by Rob Pillans | Sep 24, 2019 | Articles, Book Reviews
As part of building my time management (managing yourself and your priorities) workshops I spent over 100 hours researching best practice. One of the many books, articles and research papers I read was a book by American computer science Professor Cal Newport. His...
by Rob Pillans | Sep 24, 2019 | Articles, Payroll
I was prompted to think more about this by a report that a few weeks out from the deadline for the adoption of Single Touch Payroll 50% of businesses are yet to register! Some firms have been providing payroll services to clients for many years. Some have concluded it...
by Rob Pillans | Sep 24, 2019 | Articles, Events
I attended the two days of Xero’s annual conference on 4 and 5 September. I did not make it to the wrap party so can’t comment on that. There was less hype this year compared to last year. It seemed a bit calmer and reflects, I believe, the growing maturity of Xero as...
by Rob Pillans | Sep 11, 2019 | Accounting Firm Management, Articles, Leadership
As an accounting firm coach, mentor and consultant I am in and out of firms pretty much every day. One of the things I have observed is the critical role of the manager in successful firms. Here are nine skills I reckon great managers inside accounting and advisory...
