factor to get employees to perform at their best focuses on appreciation and recognition.”

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cpa firms paying top dollar for talent in nationwide hiring binge

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pay raises trending
pay raises trending

wages hit new high; hourly rates at cpa firms up nearly 10 percent.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

as the economy adds jobs, the accounting industry is grabbing its share and sometimes more, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 sources. at the same time, respondents to the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 careers and hiring outlook tracking polls show nearly 60 percent ready to jump ship if the right offer comes along.

join the survey. get the results.

in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 covers:

  • current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, tax, payroll and cpa segments of the industry, indicating growth and shrinkage among sectors.
  • average hourly wages for key segments, with trends in employee pay rates.
  • typical hours worked per week, showing utilization and productivity.
  • trends concerning women in the workforce, including hiring rates.

it’s not all about the money.

higher wages aren’t everything, as clearly indicated in the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 careers and hiring outlook tracking polls. read more →

how to start an effective sponsorship … and follow through

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woman in white office meeting with man17 specific action steps you should take.

by ida o. abbott
sponsoring women: what men need to know

when you sponsor a woman, there are many steps that you can take to ensure that the relationship is productive and achieves its objectives.

more on sponsoring women for leadership: 3 ways to initiate informal sponsorship | how to establish a sponsor-protégée relationship | 3 roadblocks to women and men working together well | fear of sex and rumors inhibits sponsorship | why women resist networking and powerful role models | women must see politics as leadership to get ahead | mommy bias persists | different standards, double binds challenge women | 5 ways gender bias plays out at cpa firms

here are some tips for getting off to a strong start and following through effectively, especially by focusing on career opportunities and promoting your protégée to others. read more →

accountants start 2015 on strong hiring trend

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the best december in the last decade.

tax, accounting and bookkeeping employment, through december 2014
tax, accounting and bookkeeping employment, through december 2014

the u.s. tax, accounting and bookkeeping industries closed 2014 with the strongest employment trends in a decade, according to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 sources.

here 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 reports on:

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

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18 ways to blow a partnership opportunity

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by ed mendlowitz

question: i have been working for a one-owner cpa firm for the past eight years and want a partnership, but it hasn’t been offered. how should i approach it?

response: i had a couple of rather long discussions with this practitioner. why, i don’t know. i suppose i was being polite to the person who told him to call me.

here is some additional information before i give my response: read more →

partners have love-hate relationship with leadership

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aquila leadership context modelby robert j. lees, august j. aquila
and derek klyhn
creating the effective partnership

regardless of their ownership structure, most firms either operate as partnerships or would prefer to operate as partnerships.

the tensions between being a business and the loss of the values and ethics of being a partnership feature strongly in our research.

but accounting firms are different from their corporate counterparts in a number of ways, which impact their functioning and, therefore, their leadership. read more →