{"id":34847,"date":"2014-07-27t05:59:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-27t09:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=34847"},"modified":"2024-09-01t14:48:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01t18:48:52","slug":"can-you-hear-me-now-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2014\/07\/27\/can-you-hear-me-now-2\/","title":{"rendered":"can you hear me now?"},"content":{"rendered":"
eight reasons why accounting firms need to work on internal communications first. by bruce w. marcus<\/em><\/p>\n a terrific definition of chaos is when a client asks two different people in your firm the same question\u00a0\u2013 and gets two different and conflicting answers.<\/p>\n more for pro members: <\/strong>managing knowledge as a growth and management tool<\/a> \u2022 the secret formula for getting new clients<\/a> \u2022 what we\u2019ve learned since accounting marketing was legalized<\/a> \u2022 do accounting firms really want an \u2018image\u2019?<\/a> \u2022 what accounting firms need to learn from personal financial planning specialists<\/a> \u2022 the delicate art of positioning your firm in the mind of the prospect<\/a> another form of it is when there’s a crisis, and the press calls and gets somebody on the phone who hasn’t been briefed\u00a0\u2013 but who answers the questions anyway. there’s real horror for you.<\/p>\n a managing partner bemoans the fact that his or her clear and well-defined vision of the firm has become so diluted by the time it gets transmitted down the line that there\u2019s cause to wonder if everybody is working for the same firm.<\/p>\n it’s at times like these that somebody gets the idea that maybe the concept of internal communications is more than a management clich\u00e9. but how much more? where does internal communications begin? with email? or regular staff meetings? a private social network platform?<\/p>\n why do so many internal communications programs so consistently fail to communicate important information within a firm?<\/p>\n the answer, we find, is not in the mechanics and devices of communication, which is too often the first stop for an internal communications plan, but in the content<\/em>. it’s only when we realize the difference between content and mechanics that we can properly formulate an internal communications program that works. content is the gold. mechanics are merely the vehicles.<\/em><\/p>\n technology fools us into thinking that because we have facts, we have information. we now have incredibly sophisticated ways and devices for gathering and distributing facts. but in reality, we are inundated with the flow.<\/p>\n information overload<\/strong><\/p>\n experience now tells us that a major cause of the failure of internal communications is trying to tell everything to everybody, randomly and often irrelevantly. information overload, no matter which communications devices are used, results in people not hearing information they really need. information overload, then, means no information at all.<\/p>\n a basic tenet of a sound program is that not everybody has to know everything about everything. success lies in defining who has to know what, and why.<\/p>\n nor does internal communication do much when it’s random and disorganized, and not focused on objectives. it does work, though, when there’s a plan and a program, no matter how simple, for your own firm, no matter how large or small.<\/p>\n the profound need for internal communications<\/strong><\/p>\n the consultant david maister talks about the one-firm firm<\/em>, in which all of the people in a firm, regardless of their specialties or positions, function together to enhance the firm and its objectives. everybody understands those objectives, and recognizes that what’s good for the firm is good for them. of the many elements that contribute to the harmoniously successful firm\u00a0\u2013 the one-firm firm\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 none is more fundamental than good internal communications.<\/p>\n at the same time, internal communications is bidirectional. allowing people to be heard\u00a0\u2013 internal communication must work both ways\u00a0\u2013 is crucial to making a firm of any size function as a solid phalanx to the marketplace.<\/p>\n the cost of poor internal communications<\/strong><\/p>\n relegating internal communications to second-class status can be costly, even to the smallest firm …<\/p>\n these compelling reasons dictate that internal communication not be arbitrary or random; that carefully designed programs are both necessary and cost-effective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" eight reasons why accounting firms need to work on internal communications first. by bruce w. marcus a terrific definition of chaos is when a client asks two different people in your firm the same question\u00a0\u2013 and gets two different and … continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1340,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2259,1908,2271,5],"tags":[575,93],"class_list":["post-34847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership","category-management","category-marketing","category-outlook","tag-leadership","tag-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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