management

10 tech mega-trends changing the way you’ll do business

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… in a new world of connectivity.

by rick telberg

as technology reshapes the world, accounting firms and finance executives must aggressively reshape their business strategies and their own corporate hierarchies, according to a new manifesto from leading thinkers at mckinsey & company.

given mckinsey’s “reach and influence in the senior executive community” (as even a competing gartner analyst admits), finance and accounting professionals need to know the firm’s new list of “10 tech-enabled business trends to watch.” pay attention: your boss or your client (or both) could quiz you about any or all of these hot topics.

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six reasons you don’t want to be the boss

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life changes when you move up the ranks. after years of coaching partners and partners-in-waiting, sam allred of upstream academy knows a thing or two about what it takes to succeed as you climb the executive ladder at an accounting … continued

21 questions: how to start thinking about the future of your accounting firm

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ric payne has a lot of answers. but, importantly, he also knows the right questions.

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the ceo and chairman of principa, which provides management services to accounting firms worldwide, payne is famous for launching results accountants systems, the accountants’ bootcamp and the results accountants’ network.

today, the big question accountants should be asking themselves is: what is the vision i have for our firm 10 years from now?

in framing that vision, he says you need ask: read more →