the myths of performance management

be careful what you measure, says management guru gary cokins

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with steven sacks

cpas and finance leaders must start asking some really painful questions, according to gary cokins, an internationally recognized expert in performance management, in this interview with steven sacks for 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.

questions like:

• do we know where we make or lose money?
• do our managers understand the strategy? the executives?
• are we measuring the right things?

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stop beating up the irs – really

frank stitely while i feel for irs employees and they certainly need a lot more funding to be effective, they got their budget whacked playing politics. i hope that’s a…

seven ways to win the talent wars

how small firms can beat the staffing shortage.//www.g005e.com/2020/09/18/better-talent-drives-better-results/

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

the following story brought tears to my eyes while i sat in a barbados resort drinking some alcohol concoction. was it the alcohol talking or the happy ending where i got a profit distribution check? maybe a little of both.

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the afternoon before i left for beautiful barbados, the partner group of our outsourced accounting practice met for a state of the practice meeting conducted by our director of outsourced accounting.
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who’s your most valuable employee?

don’t be the fool in the room.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

we have been heavily in the numbers so far. let’s take a break from that to discuss a factor that, while not heavily numeric, plays a big factor in managing wip – employee productivity. because capacity is the denominator in the lean six sigma equation, and employee productivity is a big factor in capacity, employee productivity becomes a big factor in determining turnaround time.

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first, let’s dismiss from the room all the consultants, who tell us that time tracking and productivity metrics don’t matter. for the most part, these consultants have never managed or owned cpa firms. rarely have they worked in firms for any length of time.
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how to implement the laziness equation

time is money : clock hands on $100 billscalculate and cut turnaround time.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

one of the funniest parts of launching clarity practice management has been watching my business partner, peter daniel, learn about the business acumen of cpas and accountants. peter and i founded clarity as a collaboration between a cpa firm client (peter) and a cpa firm (me.). he knew what he wanted from a client perspective, and i knew what we wanted as a cpa firm.

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peter owns a software development company and believes in the rational decision-making model for businesses. the rational decision-making model is totally irrelevant to the way most cpas and accountants run their practices. for instance, consider this interchange between peter and a practitioner at our clarity booth during a trade show.
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the happier, saner, richer tax firm

scrambled thoughts enter man's head, straightened ones come outit’s not easy, but it is possible.

by frank stitely
the relentless cpa

i’m back. since writing the “relentless cpa – the new 21st century system for driving success at tax and accounting firms,” i have spoken to dozens of cpas and accountants, been called a dozen names (some of them deserved), and received a few death threats.

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actually, the death threats came from my wife, who said she’d kill me if i said “yes” to any new projects. she watches lots of crime shows, so the fbi regarded her threats as serious. i am writing this to buy a bulletproof vest for when she gets out of jail. thank you for your contribution to saving my life.
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how covid rewrites the rules for recruiting

frank stitely explains how stitely & karstetter cpas competes for top talent.

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with richard rothstein

frank stitely, the managing partner of stitely & karstetter, ceo of clarity practice management and a 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 expert contributor, explains how stitely & karstetter handles staff recruiting in a competitive environment, in this interview with richard rothstein of rothstein consulting for 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.

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