Why are You Resistant to Change?

Source: Partner’s Report—the Monthly Update for CPA Firm Owners

Ron Freidman of Prism Legal Consulting Inc. in Arlington, Virginia, says partners avoid change for the following reasons:

• Doing new things is risky.
• If things are going well, why change?
• Change implies learning new things—that’s difficult.
• CPAs, by training, try to identify problems rather than do new things.
• CPAs don’t have time to get involved in new things.
• Doing new things requires leadership—CPAs don’t think leadership skills can be developed.
• Clients are change-averse.

From Partner’s Report—the Monthly Update for CPA Firm Owners, April 2007, p. 8. For subscription information contact Institute of Management & Administration, Inc., 3 Park Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10016-5902. One-year subscription $399. 212-244-0360, [email protected].