Vol. 4 No. 2, February 2006

Expanding Your Knowledge While Conserving Your Time.

Vol. 4 No. 2, February 2006

We are pleased to share highlights from our current issue of CPA Leadership Report, which contains important information from virtually all publications serving the accounting profession.

Each article below is a brief, comprehensive review of an article from the source listed below on the right. This month there are 30 reviews of the best articles on leadership, management and the accounting profession. Choose the ones most valuable to you.

This is a sample issue only. Summaries marked with an (*) are open to the public. To become a subscriber, please click here.

CPA Leadership Report is published monthly by CPA Leadership Institute, Inc., 150 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2700, Chicago, IL 60601. Editor-in-Chief: Joel Shiffrin, CPA, MBA. [email protected]. 888-406-0088.

Contents		Sources

*2006 Performance Benchmarks for CPA Firms		AOMAR
*Revisiting Your Partner Compensation Plan		Partner’s Report
AICPA White Paper on Recruiting and Retention		Journal of Accountancy
More Tips on Staff Retention		Accounting Today
Motivating Staff by Doing Rounds		Partner’s Report
*Non-Equity Partners—A Method for Retention		Inside Public Accounting
Sox 404 Work for Small Public Companies May Decrease		Accounting Web
How to be a Mentor or a Protégé		Insight
Most Malpractice Claims from Tax Practice		Partner Advantage Advisory
Are You Ready to Become the New Accounting Firm?		Partner Advantage Advisory

*The Research and Development Tax Credits: Claim What You Deserve		Alliant Group
*Increase Productivity by Automating Workflow		XCM Solutions
*How to Combat Staffing Shortages and Curb Underutilitization		Xpitax, LLC
New Technology Credentials Available Automatically to Certain CPAs		Accounting Web

NASBA’s Involvement in Peer Review		Accounting Today
New York Society White Paper on Peer Review		The CPA Journal
*Greater Transparency Demanded in Peer Review		The CPA Letter
PCAOB Critical of Big 4 Audits		Partner’s Report
Regional Firms Big Winners in Public Audit Clients		Public Accounting Report

What Your Clients Really Want		CPA Insider
Your Fraud Prevention Responsibilities		The CPA Journal

Practical Advice on How to Network		Accounting Today
*Sales Advice for Introverts		Practical Accountant
Using an Alliance to Bring in New Business		Marketrends
A One Page Marketing Plan—Emphasis on Doing		CPA Marketing Best Practices Newsletter
How a Marketing Director Transformed Herself into Director of Corporate Strategy		Practical Accountant

*A Checklist for Developing a New Niche		CPA Practice Management Forum
Does the 2005 Bankruptcy Act Provide Opportunities for CPAs?		Accounting Today
Combating Fraud in Nonprofits		The CPA Journal
Financial Advice for Boomers		Insight