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what kind of experience do you provide?

by rob nixon

i have a view that for a fair day’s work a fair day’s salary should be given.

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i do not believe you should overpay people (base salary) just to keep them or get them in the first place. if you create a great culture where people are challenged, they are learning a lot and they are having fun, then they will stay with you regardless (within reason) of the base salary.
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change management requires everyone to get on board.

by rob nixon

it’s hard to grow and develop an accounting firm on your own. you need the support of your team.

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you may want to implement a lot of new ideas; however, your team may have other ideas. unless you have a super-flexible team who is used to change then the reality is you may struggle with team engagement or buy-in. you may struggle to get the change you’re looking for.
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your competitors are doing it.

by rob nixon

in 2014 there were approximately 50,000 australian office jobs sent to the philippines alone. according to experts this number is set to double this year and continue growing each year.

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it can be a touchy subject with some people but it’s not going to go away. clothing has been manufactured overseas for years and now it’s office jobs.
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the current team may be short-lived.

by rob nixon

around the world, technology is disrupting many jobs in many industries.

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among jobs in the firing line include those that involve repetition, problem solving, information dissemination and data processing:

• if there is any type of human algorithm involved it can now be done by a computer or a robot.
• if there is manual data entry then much of that can be done by supercomputers with barcoding.
• if there is consistent repetition in the job in the future it can be done by software and supercomputers.
• if there is information dissemination involved then that can be done by the internet and clever algorithms.

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428 business owners surveyed: “what should your accountant do?”

by rob nixon

there are two schools of thought on finding out what a customer wants and what they are prepared to pay for.

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the first i’ll call the henry ford way. mr. ford (who founded the ford motor company) famously said that if he asked his customers what they wanted they would have said “a faster horse.” he didn’t ask his customers what they wanted – instead, he designed something that they needed. however, the customer didn’t know that they needed it yet.
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10 behaviors that pinpoint the difference.

by rob nixon

the vast majority of accountants i meet are offering “redundant data” advice. they are offering up information based on old data.

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clients don’t want services that are late. they want real-time services that are on time, relevant and pre-emptive.
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“what pain do you want to fix and what pleasure do you want to achieve?”

by rob nixon

most accounting firms set no goals or at best they set small goals. if they do set any goals they set smags – small minded adequate goals.

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if you go back to my success formula (doing what you want, when you want, with whom you want, in a manner you want) then a smag may be appropriate for your style. at least it’s a goal – albeit a goal that doesn’t fill your potential.

in my opinion (and this entire approach is based on my opinion – plus a lot of research) we’re only here once so let’s do something purposeful. let’s do something grand. let’s do something that lives beyond us.

let’s set some bhags – big hairy audacious goals.
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5 key areas of focus when re-modeling your business.

by rob nixon

most accounting firms are operating their business by default – not operating their business by design.

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most accounting firms just seem to exist. they get through the years with a limited plan; they seem to “acquire” a bunch of clients who are a hodgepodge of make, model and size. they do not typically run the firm like a business, and worst of all the partners typically operate the firm based on learnings from the partners of the firms where they used to be employees.
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