Some of the most common complaints expressed by our assurance seniors are that the client “didn’t complete the schedule request properly, or provide adequate support timely, or apply the appropriate accounting principles properly, or, or, or, yada, yada, yada”. And correspondingly the audit team didn’t meet, or, had trouble meeting their due date. (We assign due dates for projects based on budgets, and allow the team members to determine when, where and how they will perform the engagement, rather than attempting to micromanage their time and daily lives.) After hearing this refrain / excuse for the umpteenth time during one of our recent after action reports for a very good client, I reminded the offending senior of the purpose of our use of Client Service Agreements and why we have change orders. Read more…
In my recent post, Beware the Jabberwock, I intended to suggest that as practitioners we always question what is the ‘common body of knowledge’ and accepted management philosophy we have been indoctrinated with over the past 50 years. My comments were not directed specifically at Ric Payne or Principia, but rather at traditional thinking, while I did use one of Ric’s posts as an example. My comments were apparently interpreted as a personal attack based on Ric’s comment which we have posted. After again reading my post, I do see it could be interpreted as a personal attack. That was not my intent, and I sincerely apologize. Read more…
Our premise for this blog is that no matter how perfect the practice management model is in accounting, it can be improved by the collective minds, experience and efforts of the members of our profession. No management model is perfect, and one that hasn’t changed substantially in more than 50 years, such as ours, certainly must have some room for improvement.
Change is always difficult if not traumatic. It’s also inevitable if we want to improve our situation. We freely admit that some of our theory is just that – theory. Almost inevitably it flys in the face of what is traditionally accepted practice management philosophy. To be validated it must first be falsified. Read more…
We are an accounting firm. Why would we blog?
The list is endless, but mainly, we are different. We are not a typical accounting firm, nor are we a typical work environment.
I actually like coming in to work everyday. Wow, that’s not something you hear everyday. It’s true, though!
Our boss respects us, the staff is fun and works hard, and we have a purpose in our work. Neither our work nor our time is micromanaged. One of our main goals is to make people enjoy working here, working with each other, and spending lots of time with their family and friends.
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