{"id":6836,"date":"2010-05-03t16:03:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-03t20:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=6836"},"modified":"2024-11-19t21:48:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20t02:48:25","slug":"six-secrets-of-high-performing-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2010\/05\/03\/six-secrets-of-high-performing-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"six secrets of high-performing firms"},"content":{"rendered":"
sam allred says accounting firms that achieve above-average results can be measured by six key performance indicators.<\/strong><\/p>\n by rick telberg after almost two decades of uninterrupted growth, the great recession has created a time of reckoning for many accounting\u00a0firms.<\/p>\n battered by the economy, staffing problems and a mounting succession crisis, partners at many accounting firms are asking each other some tough questions. how do we reach our goals? get the best out of each partner? hold them accountable? and get better every\u00a0year?<\/p>\n the firms that get it right are destined to break out of average and become high-performing firms, according to cpa sam allred of anderson zurmuehlen (az), the storied accounting firm based in helena, mont., which has sent not one, but two partners to the chairman’s seat of the aicpa over the years. he is also leader of the upstream academy \u2014 az’s firm-to-firm management consulting practice \u2014 and the new emerging leaders academy for partners in\u00a0training.<\/p>\n “partners are struggling,” allred says. “they’ve had 18 great years when everyone looked like a winner.” that’s all changed with the new normal. but, allred adds, “the wonderful thing about tough times is that it exposes your weaknesses so you have an opportunity to improve.”<\/p>\n in evaluating cpa firm partner groups, allred applies six key performance indicators (kpis). consider your firm’s partner group, and rate it by each of allred’s basic\u00a0kpis.<\/p>\n if you’ve rated your firm “great” in at least four areas and “good” in the other two, then yours may already a high-performing firm. if not, you may have some work to\u00a0do.<\/p>\n sam allred says accounting firms that achieve above-average results can be measured by six key performance indicators. by rick telberg after almost two decades of uninterrupted growth, the great recession has created a time of reckoning for many accounting\u00a0firms. battered … 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":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2254,2259,1908,5,2266],"tags":[575,79,86,26,611],"class_list":["post-6836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growth","category-leadership","category-management","category-outlook","category-partner","tag-leadership","tag-marketing","tag-partner","tag-practice-management","tag-revenue"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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