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Firm Management

6 Strategies for Resolving and Minimizing Staff Conflicts

Ideally, a CPA firm’s management team concentrates most of its time on ensuring clients receive the best possible service and strategizing ways to cultivate new customers. That’s the ideal scenario.

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Firm Management

6 Ways for Managers to Improve Communication

Your accounting team works hard, and everyone stays in sync most of the time. But every once in a while you wonder why certain tasks aren’t done well or why an employee seems disgruntled. The problem could be you.

Firm Management

How to Find the Right Job Candidates and Avoid Failed Hires

To look at the costs of bad hiring decisions, a recent Robert Half study surveyed managers at small to midsize firms. Respondents said they waste an average of 45 hours to hire and onboard an employee who later doesn’t work out.

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Payroll

Communicate With Staff for Greater Buy-In

Employee communication is a vital component of your staff management plan, so it’s worth your while to step up efforts in providing staff members with the knowledge they desire. Doing so benefits you as well, as a morale booster and engagement ...

Spring Training

Firm Management

Spring Training for CPA Teams

Baseball fans get excited when spring rolls around. It’s the first step of a new season — the moment when everyone sees what your team is made of. Although there are no leagues or playoffs in public accounting, managers still needs to gear up all ...

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Firm Management

How Accounting Firm Managers Can Help Their Teams Work Happy

Happiness at work is more important than many managers realize. Content employees tend to be more passionate about company goals, which means stronger performance, a higher retention rate, and fewer resources spent on hiring and training.

Accounting

4 Elements of a Winning Compensation Package

Above-average salaries are often the key to attracting and retaining top performers. But that’s not all. A robust package also includes the top perks many accountants have come to expect — and perhaps even some they haven’t thought of yet.

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Firm Management

17 Professional Development Ideas for 2017

It’s no secret that a robust professional development program is beneficial for accounting professionals, but managers also reap rewards when they invest in employees. Your workers become more knowledgeable, which means they’re able to contribute ...

Payroll

How to Speed Up the Hiring Process

If you’re having trouble landing highly skilled candidates, you may need to make your hiring process faster and more efficient. Here’s how:

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Firm Management

How to Prepare Millennials for Leadership Positions

While all generations share some characteristics and goals, millennials self-report specific values, ambitions, experiences and motivators. If you want to develop your millennial staff into finance leaders — or even to recruit and retain the best and ...

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Firm Management

4 Common Change Management Failures Managers Need to Avoid

In today’s business environment, public accounting firms must be prepared to pivot with speed and agility at a moment’s notice. Changing standards and regulations, emerging technologies, and business risks are just a few of the dynamics managers must ...

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Firm Management

When, How, (and When Not To) ... Rehire Former Employees

Bringing back former employees can shorten the time it takes to vet candidates, as you already know much of their work history and fit with your corporate culture. As a “known quantity,” you reduce the chances of making a bad hire.