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novice manager needs to know: how to do it all?

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15 strategies for a first-time supervisor’s success.

here at 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间, ed mendlowitz answers some of the toughest questions practitioners can throw at him. he’s the right one to ask. after more than 40 years in the business – building his own practice, running the firm, and eventually selling it to a major regional firm, withumsmith+brown, where he remains a senior partner and consultant to professional services clients – he has the answers. we’re happy to have him at 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间. send your questions for ed here, or chime in with comments below.

ed mendlowitz cpa the practice doctor q and amore from ed mendlowitz, the practice doctor q&a: why no one listens to you | fun reads for busy season  |  when not to offer a free initial consultation | measuring growth in yourself, staff and partners  |  what do you think you’re doing?  | can you teach judgment?  |  clients’ calls at home  | what you need to know before expanding into business valuation |

question: my boss asked me to call you.  i am a staff accountant with five years experience.  i am having a lot of stress trying to manage everything i have to do. i am juggling supervising people that i don’t know how to supervise, being managed less by those above me and having to figure out more for myself – including things i never did before or in industries i never worked on previously, keeping current with changes in accounting rules and taxes (since i am more like a generalist and clients ask me everything) never seem to have any free time, juggling my schedule because most of my clients are never ready when they say they will be and being accountable to my boss for everything i do plus what the staff working under me does. so how do i do it all? how can i prioritize all my responsibilities? read more →

how to apply sam walton’s 10 rules for success at your firm

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they work at walmart. here’s how to make them work for you.

by august j. aquila
aquila global advisers

if they were good enough for sam walton, shouldn’t they be good enough for you and me? is there anyone who wouldn’t want his or her firm to be as successful as walmart?

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more august aquila on 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间:   nine steps to effective succession planning for the small firm |  thinking merger? look before you leap  | four new checklists for succession planning  |   partner accountability: seven signs your firm may be in trouble |

of course, we can’t guarantee your success, but you are more likely to achieve it if you follow walton’s ten rules. read more →

measuring growth in yourself, staff and partners

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“knowledge gap” method uses a client-centric approach.

ed mendlowitz answers some of the toughest questions practitioners can throw at him. he’s the right one to ask. after more than 40 years in the business – building his own practice, running the firm, and eventually selling it to a major regional firm, withumsmith+brown, where he remains a senior partner and consultant to professional services clients – he has the answers.

more for 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 pro members: what do you think you’re doing?  | can you teach judgment?  |  clients’ calls at home  | what you need to know before expanding into business valuation | asking an attorney for a referral fee  |  are partner retreats really worth the cost? | audit reports without doing the work? | should i really spend the time making checklists? | what’s a tax practice worth today? |

question: i suspect that my partner has “maxed out” and cannot grow further which will retard our growth.  what can i do or how can i deal with this?

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10 ideas to keep your firm moving forward

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jean caragher
jean caragher

attract and retain the best and the brightest.

by jean caragher
capstone marketing

daniel burrus, considered one of the world’s leading technology forecasters and business strategists and author of six books including “flash foresight: how to see the invisible and do the impossible,” was the opening speaker at the 2012 cch user conference held this week in my new hometown of san diego.

complete conference coverage: cloud & mobile technologies drive change in tax and accounting  |  how apple is changing your business  |  10 ideas to keep your firm moving forward  |

given the rapidly changing world in which we work, burrus challenged us to look into the future to determine those hard trends (those that will happen whether we want it or not) and soft trends (those trends over which we have control) that will impact our business.  then, he encouraged us to use flash foresight – the ability to trigger a burst of accurate insight about the future – and to use it to produce a new and radically different way of doing things. read more →

what new accounting grads want from your firm

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survey of college professors provides clues for successful recruiting.

internships and social networks speak loudest when new college accounting graduates weigh their first jobs offers, according to a new public accounting report survey obtained by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.

the study ranks the relative importance of factors to students when choosing a job offer, including:

  • access to latest technology
  • compensation and benefits
  • desirable location or geographic base
  • long-term career opportunities
  • technical reputation
  • the firm’s long-term business outlook
  • the firm’s quality of life in terms of an employee-friendly environment
  • whether the offer is from a big four firm
  • workplace diversity

and the survey reveals the companies and cpa firms soon-to-be graduates are hoping to join:

  • a company in private industry
  • any big four firm
  • any top 25 firm
  • a local firm
  • bkd
  • deloitte
  • e&y
  • grant thornton
  • kpmg
  • pwc

the survey also shows how many undergrads have actually worked in a public accounting firm before graduation, and the top 10 corporations would recommend as employers. but the most closely followed part of the survey are the rankings  of the top 25 undergraduate accounting programs.

the responses are tabulated in the following charts with analysis by the survey’s author:

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the five essential building blocks for creating a strong accounting firm

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the ideal management structure for a profitable cpa firm.

by marc rosenberg, cpa
author of what really makes cpa firms profitable

the vast majority of cpa firms are well under 100 people and therefore don’t need the kind of formalized structure that larger firms need. but virtually all firms, regardless of size, need some minimum form of structure.

marc rosenberg
marc rosenberg

more like this: the seven signs of great leadership in a cpa firm | the 10 biggest mistakes cpa firms make in reading map statistics | new rosenberg map survey says cpa firm revenue growth re-accelerating | five skills that separate winners from losers in the accounting business | don’t ask a cpa what profitability means | the essence of cpa firm profitability | compensation issues for the new managing partner | 20 decisions for your firm’s new partner compensation committee | three ways to break partner gridlock in an accounting firm | what partners are entitled to, and what they’re not entitled to | how to make partner? | why accounting firm partners are “popping prozac like m&m’s” | more…

there is a natural tendency for firms to minimize the role of management. there are several reasons for this: read more →

2013 trends in starting salaries in finance and accounting

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business demand drives hiring, new competition for talent.

special to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间

fueled by new demand from business clients, cpa firms of all sizes are looking to expand audit and tax practices and pursue new new market segments, according to a fresh report on the accountant jobs market. (pro members: get the full report, courtesy 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.)

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accounting and bookkeeping jobs hit new all-time high for month of august

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best august ever.

accounting and bookkeeping services, via www.g005e.com

by rick telberg

the u.s. accounting and bookkeeping sector of the economy added 3,500 new jobs in august bringing the full-time workforce in the industry to 955,000, a new all-time record high for the month, according to preliminary new data obtained by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.

related
instant download – 2013 salary guide 
join the survey, get the results – the cpa careers and hiring outlook: job satisfaction and retention benchmarks
join the survey, get the results – top talent strategies:  how to identify and develop professionals for management and leadership responsibilities

in addition, the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analysis shows: read more →

accounting industry adds 500 jobs

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marks 16 months annualized expansion. but cpa firms are a different story.

accounting and bookkeeping services, all employees in thousands, thru july 2012

the accounting and bookkeeping industry, which includes cpa firms and payroll agencies, added a statistically meaningless 500 jobs in july, according to new data sourced by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间. july ended with 953,200 fte’s, up from june’s 952,700.

but it’s in the year-over-year gains where the trend is more clear. and the story at cpa firms is much different.

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21 awesome ways to show appreciation

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one of the key ways to improve client and workplace relationships is by showing appreciation.

“too often” leo buscaglia, the author, once said, “we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

we can extend appreciation anywhere and everywhere — at home, at work, at school, and wherever you want to acknowledge those who make your life brighter.

here are a few ideas that might work for accounting firms: read more →