Vol. 5 No. 9, September 2007

Expanding Your Knowledge While Conserving Your Time.

Vol. 5 No. 9, September 2007

CPA Leadership Report is about soft skills. It is a digest of the best management and leadership articles from accounting profession publications. It also contains an index to all previous articles available literally at your fingertips.

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“Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.” -Tom Peters

Contents (Sources)

*Legislation Increases Tax Preparers' Exposure
New law increases likelihood and amount of penalties when taking positions in taxpayers' returns. (Accounting Today)

*Checklist for Preparing Your Partnership Agreement

Is each partner’s agreement the same? Here’s what to include. (Aquila Global Advisors)

Checklists for Adopting a Part-Time Partnership Program
Making part-time partnership work effectively in your firm. (Accounting Today)

Do You Have a Great Partnership?
Seven attributes of great partnerships. (Accounting Today)

*The New Dynamics: Why Accountants Should be Worried and Jubilant
Accountants can protect themselves from new competitive threats by strengthening their client relationships using the Internet. (ABACUS)

Trends Among the Top 100 Firms
Useful benchmarks for revenue, expenses, fees, leverage, compensation, etc. (Inside Public Accounting)

What Firm Administrators Earn
Results of a recent survey by the Association for Accounting Administrators. (Accounting Office Management & Administration Report)

What to Expect of Your Firm Administrator
Managing partners tell their experiences. (Accounting Office Management & Administration Report)

Innovative Recruiting and Retention Ideas
From the AICPA Tech+ conference. (Practical Accountant)

Don’t Let Technology Get in the Way of Knowledge-Sharing
Transfer of knowledge isn’t just from people to systems, it’s also from people to people. (Pennsylvania CPA Journal)

Compensation Survey
Trends and predictions from Robert Half.
(Journal of Accountancy)

Is Outsourcing in Your Future?
Outsourcing is not pervasive but will grow as an answer to staff shortages. (Inside Public Accounting)

A Hiring Checklist
Nine ways to make sure you hire the right people. (Journal of Accountancy)

The Most Popular Management Tools
What are the tools and who is using them? (The CPA Journal)

Management Tools and Culture
Survey by Bain & Co. on usage and satisfaction with management tools. (Partner’s Report)

Best Practices for CPA Firms
How CPA firms are finding and implementing best practices. (Practical Accountant)

How to Conduct a Brainstorming Session
Your firm will be more creative if you follow these steps. (AICPA CPA Insider)

Are You Addicted to E-Mail?
People distracted by e-mail are less effective than undistracted people working under the influence of drugs. (AICPA CPA Insider)

Getting Close to Clients
Closeness implies more services, which increases your retention rate. (CPA Practice Management Forum)

Getting Started in Litigation Support
There are engagement opportunities that don’t require expert testimony. (Journal of Accountancy)

*Stop Selling and Start Doing
Accountants overvalue their technical expertise. (Rain Today)

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