Vol. 6 No. 7, July 2014
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's stopping managing partners from being real leaders in their firms?
Consultants and Other Prominent Observers
| August Aquila | AQUILA Global Advisors, LLC | www.aquilaadvisors.com [email protected] |
| ...Perhaps managing partners are finding it difficult to be real leaders because they do not have a clearly defined position description. In other words, they don't know what the firm wants or needs the managing partner to achieve... More | ||
| William Carlino | Transition Advisors | www.transitionadvisors.com [email protected] |
| For many they are stuck in a time warp - a generation ago, the managing partners were expected not only to service their own clients but also head up business development and related duties for the firm - leaving little time for such essential strategies as mentoring, training, recruiting... More | ||
| Rita Keller | Keller Advisors, LLC | www.ritakeller.com [email protected] |
| ...Often managing partners are not educated in management. They have learned from their predecessors or from experience. I urge MPs to invest in their own success - enroll in a high-level management/leadership program... More | ||
| Rich Rinehart | Grant Partners, LLC | [email protected] |
| It has been said that leaders derive their power from "the consent of the governed"... More | ||
| Marc Rosenberg | The Rosenberg Associates | www.rosenbergassoc.com [email protected] |
| ...The other partners are reluctant to compensate the MP at a high level for managing the firm. Foolishly, they expect the MP to maintain most if not all of his/her large book of business in addition to spending 500-1000 hours a year managing the firm. This results in the MP failing to make the firm his/her #1 client... More | ||
| Cornell Rudov | CPAsNET.com | www.cpasnet.com [email protected] |
| Their inability to hold their partners accountable. To many MP's want to be liked rather than lead which requires thinking about the firm first. | ||
| Jennifer Wilson | ConvergenceCoaching LLC | www.convergencecoaching.com [email protected] |
| ...Unwillingness of partners to submit to being managed by the MP or led by someone other than themselves... More | ||