Vol. 4 No. 4, April 2006

Expanding Your Knowledge While Conserving Your Time.

Vol. 4 No. 4, April 2006

We hope you enjoy our sample issue of CPA Leadership Report, which contains reviews of the most important articles on leadership and management in the accounting profession. This month we made selections from over 20 journals, magazines, newsletters, and Web sites serving the profession.

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

New this month is the Index to Practice Management Concepts in Previous Reports. You will find it in the Resource Center below. It will help you find more information on specific topics, or prepare for your next retreat. It may also serve as a checklist for management development in your firm.

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

*Compensation Survey		Accounting Office Management & Administration Report
What to Discuss at Your Upcoming Retreat		Trendlines
Does Part-Time Partnership Make Sense?		Partner’s Report
The Two-Phased Merger Process		Journal of Accountancy
*Advice from Leading Consultants to the Profession		Inside Public Accounting
Are You an Effective Leader?		Insight
*Is Your Managing Partner Managing or Just Administering?		CPA Practice Management Forum
A CPA Firm That Has Reinvented Itself		Practical Accountant
Is Value Billing the Key to Survival for CPA Firms?		CPA Insider
What Does Your Web Site Do for You?		Accounting Today
How Effective is Your Intranet?		CPA Practice Management Forum
Basing Compensation on Performance Management		Accounting Office Management & Administration Report
*Are You Managing, or Just Running a Book of Business?		Accounting Today
Adventures in Document Management		Practical Accountant

Does Lack of Independence Create a Better Audit?		Bowman First Alert
*Women are Advancing in Leadership Positions (and other trends)		Public Accounting Report/AICPA
Preventing Further Accounting Frauds		The CPA Journal
New Peer Review Recommendations by AICPA		The CPA Letter

Index to Practice Management Concepts in Previous Reports (Use in preparing for your next retreat—or as a management development checklist*)		CPA Leadership Report
*PCPS Makes Its Practice Center Available to Nonmembers Temporarily		Practical Accountant
Useful Web Sites for CPAs		Accounting Today
AICPA Programs for Small CPA Firms		Journal of Accountancy

Do Clients Want What You Think They Want?		CPA Insider
The Process of Managing Clients		Accounting Today

Financial Services is Permeating the Profession		Insight

How to Get Automatic Referrals from a Client		Rainmaking Marketing Newsletter
Increasing Popularity of Strategic Alliances		CPA Practice Management Forum
*The Very Small Business Market		CPA Insider
Do You Have a Keep-in-Touch Program?		Bowman First Alert
How to Become a Dominant Provider in Your Niche		Accounting Web