{"id":30672,"date":"2013-08-20t08:25:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-20t12:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=30672"},"modified":"2016-04-19t11:19:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19t15:19:00","slug":"the-politics-of-an-accounting-firm-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2013\/08\/20\/the-politics-of-an-accounting-firm-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"the politics of an accounting firm partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"

how one managing partner learned the hard way.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by august j. aquila and robert j. lees<\/em>
\ncreating the effective partnership<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

while many managing partners understand the value of a vision statement to focus their partner team’s energies, too few get it right.<\/p>\n

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a vision is more than a simple statement. when we talk about having a compelling vision, we don\u2019t mean just a well-crafted vision.\u00a0we mean the vision with a clear destination, the strategies for getting there (the \u201chow to\u201d), the way progress will be measured and the benefits to the partners of going on the journey.<\/p>\n

more on partnership management: \u00a0<\/strong>nine rules to creating highly effective partnership teams<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 | \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>audacious vision and grand purpose prove essential to cpa success<\/a> |\u00a0are you creating a sustainable firm?<\/a>\u00a0| the debilitating effects of denial at accounting firms<\/a> | the five psychological hurdles that cpa firms must confront today<\/a><\/p>\n

let\u2019s look at an example of what can happen when all the elements (vision, journey, milestones and a positive answer to what\u2019s in it for me) aren\u2019t in place. read more →<\/a><\/p>\n