{"id":1392,"date":"2008-08-01t00:57:54","date_gmt":"2008-08-01t05:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2024-10-01t09:18:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01t13:18:40","slug":"planning-for-busy-season-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2008\/08\/01\/planning-for-busy-season-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"planning for busy season 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>it&#8217;s barely august, but that&#8217;s not too early to be thinking about the next busy season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>we received this grim reminder in the form of a phone call from someone who is, indeed, already thinking about next year.<\/p>\n<p>and it got us to thinking, too. so we took a look at last season&#8217;s busy season stress-o-meter survey data.<\/p>\n<p>we found a few interesting tidbits worth passing along and thinking about when we compared leaders to laggards. as you may know, we define leaders as survey respondents who self-identify their organizations as competitively, relatively, superior, by any common measure &#8212; revenue growth, profitability, staff morale, client satisfaction, etc. and laggards, of course, are, relatively, behind the curve or worse.<\/p>\n<p>(join us in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoomerang.com\/survey\/survey.zgi?p=web2264e4fc745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last season&#8217;s survey, here,<\/a> and we&#8217;ll make sure you get all the updates and an invitation to join this year&#8217;s.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>t<\/strong><strong>he differences between leaders and laggards<\/strong> are sometimes startling. for example:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>leaders      are more likely to enjoy better, smoother busy seasons      than laggards, by a margin of 40% to 24%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>leaders are more likely<\/strong> to report a &#8220;significant increase&#8221; in:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>revenue,      by a ratio of 25% to 9%;<\/li>\n<li>net      profit, by 22% to 9%;<\/li>\n<li>revenue      per client, 10% to 3%; and<\/li>\n<li>profit      per client, 11% to 5%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>at the same time, laggards<\/strong> are more likely than leaders to report problems, such as:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>troublesome partner      or office issues, by a margin of 34% to 15%;<\/li>\n<li>poor      planning or scheduling, by 32% to 15%;<\/li>\n<li>issues      with tax code changes, by 22% to 13%;<\/li>\n<li>technology      or software glitches, by 34% to 27%; and<\/li>\n<li>the      general economic situation, by 20% to 12%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>leaders are also significantly happier<\/strong> with their tax preparation systems:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>39% of      them &#8220;highly likely&#8221; to recommend their current software or      service provider, versus only 18% of laggards who would do so.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>what are the leaders doing right? they tend to excel at these four skills:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>1. minimizing <\/strong>partner conflicts and people problems;<br \/>\n<strong>2. planning <\/strong>and managing the workload;<br \/>\n<strong>3. communicating<\/strong> with, and properly preparing, clients; and<br \/>\n<strong>4. embracing<\/strong> new technologies.<\/p>\n<p>but no skill may be as important as maintaining a positive mental attitude and a healthy personal life. indeed, it may be a matter of survival. more about that, in <a href=\"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2008\/04\/14\/four-new-lessons-from-busy-season-2008\/\">this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>what&#8217;s your secret for busy season? <a href=\"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2008\/08\/01\/planning-for-busy-season-2009\/#respond\">leave a comment, here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it&#8217;s barely august, but that&#8217;s not too early to be thinking about the next busy season. we received this grim reminder in the form of a phone call from someone who is, 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