Questions for Firm Leaders

Source: Solutions for CPA Firm Leaders

The following is a complete reprint, reproduced with permission, of an article by Rita Keller.

How are you leading your firm?

• Are you leading to avoid conflict and confrontation?
• Are you leading to maintain status quo?
• Are you leading to keep as much profit as possible in the pocket of the partners?
• Are you leading the way CPA firms have always been led in the past?

Running a business and leading an organization have evolved – the old ways don't work.

Why not try leading as if you were not worried about getting fired? Lead as if you could easily and immediately get another job.

Lead as if you are not running for reelection – simply do what the firm really needs.

“Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.” – Dag Hammarskjold

From Solutions for CPA Firm Leaders, the blog of Rita Keller, president of Keller Advisors, LLC, [email protected], “CPAs' Attitude on Leading,” May 30, 2011. Visit http://ritakeller.com/blog/.