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Firm practice management

About this topic

Managing and addressing the needs of your clients and firm requires a broad range of competencies. These learning resources are designed to help you understand the knowledge and skills necessary to support the management of and manage a firm practice.

Leadership tips for introverts

This article provides tips for introverted leaders for networking, leading teams, speaking up at meetings, and raising your profile.

Article Influence Foundational

Consulting services can grow your firm—if managed properly

This article sets out eight strategies for building consulting services that reach their maximum potential.

Article Practice growth Foundational

How CPA firms can counteract unconscious bias

This article discusses unconscious bias and ways CPAs can counteract the negative impact of it in the workplace.

Article Human capital Foundational

What firms must do to better develop their people

This article shares six simple ideas to improve your firm’s feedback.

Article Talent retention Intermediate

How to increase CPAs’ happiness on the job

This article discusses three factors that have the most impact on employees well-being: having hope, a calling, and autonomy.

Article Motivating & inspiring Advanced

Coaching programs get new partners off to a great start

Learn about the benefits of coaching programs, including tips on starting a program at your firm.

Article Coaching & mentoring Foundational

Managing liability risk after a merger or acquisition

This article offers three lessons that will help CPA firms manage professional liability risks stemming from integration issues.

Article Mergers & acquisitions Intermediate

Value Pricing

Provides insight on the topic of replacing the billable hour with a fixed-pricing model, or model of “value pricing.”

Article Firm business models Foundational

Improve your business by working less

This article provides several strategies to help owners work less.

Article Firm operations Foundational

How to manage underperformers

This article provides the strategies for dealing with the underperformers on your team.

Article Driving performance Intermediate

7 communication tips for new tax managers

This article provides advice for effective communication during busy periods and throughout the year.

Article Communication Foundational

Retiring the billable hour as a measure of performance

Measuring performance holistically can improve employee retention and job satisfaction.

Article Talent retention Foundational