help clients by pivoting to projections

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by gale crosley

major upheavals in economic conditions present an opportunity for significant growth. for firms prepared to embrace this concept, it’s go time for new service innovations that clients and prospects want, need and are willing to pay for.

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more: home alone. but not really. | dicey disruptions | be a consultant or be left behind | sustainable innovation: how to pull it off
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with so many of us sequestered at home, it may be some time since you’ve actually been in your car. but you’ve probably not forgotten the difference between the view from your rearview mirror and what you see out the windshield. applying the metaphor to accounting highlights the contrast between where we’ve been and where we need to go as a profession in the current environment.
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home alone. but not really.

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seven tips for teams and leaders dealing with coronavirus lockdowns.

by gale crosley

as i stood in the shower one morning earlier this week the words, “this feels like war” came to mind. not that i’ve been in one. but i’m experienced enough to recognize the panic, uncertainty and vulnerability. moments later, with coffee in hand in front of the tv, i listened as new york governor andrew cuomo stated, “this is a war. we have to treat it like a war.”

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war, according to military wisdom, requires an approach that is both tactical and strategic. we need to focus on tactics—preparing yourself and marshaling your troops for success on a new kind of battlefield. one with toys underfoot and a dog howling in the background.

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geared up for exponential growth at mowery & schoenfeld cpas

a conversation with gale crosley, growth consultant.

the principles behind the leaps and bounds of mowery & schoenfeld

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when jeffrey l. mowery and keith a. schoenfeld decided to bail out of the big firms and start their own, they were just a couple of cpas with a couple of folding tables and a dream.

that was then. this is now. after a series of astonishing leaps and bounds, they have raised their revenues from $3.5 million in 2008 to over $17 million today. and they plan to double that in five years.

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dicey disruptions

and the five strategies your firm will need.

by gale crosley

a year ago, firms were struggling. the organic growth of the top 100 slid down to 4.6 percent, the lowest level since 2011.

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was it because…?

  • the profession was resource-constrained?
  • was it the distraction of technology transformation?
  • what about distractions caused by mergers?
  • or possibly all of the above?

here are the five best strategies to consider going forward:

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cpa firm incomes gain 8% in new map survey

annual growth rates (via the rosenberg survey)

firms gear up for advisory, grapple with retirements, and take aim at bigger competitors.

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the rosenberg map survey

in the new 2019-2020 edition of the annual rosenberg map survey, the leading national benchmarking study for firms of all sizes, the average firm is growing at 7.7 percent, up from 7 percent in last year’s study and reversing a two-year decline.

meanwhile, organic growth, excluding mergers and acquisitions advanced to 5.9 percent from 4.3 percent, “proving that the accounting profession is really cultivating a focus on business development efforts,” according to the authors, led by charles hylan of the growth partnership and marc rosenberg of rosenberg associates, who founded the study 21 years ago, making it the longest-running such benchmarking project in the profession. (and available from 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 here.)

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why you need a tech strategy consultant

what to do with these new capabilities? commercialize them, of course.

by gale crosley
the rosenberg survey: national study of cpa firm statistics

last year was a tipping point, as firm leaders began to convincingly acknowledge the fact that technology is going to rock their world. it was the year our colleagues finally got the memo that the profession is poised for transformation. now the debate is around how quickly and in what sequence.

more from the map survey: 2019: three new trends to watch | 2019: why small firms shun mergers | 2019: using m&a to launch consulting | 2019: client service moves to fore | 2019: expect more alliances | 2019 trends: client service changes | 2019: shifts in hiring & office space | 2019: firms grapple with change | staff policies improve, but not mentoring
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this is hardly the first time we’ve had to grapple with significant change. but never have so many promising technologies come to practical commercialization at once.
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30 things dumb firms do

businessman with his head on backwardstop consultants list the stupid stuff.

by rick telberg
the rosenberg survey

in the wealth of information in the 2018 rosenberg survey, the leading national compendium of financial and operating statistics for cpa firms, a host of consultants points out some of the things they see cpa firms doing right and wrong.

also: 29 things smart firms do
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here are some of the wrongs. read more →