all for one: ten strategies for building trusted client relationships<\/a>.” “they deliver value at every stage of their work, and they do so as quickly as possible and with ruthless efficiency,” he says.<\/p>\nthe most successful independent professionals:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/strong>sobel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n\n create personal brands by building individual market renown<\/strong>. they create notoriety for themselves through publishing, speaking, and networking, and by focusing on a core specialty for which they become well known. all too often, professionals in large firms spend years sheltered under their firm’s brand.<\/li>\n regularly develop and disseminate intellectual capital.<\/strong> often, there are just a handful of partners in large professional firms who create all of the intellectual capital, and everyone else feeds off of it.<\/li>\n focus on conversations, not on powerpoint. <\/strong>while it is always a good idea to outline your thoughts in writing, creating so many powerpoint presentations takes a huge amount of time and energy. the best independents lower their threshold for a client meeting. they talk often to their clients, and they have learned how to hold an engaging conversation.<\/li>\n try to achieve success, not perfection.<\/strong> when you lack resources, you have to focus on delivering a solution that is good enough and works — not on the one that is most comprehensive and elegant.<\/li>\n have learned to eliminate non-value-added activities.<\/strong> for a solo practitioner, every single activity has to contribute directly to the project’s goals and deliver value to the client — otherwise you work yourself to death and\/or end up seriously diluting the time and effort.<\/li>\n take responsibility for their personal development. <\/strong>without mandatory training seminars or meetings, independents must really think about the skills they want to develop.<\/li>\n organize around clients.<\/strong> large firms must reconcile geography, practice groups, industry sectors, and functional expertise within the same organization structure. independents are always organized around one simple and essential dimension: the client.<\/li>\n truly act like it’s their money. <\/strong>for independents, every cent they spend on expenses is a cent that doesn’t go into their pockets (after taxes, of course). it’s a good mindset and a good discipline — often neglected in large organizations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"what big firms can learn from sole practitioners and small firms. “the best independent practitioners have a singular focus on helping their clients achieve their goals,” according to andrew sobel, author of the exemplary “all for one: ten strategies for … continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"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":"129943,129856,133468,131739,137220,127491","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1905,2254,5,9,2295],"tags":[99,79,25,936,114,822,570],"class_list":["post-6545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clients-and-service","category-growth","category-outlook","category-strategy","category-solo","tag-client","tag-marketing","tag-retention","tag-service","tag-small-firm","tag-solo","tag-strategy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\neight ways the smallest accounting firms compete and win - 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n