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This is not another article about great leadership characteristics. It’s about the weak and inept leaders and what firm partners need to do to change the current situations.Partners need to stop kidding themselves regarding the effect of weak leadership on their firms. Ineffective leaders do more harm than good. Now is the time to rise in arms and perhaps show weak and ineffective leaders the door.

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CALIFORNIAFriedman, Weissman & Associates PC, Chicago, has opened an office in Beverly Hills on Olympic Boulevard.

MARCH17-19: General Audit Management Conference, Institute of Internal Auditors. Las Vegas. Contact: www.theiia.org/iia-training.

GRANT THORNTON REVENUES RISE 14.4 PERCENTChicago — Global accounting and business advisory firm Grant Thornton reported that its 2007 revenues increased 14.4 percent, to $1.075 billion.

Like most of you who attended institutions of higher learning, there’s always a few people you notice who seem pre-destined to fast track to success.

The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on the Internal Revenue Service's performance so far this filing season, including a prediction that the IRS will lose hundreds of millions of dollars responding to calls about tax rebates.

To help mentor African-American accountants in their careers and to prepare them for the CPA Exam, Howard University School of Business's Center for Accounting Education will hold its fourth annual "We're About Success!" conference June 22-27 in Chantilly, Va.

Thomson Tax & Accounting has introduced an estate-planning notebook organizer that accountants can send to their clients as gifts.

PAI Group has promoted Robert Digby to CEO of the payroll company.