by Rob Pillans | Oct 29, 2019 | Articles
I graduated from the Company Directors course in 2007 when I was the General Manager of Pitcher Partners Sydney. It helped me quite a bit in my role which had significant interaction with the 18 directors of the firm. In keeping with my life long learning ethos, I...
by Rob Pillans | Oct 29, 2019 | Articles, Leadership
I recently watched a video of Ken Blanchard and Simon Sinek on stage together talking about leadership. They were primarily answering questions from the local audience and I thought there were a few gems in their answers. For those not familiar with these two...
by Rob Pillans | Oct 29, 2019 | Accounting Firm Management, Articles, Business Strategy
I was listening to a podcast from the USA which was an interview of the founder of a successful small firm in the USA. One of the things this firm does is weekly billing for its virtual CFO service clients. This is the first time I have heard of weekly billing but as...
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...
