by Heather Townsend | 28, Mar 2020 | Change management, Time and headspace
16 Ways to Cope When Life Changes Suddenly FollowFollow FollowFollow Coronavirus has changed the world. Within just a few months, thousands of people have been infected all over the globe, there has been loss of jobs, loss of lives, and hundreds of thousands perhaps...
by Heather Townsend | 14, Feb 2019 | Becoming an advisory led firm, Strategy
Has the starting gun been fired on the commoditisation of compliance? FollowFollow FollowFollow Last week Intuit started a test for a new offering called Bookkeeping Live, where they plan to sell bookkeeping services bundled in with their Quickbooks product. A test,...
by Heather Townsend | 26, Mar 2018 | AMC Book Extracts, Change management, Stakeholder management, Strategy
How to get staff to support your growth plans FollowFollow FollowFollow Change is essential to the success of any business, as how else can we expect to grow, improve and remain competitive in our markets? As a major driving force behind success, more of us need to be...
by Heather Townsend | 7, Mar 2018 | AMC Book Extracts, Strategy
How to minimise growing pains as you grow a one million pound accountancy practice FollowFollow FollowFollow Typically any firm is in one of the 5 stages of growth, as per the Growing Pains Model. The Growing Pains Model can be used to analyse what needs to change to...
by Heather Townsend | 17, Feb 2018 | Becoming an advisory led firm, Strategy
The ultimate guide to becoming an advisory-led practice FollowFollow FollowFollow The days of sustaining a profitable compliance only small accountancy practice are rapidly becoming numbered. Yes, clients will always want and need to buy compliance services from you....
by Heather Townsend | 2, Oct 2017 | Becoming an advisory led firm, Strategy
Becoming an advisory led firm: What you will need to restructure FollowFollow FollowFollow So you have decided you want to prepare for the future, and you have thought about what advisory services might mean for your firm. After all, adding in higher yield services...
