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Has the Availability of Personnel within the Accounting Profession Really Improved It’s funny, around a year or two ago, just depending on where you were in the country, many firms started to experience an increase in communication from recruitment firms. An increase in the availability of accounting candidates required recruiters to be far more interactive…

Is Total Harmony within a Partnership a Necessity for Success? It maybe idealistic, but my view of a professional partnerships revolves around a number of parties working together to achieve a common goal and outcome for the betterment of all. Perhaps a little naive and optimistic…. ? Nevertheless, I always become concerned when I meet…

What Impact Do Disgruntled Employees have on Your business? It’s often said that by the time an employee formally resigns, they have already divested themselves from your business for at least six months. Likewise, most businesses have experienced the joys, or lack thereof, of having a disgruntled or dissatisfied employee amongst their mix. I’ve heard…

Client Protection as Partnerships Go Pear-Shaped As a profession, accountants are often criticised for their lack of communication with clients. In some instances, communication pieces are written with very little consideration as to how it will be received by clients. This is particularly the case when things start going pear-shaped amongst the partners. The success…

Are Traditional Partnership Models Still Your Best Choice? For as long as everyone can remember, professional practices have typically run on the basis that an individual performs their related training, commences work in a firm and gradually progresses up the ranks in experience and seniority. Some individuals will then have a view or desire to…

Staffing Black Spots Most firms would agree (with perhaps the exception of our insolvency colleagues) that the most recent GFC and the subsequent fall-out this has had on business and the profession as a whole has generally not been helpful or positive. On a more optimistic note, one aspect previously representing the ‘bane of existence’…