{"id":62074,"date":"2019-06-08t12:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-08t16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=62074"},"modified":"2024-08-14t11:26:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14t15:26:54","slug":"why-you-must-constantly-push-work-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2019\/06\/08\/why-you-must-constantly-push-work-down\/","title":{"rendered":"why you must constantly push work down"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"woman<\/a>new staff won’t work the hours you did. forget that notion right now.
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by <\/i>bill reeb<\/i><\/a> and <\/i>dominic cingoranelli<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

as we work with firms throughout north america, one of the most constant, critical issues we find is that of staffing gaps. those gaps are manifested in shortfalls of billable hours, as well as shortages of people, and a lack of critical competencies of people \u2013 all at various levels throughout the firm.<\/p>\n

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in these situations, we tend to find that often the partners, and sometimes the managers, are billing too many hours. meanwhile many staff, especially at the lowest levels within the firm, consistently are missing their billable hour targets.
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\nat the same time, it is common that organic growth is slowing, and sometimes has even stopped, as partners and managers barely have enough time to get the work out the door. this quickly results in the partners and managers having virtually no time to make sure they are in front of their top clients. therefore, they are not having discussions with their clients about \u201cwhat keeps them awake at night,\u201d which means they are paying lip service to fulfilling the trusted business advisor role. and the trusted business advisor role, which is being ignored, is a common foundational competency we find expected of all partners and managers.<\/p>\n

so, how do you wrap your arms around all of this? we often hear cpas talk about \u201cleverage.\u201d this is a good place to start as a metric to see how your culture is changing and how well<\/p>\n