Vol. 5 No. 10, October 2007

Contents (Sources)

*Diagnosing the Health of Your Firm
Warning signs of a complacent firm. (Accounting Office Management & Administration Report)

*Benchmarking Data Survey
Highlights from the IPA Annual Analysis of Firms. (Inside Public Accounting)

*Are You Charging Enough?
Consultant L. Gary Boomer says CPAs devalue their charges by understating the cost and value of technology. (Accounting Today)

Run Your Firm Like a Restaurant
Treat your staff as if you were running a five-star restaurant. (Accounting Office Management & Administration Report)

Post-Merger Checklist
Ensure a successful integration of two firms by paying careful attention to the soft issues. (Partner Insights)

Firms are Not Ready for Succession
Selection of successors must start early and must identify those who are not only able, but willing to fill the role. (Accounting Today)

AICPA Recommendations to Congress on Tax Preparer Standards
AICPA asks Congress to modify the requirement of a “reasonable belief that the treatment of the position be more likely than not the proper treatment.” (Journal of Accountancy)

How to Improve Performance Appraisals
Improving the value of appraisals while avoiding legal exposure. (Partner’s Report)

Innovative CPA Firms
Practical Accountant’s annual awards for innovative CPA firms. (Practical Accountant)

How to Fire with Impunity
Easing the pain of termination while avoiding lawsuits. (The CPA Journal)

CPA’s Liability as Corporate Director
The Model Business Corporation Act protects directors so long as they follow certain guidelines. (AICPA CPA Insider)

What is Leadership?
CPA firms are managed but not led. Here’s what great leaders do. (Accounting Today)

How to Effect Change in Your Firm
People and firms resist change. How to deal with it. (Bowman FirstAlert)

Training New Partners
What new partners must learn, and why. (CPA Practice Management Forum)

The Sandwich Generation
Experienced manager level personnel are underappreciated. Here's what to do about it. (CPA Practice Management Forum)

A Marketing Consultant Battles an Academic
Consultant Bruce Marcus launches a fierce attack on academics. (The Marcus Perspective)

Think You Will Never be a Rainmaker? Don’t Despair
Examples of professionals who became (but were not born to be) rainmakers. (Rain Today)

When Not to Hold a Seminar
Five things that will cause a seminar to fail. (Rainmaker Report)

The New Type of Business Developer
The new business developer must be a consultant, strategist, and business partner. (Rainmaker Report)

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