Requests for such clauses are unnecessary and unfair, and, in some cases, are unenforceable.
Firm practice management
How to enable audit innovation
Deloitte’s efforts are aided by a mechanism for generating ideas, strategic alliances with technology developers, and easy-to-use tools.
9 tips for being more responsive to clients
Sometimes CPAs do not realize that clients are dissatisfied with their level of responsiveness.
How CPA firms are evolving to meet Millennials’ desires
Today’s younger CPAs want to work at a firm that rejects rigid rules and allows them to define their own workday.
The armor of awareness
Defense from cyberattacks on a CPA firm’s fortress requires more than the IT cavalry.
What large firms expect from new accounting grads
Recruiters from large firms look for candidates who have strong communication and collaboration skills, can learn new software quickly, and plan to achieve CPA licensure.
How to deal with dysfunctional people at work
These strategies can help you and others in your firm take a stand.
What you need to know before you sell your firm
As the founder of brokerage firm Poe Group Advisors, Brannon Poe, CPA, has helped hundreds of CPAs sell their firms. He shares insights he has learned over the course of his career, as well as best practices for selling your firm.
Take a hike: Ending client relationships
Treat a client termination as if it were a hike through uncharted lands.
Providing a future: A succession story
For the good of clients and employees, Virginia-based Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer PC has made long-term success a priority. A gradual, five-year buy-in process is designed to make it affordable for new shareholders to move into their positions in the firm’s leadership.
Flexibility as a retention tool
CPA firms are using employee-friendly working arrangements to aid retention in a challenging labor market, according to the 2016 Management of an Accounting Practice (MAP) survey
Client accounting services driving revenue growth
The gains are especially big among large CPA firms.
Getting to Diversity 4.0
There’s much more to diversity and inclusion than mere representation.
Timing your exit
This article offers factors to consider when deciding when to bow out of their firm.
How to tame travel costs
This article suggests ways to keep the tab down while traveling on the company dime.
8 tips for finding, hiring, and retaining the best busy season staff
Expert sources share their tips on hiring for busy season.
Strategies for promoting diversity and inclusion
Here are a few general guidelines to follow when trying to make your business more diverse and inclusive.
3 ‘must-haves’ for retaining top talent
This article discusses the things that great people must have to be engaged and to build a career at your firm.
How to sponsor diversity in the leadership ranks
A regional accounting firm uses a traditional tool to mix up its traditionally white, male leadership ranks.
Professional liability risk resolutions for 2017
Here are the professional liability areas you should concentrate on in the new year.
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