by Lisa Bremner | 30, Jul 2018 | Delegation, Leading yourself and your staff, Motivation
FollowFollow FollowFollow Do you know a firm where the staff never do what they are asked, or don’t take responsibility and sit waiting for instructions all the time? If you see a firm like that, it’s probably because the owner is simply handing out tasks...
by Heather Townsend | 23, Jul 2018 | Delegation, Leading yourself and your staff
FollowFollow FollowFollow Are you a control freak, or are you good at delegating? Delegating for accountants – particularly accountants who run their own practice – is often very hard to do. Most small accountancy firm owners are so worried about keeping...
by Heather Townsend | 16, Jul 2018 | Operations, Outsourcing
FollowFollow FollowFollow You’ve got a backlog of Year End Accounts and are considering using outsourcing to reduce the backlog. Your question is how to outsource year end accounts. The only problem is your managers are very resistant to outsourcing (regardless...
by Heather Townsend | 16, Jul 2018 | Marketing, Winning new business
FollowFollow FollowFollow A few weeks ago in one of our group accountability calls for the Accountants Millionaires’ Club, one of our members asked for help on how to always make time for business development. He’d set himself a goal that Friday would be...
by Heather Townsend | 9, Jul 2018 | Marketing
FollowFollow FollowFollow Every small accountancy firm needs a website; it’s an essential asset in your marketing tool kit. However, just getting a website up isn’t enough, you need to make sure that it is of high-quality, on brand, and is giving off the right...