Vol.13 No. 10 October 2015

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. The CPA Leadership Report now includes: Leadership Forum Report, Best Practices Suggestions and Member Surveys.

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Top Issues for Today's CPAs
What's the accounting world's most pressing issue? Accounting Today's 100 most influential people in accounting weigh in.
Accounting Today

*Using Metrics the Right Way -- Continued
Bill Reeb discusses Capacity Budgeting™ -- a metric firms can use to project their hiring needs.
Public Practice

The Right Way to Measure CPA Firm Profitability
Equity partner profits as a percentage of revenue can be a weak and sometimes misleading measure of profitability.
The Marc Rosenberg Blog

Strategic Planning: What's Holding You Back?
Gary Boomer offers tips for overcoming the obstacles to developing a strategic vision and plan.
Accounting Today

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Joel Sinkin and Terrence Putney discuss the many roadblocks to avoid in order to complete a successful merger.
Journal of Accountancy

Merger Best Practices
Managing partners offer 11 tips for a successful merger.
CPA Trendlines

Merger Must-Haves
What would your firm include on its list of merger deal breakers and nonnegotiables?
The Marc Rosenberg Blog

Implementing Value Pricing
How your firm can implement value-pricing -- an interview with Ron Baker.
Journal of Accountancy

How to Create an Executive Committee
Should your firm appoint or elect? And who is really best-suited for the job?
The Marc Rosenberg Blog

Content Marketing 101
How content marketing can help you build your brand, demonstrate your competence, and communicate your value to potential clients.
Professional Services Marketing Today

Dealing With Subpar Employees: Hire Slow and Fire Fast
Subpar workers are actually a byproduct of subpar management.
AICPA CPA Insider

Do Your Managers Have a Bad Attitude?
Five management styles that will hold your team back.
CPA Trendlines

*A Forward-Looking Approach to Performance Reviews
One Big Four firm asks leaders what they would do with their team members, not what they think of them.
Solutions for CPA Firm Leaders

CPA Firm Alliances: Current Trends
Accounting alliances work to help firms tackle the big issues.
Accounting Today

Does Real-Time Communication = Real Progress?
How one business eliminated email, meetings, and managers.
Solutions for CPA Firm Leaders

Women in the Lead
Why your firm needs women on its leadership team.
CPA Trendlines

Long-Distance Management
Learn to manage team members who work remotely.
Solutions for CPA Firm Leaders

Where -- and When -- Do CPA Firm Employees Work?
ConvergenceCoaching releases its 2015 Anytime, Anywhere Work Survey results.
ConvergenceCoaching

Counting the Hours
How many hours should it take to get the job done?
Solutions for CPA Firm Leaders

What Makes or Breaks an Accounting Career?
Experts weigh in on common career builders and career killers.
CPA Leadership Institute Leadership Forum Report

Top CPA Career Builders
We asked firms to name the most powerful career building activities and attitudes.
CPA Leadership Institute Practice Management Survey

Last Months Best Practices Ideas
If you didn't have time to read the entire report, read these three "can't miss" articles, which can help your firm continuously improve.
CPA Leadership Institute Best Practices Suggestions

 

Published by CPA Leadership Institute, Inc.

    Joel Shiffrin - Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
    Dan Shiffrin - Managing Editor
    Hohna Harley - Assistant Editor

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The Three Most Important Key Performance Indicators

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Value Pricing as a Business Model

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