June 2013 Leadership Forum
Vol. 5 No. 6, June 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:
How would you define firm culture? And what are the trends you are observing in firm culture today?
Consultants and Other Prominent Observers
| Katherine Burik | The Interview Doctor, Inc. | www.interviewdoc.com [email protected] |
| Firm culture is the way people behave everyday. Whether written or not. It is the behavior that is condoned... More | ||
| William Carlino | Transition Advisors | www.transitionadvisors.com [email protected] |
| ...the second is that more young people are becoming involved in firm decisions and strategy than in years past... More | ||
| Chad Cook | Cook Consulting | www.cookconsulting.biz [email protected] |
| ...There seems to be a trend toward providing better focus on specific behaviors that best support achieving the business goals... More | ||
| Rita Keller | Keller Advisors, LLC | www.ritakeller.com [email protected] |
| I always say, if you don't work on your firm culture, you have one anyway. It develops on it's own and may not be what you really want... More | ||
| Terrence Putney | Transition Advisors, LLC | www.transitionadvisors.com [email protected] |
| The biggest trend we are seeing with respect to culture is the importance firms are placing on it when assessing potential merger candidates.... More | ||
| Corey Rosen | National Center for Employee Ownership | www.nceo.org [email protected] |
| ... On the other side are corporate cultures that stress high employee involvement in decisions affecting the organization of work, open-book management, and humble leadership from the top... More | ||
| Marc Rosenberg | The Rosenberg Associates | www.rosenbergassoc.com [email protected] |
| ...A firm's culture or personality is how the partners' conduct (how they act, not what they say) is described in various areas. A partial list of these areas could be... More | ||
| Shannon Vincent | Renew Group | www.renewgroup.com [email protected] |
| Technology, supply of labor and a shift in generational attitudes has dramatically impacted accounting firms, accounting firm culture and the roles people play inside of CPA firms... More | ||
| Jennifer Wilson | ConvergenceCoaching LLC | www.convergencecoaching.com [email protected] |
| Culture is the way it feels to work at your firm -- and there are usually positive and negative elements to it. A culture can feel entrepreneurial, inspiring, professional, fun, family-oriented,... More | ||
| Kristin Wing | AccelerAction | www.AccelerAction.com [email protected] |
| Culture is the work environment that firms provide to employees......and a good culture enables professionals to better serve clients... More | ||