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when to ignore a white lie: a cautionary tale

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businessman covering face with handshow well do you represent your firm?

by martin bissett
passport to partnership

the passport to partnership study collated a number of responses in a conversational style.

more on the passport to partnership: rfps: 7 things not to do | 7 mistakes to avoid when going after new work | why communication matters so much | 3 questions to evaluate your firm culture | competence: more than technical skills
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the main example that really stood out as the major indicator of a need for each future leader to be able to “convert” new business is showcased below and was repeated many times in various different ways.
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the smart way to pay partners transitioning into reirement

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how to create a win-win.

by marc rosenberg
partner comp: art & science

years ago, i had a consulting project that involved interviewing the firm’s eight partners in december and convening a group meeting in january. one of the partners was retiring, cold turkey, december 31.

more on partner compensation: paying new partners and lateral hires | paying part-time partners | the 8 basics for data-based partner performance evaluations | how to set the managing partner’s compensation | crash course: operating a compensation committee | partner pay: open vs. closed compensation systems | the 3 best partner compensation formulas | 11 points in designing a partner comp system | what partners earn and how they earn it | why most partner comp systems are performance-based
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he had been a great partner for 40 years and had successfully transitioned clients throughout his two-year notice period, so well that during the last month or so prior to his retirement, the gentleman literally had nothing left to do and was no longer coming to the office. but he was willing to make a special visit so i could interview him.
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partner performance: defining the metrics

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standard deviation curvehow do you know whether you’re working hard on the right things?

by august j. aquila
what makes a great partnership

over the last 10 years, i have conducted surveys with the pcps division of the aicpa, which dealt with performance management.

more on great partnerships: why shared values are important | great cpa firm partnerships begin with trust | the 4 best ways to use pre-retirement partners | work together better in 11 steps | drop politics, be accountable | what makes a successful strategic plan? | innovate or die | partners love, hate leadership | 8 ways leaders destroy firms

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in 2006 only 10 percent of the firms responding to the survey indicated that their partners had written goals. six years later, only 11 percent of the firms responding to the survey indicated that their partners have written goals.

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rfps: 7 things not to do

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7notallowedplus 6 keys to the perfect proposal.

by martin bissett
passport to partnership

what makes a written proposal become accepted by the potential client – every time?

more on the passport to partnership: 7 mistakes to avoid when going after new work | communicate your worth and value | best practices for one-on-one communication | learn to read your firm’s culture | experts advise what partnership takes
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proposal writing is a micro-science in its own right but here are the proven principles that it takes to get proposals accepted.
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7 mistakes to avoid when going after new work

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error stampedplus 9 business development metrics you should be measuring when checking your conversion rates.

by martin bissett
passport to partnership

like it or not, the 21st-century accountant is in the relationship-building business. when a qualified accountant learns the art of developing those relationships in such a way as they empower the practice to be able to forecast its new fee income each year, the accountant becomes a profit center and their value to the firm increases tenfold.

more on the passport to partnership: communicate your worth and value | 5 ways to evaluate your communication | 7 levels of communication management | 5 ways to get buy-in for firm culture | partnership: competence is just the foot in the door | are you partner material? maybe not
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our fourth “c,” conversion, has flirted with being the top answer from respondents in the passport to partnership study and has featured in over 80 percent of all firms interviewed as to what makes a senior manager stand out as a potential partner.
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top trends in comp for new partners and lateral hires

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$100 bill jigsaw puzzle with piece missingplus a stern warning.

by marc rosenberg
partner comp: art & science

pay for newly merged-in and laterally hired partners invites special consideration.

more on partner compensation: paying part-time partners | how to pay non-equity partners | 5 types of partner evaluations | how large and small firms allocate income | partner pay: recapping the compensation systems | 5 other systems for paying partners | why firms use partner comp formulas | 3 tiers of compensation | partner compensation: an art, not a science | why most partner comp systems are performance-based
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merged-in partners working full time who are not retirement-minded are commonly paid no less than they made at their own firm.
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why shared values are important

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happy multi-ethnic business team with thumbs up in the officebe specific to help everyone walk the talk.

by august j. aquila
what makes a great partnership

after trust, the second building block for a successful partnership is having shared values. it does not mean that partners are clones of one another, but partners agree upon the firm’s shared values, on how they are going to treat each other, the clients and the employees. shared values are what bring a group of individuals together to achieve something that they could not achieve individually.

more on great partnerships: great cpa firm partnerships begin with trust | are you driving your best partners crazy? | 7 warning signs for your firm | the checks and balances your firm needs | don’t weed out the roses | back to basics: 25 ways to grow your practice | 3 ways to halt a poor leader | 8 questions that staff ask in a merger
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the concept of core or shared values gets a lot of press and most professional service firms’ websites promote their core values to prospects, clients and recruits. but, like so many management ideas that are on the soft side, shared values are often more talk than reality.
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communicate your worth and value

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search for valueput it all together for both clients and coworkers to see.

by martin bissett
passport to partnership

an advisor is trusted when they can show that they

  • took responsibility for their end of the bargain in the client engagement,
  • educated the client of their responsibilities,
  • offered prompting and assistance throughout but then allowed the client to ultimately govern themselves in terms of following through on their commitments.

more on the passport to partnership: 5 ways to evaluate your communication | why communication matters so much | 3 questions to evaluate your firm culture | competence: more than technical skills | are you partner material? maybe not
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this then empowers the advisor to make a commercial decision when the client now faces the consequences, as to whether they want to communicate even more assistance to make things all better for the clients and gain huge appreciation and emotional capital.
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great cpa firm partnerships begin with trust

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chemistry formula partnership science_1000009273-120613intand the 7 other key ingredients in the cpa firm success formula.

by august j. aquila

great partnerships are like great love affairs. there needs to be chemistry. after more than 36 years of consulting with large and small professional services firms, i’ve seen all sorts of chemistry. some partnerships were almost toxic, most were tolerable and a few were great. let me share my observations about great partnerships and how they got that way.

more on great partnerships:  are you driving your best partners crazy?  |  why ‘walking together’ is so important  |  the 4 best ways to use pre-retirement partners  |  7 warning signs for your firm   |    6 ways to pay partners  |  work together better in 11 steps  |  the checks and balances your firm needs  |  how to build a better firm through teamwork  |  drop politics, be accountable  |

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many new firms, and some longtime firms, unfortunately, don’t give a lot of thought to “what makes a great partnership?” their main concern is survival. but the sooner a firm starts focusing on what makes it a great partnership, the better off it will be.

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what partnership gets you (and doesn’t)

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now or later keys shows delay deadlines and urgencyalso: the eligibility, costs, obligations and benefits of partnership.

by marc rosenberg

sometimes partners ask for more than they reasonably should expect. here’s a rundown of what a partner is and is not entitled to:

more on partnership: equity vs. non-equity partners | new partner vs. manager: what’s the difference? | research results: how firms pay new partners | keys to bringing in new partners

 

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a partner is entitled to:
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paying part-time, work-at-home partners

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woman smiling with boy with backpackhow to handle perks, vesting and other issues.

by marc rosenberg
partner comp: art & science

among the unique partner compensation issues that arise at cpa firms are when partners choose to work part time.

more on partner compensation: how to pay non-equity partners | 3 rules for promotion to partner | should the mp be the highest paid partner? | integrating partner comp with strategic planning | partner pay: the declining importance of book of business | 3 non-performance-based comp systems | 3 subjective compensation systems | partner compensation 101 | how partners view compensation: it’s not all about the money

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the following chart summarizes how firms compensate two major types of part-time partners:
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30-item checklist: getting people to listen to you

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7 businesspeople in meeting

lessons in effective communication for partners and wanna-be partners.

by martin bissett
passport to partnership

the passport to partnership study collated a number of responses in a conversational style.

more on the passport to partnership: 3 questions to evaluate your firm culture | competence: more than technical skills | partnership: competence is just the foot in the door

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a couple examples really stood out as the first steps in effective communication: read more →

cpa firm partners: equity vs. non-equity

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apple and orange on a seesawand why you might need both.

by marc rosenberg
how to bring in new partners

there are reasons to have both equity and non-equity partners.

more on partnership: new partner vs. manager: what’s the difference? | 23 key provisions in a partner buyout | what does buy-in buy? | how to structure partner buy-in

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let’s run down both and then look at a comparison.

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