April 2013 Leadership Forum
Vol. 5 No. 4, April 2013
The Leadership Forum is a panel of the most prominent thought leaders in the profession. Each month we ask them to respond to a question dealing with CPA firm management and leadership.
This month's question is:
What are firms doing to get partners engaged in the future of the firm?
Consultants and Other Prominent Observers
| August Aquila | Aquila Global Advisor Group, LLC | www.aquilaadvisors.com [email protected] |
| Partners are the culture in a professional services firm -- what they believe, what they reward, what they do and how they do it determines what and how things get done... More | ||
| Angie Grissom | The Rainmaker Consulting Group | www.therainmakeracademy.com [email protected] |
| Some Managing Partners are scheduling annual planning meetings with their teams. This encourages engagement in the implementation of the actual plan... More | ||
| Marc Rosenberg | The Rosenberg Associates | www.rosenbergassoc.com [email protected] |
| They are skipping a generation in replacing Baby Boomer partners and appointing/electing younger partners. Getting younger partners on the executive committee, too... More | ||
| Joe Tarasco | Accountants Advisory Group | www.accountantsadvisory.com [email protected] |
| In this very competitive marketplace, CPA firms need to effectively align the performance and skills of their partners to the goals and objectives of their firm in order to have the partners engaged in the future of the firm... More | ||
| Jennifer Wilson | ConvergenceCoaching LLC | www.convergencecoaching.com [email protected] |
| Things firms can do to get partners engaged in the future includes involving your partners in visioning for the firm... More | ||
Firm Leaders
| Richard A. Berkowtiz | Berkowitz Pollack Brant | |
| Active participation in strategic planning and development of the policies, procedures and direction of the firm is the most important contribution a partner can make to a firm... More | ||
| D. Paul Regan | Hemming Morse, CPAs LLP | |
| Responsibilites for marketing and some administrative tasks must be with all partners. Then pay for performance must be the main reason for compensation. | ||