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Meetings |
| Consensus |
Tips for Improving Firm Management |
April 2005 |
| Value of |
Conducting Better Meetings |
July 2005 |
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Mergers |
| Accountability |
Culture Clash in Mergers |
June 2005 |
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Mentoring |
| Staff |
How to be a Mentor or a Protégé |
February 2006 |
| Acquisitions Immediate cash flow |
Tips on Buying Small Firms |
July 2005 |
| Overpaid partners |
The Small and Medium Size Firm Mergers |
December 2005 |
| Relieve partner stress |
Tips on Buying Small Firms |
July 2005 |
| Culture clash |
Culture Clash in Mergers |
June 2005 |
| Due diligence on buyer |
M&A Due Diligence |
March 2005 |
| Loss of autonomy |
Before You Merge, Consider These Issues, Can You Grow Without Merging Up? |
April 2005 |
| Market conditions |
Buyer’s Market or Seller’s Market for CPA Firms? |
March 2006 |
| Merging up For growth |
Before You Merge, Consider These Issues, Can You Grow Without Merging Up? |
April 2005 |
| Non-compete agreements |
M&A Due Diligence |
March 2005 |
| Preparing to merge or sell |
Are You Prepared to Meet Your Buyers? |
March 2006 |
| Phased |
The Two-Phased Merger Process |
April 2006 |
| Two technology systems |
Dealing with Two IT Systems in a Merger |
March 2006 |
| To solve problems |
Before You Merge, Consider These Issues, Can You Grow Without Merging Up? |
April 2005 |
| How to |
How to Acquire, Sell, or Merge a CPA Firm |
July 2006 |
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Niches |
| Dominating |
How to Become a Dominant Provider in Your Niche |
April 2006 |
| Financial services |
Financial Services is Permeating the Profession |
April 2006 |
| Forensic accounting |
Explosive Growth in Forensic Accounting |
June 2006 |
| Hot niches |
Beware of "Hot" Niches |
August 2006 |
| M & A |
Success in M&A |
July 2006 |
| Payroll services |
Payroll Services Offered by ASPs—Low Cost/High Value to You and Your Clients |
May 2006 |
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New Popularity of Payroll Services in Partnership with ASPs |
May 2006 |
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New Opportunities in Payroll Services |
July 2006 |
| Valuation services |
What is the Future for Valuation Services? |
July 2006 |
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Outsourcing |
| Tax Prep—pros and cons |
The Pros and Cons of Tax Preparation Outsourcing |
July 2005 |
| HROs/PEOs |
Outsourcing to HROs and PEOs |
July 2005 |
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Organization |
| Democracy/Republic? |
Do You Have the Right Organizational Structure? |
December 2005 |
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Partners |
| Admission |
Criteria for Admission of Partners |
November 2005 |
| Compatibility |
What Makes Partners Compatible (or Incompatible)? |
March 2006 |
| Management responsibilities |
Are You Managing, or Just Running a Book of Business? |
April 2006 |
| Part-time |
Does Part-Time Partnership Make Sense? |
April 2006 |
| Non equity partners |
Selecting, Managing and Compensating Partners |
June 2006 |
| Retirement—planning for |
You Need a Strategy for Partner Retirement |
May 2006 |
| Selecting |
Selecting, Managing and Compensating Partners |
June 2006 |
| Selecting—importance of niche expertise |
Selecting, Managing and Compensating Partners |
June 2006 |
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Performance |
| Compensation |
Partner Compensation |
April 2005 |
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Essential Components of a Partner Compensation |
February 2005 |
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Compensation Plan Should Recognize Partner Value |
July 2005 |
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Basing Compensation on Performance Management |
April 2006 |
| Complying with Policies |
Choosing a Governance System |
July 2005 |
| Dysfunctional |
Do You Recognize Dysfunctional Partners? |
March 2006 |
| Measurement |
Balancing Current Profits Against Long-Term Value of the Firm |
January 2005, No. 1 |
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Ten Ideas for Becoming a Better Managing Partner |
June 05 |
| Measurement—Realization |
Manage Better for Better Earnings |
September 2005 |
| Monitoring |
How Leaders Influence the Firm |
July 2005 |
| Management of |
Can the Enron Syndrome Affect Your Firm? |
November 2005 |
| Roles |
Criteria for Admission of Partners |
November 2005 |
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Efficient Service Delivery Requires Leadership |
March 2005 |
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Developing Niches Requires Serous Planning |
June 2005 |
| Measurement |
How to Simplify Performance Measurement |
May 2006 |
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Pricing |
| Managing Value Pricing |
If You Want to Implement Value Pricing, Put Someone in Charge of It |
September 2005 |
| Value pricing—reasons for |
Is Value Billing the Key to Survival for CPA Firms? |
April 2006 |
| Tax returns |
An Innovative Pricing Method for Tax Preparation |
August 2006 |
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Recruiting |
| Recruiting Effectiveness of |
Making Recruiting Efforts More Efficient and Effective |
March 2006 |
| Mirror current staff |
How to Reduce Staff Turnover |
May 2005 |
| Non accountants |
Efficient Service Delivery Requires Leadership |
March 2005 |
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Accent on Human Capital |
March 2005 |
| Using alumni |
PCPS White Paper on Recruiting and Retention |
January 2006 |
| Using outside recruiters |
Outsourcing the Recruiting Function |
July 2005 |
| Using marketing people |
Marketing’s Role in Recruiting |
July 2005 |
| Using professors |
PCPS White Paper on Recruiting and Retention |
January 2006 |
| Using young staff |
The Tie-In Between Staffing and Succession |
May 2005 |
| By small firms |
How Small Firms Can Improve Recruiting and Retention |
June 2006 |
| Case study |
A Recruiting Model from a 25-Year-Old Firm |
June 2006 |
| Marketing and |
Staff Recruitment as a Marketing Process |
June 2006 |
| Using Web site for |
Using Your Web Site for Recruiting |
July 2006 |
| Using Web site for |
Using Your Web Site for Recruiting |
July 2006 |
| Using staff for |
Use Your Staff to Recruit |
July 2006 |
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Retreats |
| Topic for discussion |
Discussion Topics for this Year’s Retreat |
March 2006 |
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What to Discuss at Your Upcoming Retreat |
April 2006 |
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Planning Your Retreat |
August 2006 |
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Resources for CPAs |
| Small firm resources |
AICPA Programs for Small CPA Firms Year’s Retreat |
April 2006 |
| Web sites of interest |
Useful Web Sites for CPAs |
April 2006 |
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Small Firms |
| Exit Strategies |
Exit Strategies for Small Firms |
March 2006 |
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Selling |
| Advisory skills and |
Maximizing Your Effectiveness in Landing Clients |
February 2005 |
| Hammer looking for a nail |
Sales Advice for Introverts |
February 2006 |
| Sales training—practical |
A New Look at Sales Training |
January 2005 |
| Being too eager |
Public Relations Made Easy |
June 2006 |
| Cold calls |
Making Cold Calls on the Telephone |
May 2006 |
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Skills |
| Non traditional |
Fourteen More challenges for the Profession |
July 2005 |
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Maximizing Your Effectiveness in Landing Clients |
February 2005 |
| Management skills not valued |
Manage Better for Better Earnings |
September 2005 |
| Scheduling—Staff Pools |
Manage Better for Better Earnings |
September 2005 |
| Writing |
Learning to Write—Why You Must and How You Can |
June 2006 |
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Small Firms |
| Starting a practice |
How to Start a CPA Practice |
May 2006 |
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Staff |
| Appraisals of |
Advice from Leading Consultants to the Profession |
April 2006 |
| Generation X |
Working With Generation X |
February 2005 |
| Growth Opportunities |
Manage Better for Better Earnings |
September 2005 |
| Internships |
How to Attract Top Graduates |
July 2005 |
| Loyalty of |
There is No Loyalty Among Your Staff |
March 2006 |
| Mentoring |
Mentoring Can Reduce Staff Turnover |
February 2005 |
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Reconfigure jobs to create non accountant positions |
Creative Recruiting Strategies |
July 2005 |
| Retention |
Innovative Approaches to Staffing Problems |
November 2005 |
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How Firms Deal With Staff Scarcity |
February 2005 |
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How Firms with Low Turnover Retain Staff |
July 2005 |
| Communicating |
Recruiting Ideas for Smaller Firms |
January 2006 |
| Fear of losing |
Recruiting Ideas for Smaller Firms |
January 2006 |
| Flexible work schedules |
Flexible Work Schedules |
April 2005 |
| Post departure interviews |
Return on Investment in Employee Benefits |
June 2005 |
| Publicize staff expertise |
More Tips on Staff Retention |
February 2006 |
| Working from home |
Working from Home—Pros and Cons |
March 2006 |
| Alternatives to adding |
Accommodating Growth—Staff Alternatives, Leadership and Succession |
May 2006 |
| Growth Opportunities |
Don’t Let Staffing Problems Stunt Your Growth |
July 2006 |
| Retention |
Why Staff Leaves |
August 2006 |
| Shortage-solving |
It’s Not the Shortage of Staff, It’s the Deficiency in the Work Environment |
August 2006 |
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Strategic Plan |
| Change—effecting |
Change—Often Necessary and Harder than You May Think |
March 2006 |
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Increasing Popularity of Strategic Alliances |
April 2006 |
| Compensation tied to |
How to Tie Compensation to Strategic Plans |
September 2005 |
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Partner Compensation Systems are Changing |
September 2005 |
| Goal setting |
How to Set Goals |
March 2006 |
| Execution of |
Strategies Fail Because of Poor Execution |
June 2006 |
| Goal setting |
If Your Staff Doesn’t Know the Firm’s Goals, It Will Not Achieve Them |
June 2006 |
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Succession Planning |
| Clients |
New Ideas |
March 2005 |
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Committee replacing retiring MP |
Succession Planning |
March 2005 |
| Exit strategies |
Exit Strategies for Small Firms |
March 2006 |
| Future leaders-development |
Succession Planning |
March 2005 |
| Replacing every leader |
The Good and Bad News on Succession Planning |
May 2005 |
| White paper (AICPA) on |
How to Handle Transition |
March 2006 |
| Future leaders—development of |
Accommodating Growth—Staff Alternatives, Leadership and Succession |
May 2006 |
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Surveys |
| Compensation |
Compensation Survey |
April 2006 |
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