by Rob Pillans | Apr 3, 2019 | Articles, Events
Patrick Lencioni is a pretty big name on the business speaking circuit having published some very popular business and leadership books. Three of his better known books are: The Advantage – Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business The Five...
by Rob Pillans | Apr 3, 2019 | Articles, Events
The Accounting Business Expo was held in Sydney on 20 and 21 March. It is self described as “the big free expo and conference for business and money”. I was there for most of the two days and enjoyed it. On offer were 160 + short information sessions, typically of...
by Rob Pillans | Apr 3, 2019 | Accounting Firm Management, Articles
For Australian accountants 15 May is a significant date. As Tax Agents you are subject to the ATO’s lodgment program framework which at its core requires you to lodge 85% or more of your clients’ current year returns on time. 15 May 2019 is effectively the last date...
by Rob Pillans | Feb 26, 2019 | Articles, Leadership, Training
My experience as an accounting firm coach and mentor in working with multiple firms is that the manager role is critical for firm success. I also observe that quite often people in these roles have not receive much in the way of training to equip them for success as a...
by Rob Pillans | Feb 26, 2019 | Accounting Firm Management, Articles, Technology
All the accounting firms I work with or visit have an office of some sort. Increasingly they have workers who are not based in that office. They work either part or full time away from the office. For example a Sydney firm has a senior accountant on the Gold Coast and...
by Rob Pillans | Feb 26, 2019 | Articles, Technology
Recently I have become more aware of a collection of tools that Microsoft makes available as part of the Office 365 Business subscription packages probably many of you are using. Everyone I’m sure would be familiar with Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint. These are...
