There are two kinds of staff: those who listen to you and those who do not.

Don’t just settle for anybody to fill an open position at a firm when they don’t have long-term growth potential.

Become adept at using your time effectively and profitably at your firm.

If any three are present, it is unlikely someone would leave. If all four are present, then anyone who would leave is not someone you should want to stay.

If you own or partner in an accounting firm, what are the big issues you need to confront as you try to grow?

Sometimes things need to be freshened up, renamed or dressed a little differently. That is what is happening somewhat in accounting.

Some recent virtual retreats for sole practitioners and for two- and three-partner firms yielded insights into how to improve practice management.

Ed Mendlowitz marks 400 consecutive weeks of practice management columns.

Dropping clients is reducing cash inflow without an offsetting reduction in costs.

Our currency is what we know, along with our ability to use it to help our clients.