Vol. 11 No. 2 February 2013

CPA Leadership Report is the monthly review of the most important management and leadership articles in the accounting press. It includes electronic links to publishers' Websites, where you can find the original complete articles. Our editors review more than 35 publications every month.

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Five Tips for Firm Management
Tips for managing your firm successfully -- even through the busy season.
Optimum Strategies

The Aftermath of Downsizing
What's the real impact on companies and their remaining employees?
The Journal of Accountancy

Delegate More, Work More?
The higher the partners' billable hours, the higher the staff's billable hours. And the higher the staff's billable hours, the higher the partners' billable hours.
The Marc Rosenberg Blog

Non-Equity Partnerships: Advantages and Pitfalls
Jennifer Wilson explores the benefits and drawbacks.
AICPA CPA Insider

*Using Financial Analysis to Focus Firm Strategy
How analyzing a firm's numbers by service line or industry can help it identify opportunities or weaknesses.
CPA Practice Management Forum

Don't Make These Practice Management Mistakes
Is your firm making these common errors?
RedZone Play of the Month

The Perfect Leadership Trio
A CPA firm's management team needs a "passionate visionary," a "get-your-hands-dirty operator," and a "responsible, finance-minded executive."
CPA Trendlines

Another Skirmish in the Value Pricing War
A response to Frank Stitely's article "The Problem with Timesheets? Not Enough Timesheets!"
CPA Trendlines

Identifying the Right Strategies for Your Firm
August Aquila offers tips for firms struggling with strategy development.
Partner Insights

*How Healthy is the Economy? Ask a CPA.
Company leaders often overlook an important "economic bellwether" -- their own CPAs.
The CPA Journal

To Change Your Firm, Ask the Right Questions
August Aquila provides a worksheet firms can use to examine themselves and make the changes they need.
Partner Insights

Life After Failure
Tips for growing through, and pushing past, failure.
ConvergenceCoaching

Get Efficient in 2013
Dustin Hostetler introduces a new way to transform your firm's efficiency.
Flowtivity

Get Ahead -- By Learning
Education makes your firm more competitive. Jennifer Wilson offers 10 characteristics that set apart a firm dedicated to learning.
AICPA CPA Insider

CPE webinars for CPAs and CPA firm leaders. Thought leadership articles from leading experts. Annotated checklists on M&A, partner compensation, client services, and more. Turnkey blog/newsletter program for CPA firms.

  

*Ready for the Baby Boomer Buyout?
Determining your firm's goodwill value and updating your partner agreements.
The Managing Partner Advisor

The Future of M&A in the Accounting Industry
A group of consultants and industry leaders offers its insights.
Accounting Today

Merger "Must Haves"?
Marc Rosenberg challenges firms to negotiate some of their non-negotiables if the deal is right.
The Marc Rosenberg Blog

CPE webinars for CPAs and CPA firm leaders. Thought leadership articles from leading experts. Annotated checklists on M&A, partner compensation, client services, and more. Turnkey blog/newsletter program for CPA firms.

  

Educate Your Clients About Fraud
The need for fraud detection provides a valuable service opportunity for CPA firms.
Accounting Today

Help Your Clients Climb Out of the "Black Hole of Business"
Five steps clients should follow to escape the "black hole" that traps businesses between $1 million and $5 million of revenue.
The CPA Journal

CPE webinars for CPAs and CPA firm leaders. Thought leadership articles from leading experts. Annotated checklists on M&A, partner compensation, client services, and more. Turnkey blog/newsletter program for CPA firms.

  

It's Time to Cross-Sell
Rita Keller explains how to help your team learn the art of cross-selling.
Solutions for CPA Firm Leaders

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