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part of it is bringing people together.

by jody padar
from success to significance: the radical cpa guide

if we are going to be acting like product managers, we really need to know what they do. the best place to start is defining product management.

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according to steven haines’ book “the product manager’s survival guide,” product management refers to the holistic management of products and portfolios – from the time they are conceived to the time they are discontinued and withdrawn from the market. in essence, it’s the business management of products. product management can also refer to the organization that serves to lead and integrate the work of people from other functions.
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this is the only way they’re handled.

by jody padar
from success to significance: the radical cpa guide

here’s the old-school way of completing 1099s:

cpa calls customer before year-end reminding them 1099s need to be completed for january. cpa reminds customer to send in names, addresses and amounts for 1099s to be issued. cpa waits for complete data, usually missing at least one address. cpa rushes at last minute to enter data in 1099 system and issue 1099s. cpas have multiple customers who act like this, creating havoc and late nights in january.

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it doesn’t have to be this way!
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provider and customer have to be aligned.

by jody padar
the radical cpa guide

what is your firm’s purpose?

let’s go back to the idea of innovation, or what i like to describe as the application of innovation and business model transformation.

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we’re not just managing change anymore. change management is becoming obsolete – new firms know they must be nimbler than just strategizing around any sort of targeted change. managing change was fine five years ago, but trust me when i say we are beyond that.
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do you want your firm to last after you’re gone?

by jody padar
from success to significance: the radical cpa guide

cpas are busy people – often to the detriment of their customers. when cpas don’t have time to understand their customers, they fail to give them real value and creative solutions.

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this is really concerning to me. it concerns me that many cpas are unwilling to do the work to keep their firms relevant. although they know that the world no longer works the way it did 20 years ago, they simply shrug their shoulders or look the other way because confronting change seems like too much work.
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six barriers to innovation.

by jody padar
the radical cpa

many radicals have already made the shift to pricing by value or a fixed price agreement. yet, they are still tracking time.

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when we value our team on an hour, it leaves almost no time for innovation to occur. an incremental shift could be to allow for a certain number of innovation hours per week. however, once again, this is a huge limit on creating an innovative culture.
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“our cultures eat the opportunity to innovate.”

by jody padar
the radical cpa

opportunities are everywhere. as a successful business owner, you already know this. but when you look at your firm’s biggest challenges, do you see opportunities?

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opportunities are always openings for innovation or change. as a firm owner, you have a choice: you can address your challenges about the changing market head on or you can just hide your head in the sand and leave them for the next generation to tackle.
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why you should strive for utopia.

by jody padar
the radical cpa

in a traditional firm, the partner is the center of everything – from technical knowledge to relationship management to operations.

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and, it’s not a pretty sight.

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