Vol. 4 No. 3, March 2006

Expanding Your Knowledge While Conserving Your Time.

Vol. 4 No. 3, March 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 27 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

*Buyer’s Market or Seller’s Market for CPA Firms?		Accounting Today
*Exit Strategies for Small Firms		CPA Practice Management Forum
Are You Prepared to Meet Your Buyers?		CPA Practice Management Forum
*Discussion Topics for this Year’s Retreat		Partner’s Report
How Much is Your Marketing Budget?		Partner’s Report
Do You Recognize Dysfunctional Partners?		Practical Accountant
There is No Loyalty Among Your Staff		CPA Practice Management Forum
Change—Often Necessary and Harder than You May Think		Partner’s Report
Are You Managing Technology or is it Managing You?		Accounting Today
Dealing with Two IT Systems in a Merger		Accounting Today
How to Set Goals		Practical Accountant
How Excellent Leaders Lead		Partner’s Report
One Firm’s Experimentation on a Compensation System		Journal of Accountancy
Fighting Fraud at Your Clients and Your Firm		Journal of Accountancy
*Working from Home—Pros and Cons		CPA Insider
What Makes Partners Compatible (or Incompatible)?		Accounting Web
Making Recruiting Efforts More Efficient and Effective		AOMAR
You Can’t Market Your Services Without Managing Them		Accounting Today
*How to Create a Firm Culture		Partner Advantage Advisory

*Trends Predicted at the “Winning is Everything Conference”		AOMAR
*Trends Predicted at the “Management Summit 2006 Conference”		Inside Public Accounting

How to Handle Transition		AICPA
Books on Business		Bowman First Alert
Small Business Website—Guidance for Your Clients		The CPA Journal

*Creative Ideas for Networking		Insight
You May Not Want to Hear This, but…You Should Market During Tax Season		AOMAR
How to Prepare a Personal Marketing Plan		Accounting Today