by Rob Pillans | May 29, 2017 | Book Reviews
Scaling Up – How a Few Companies Make it…and Why the Rest Don’t (Mastering the Rockefeller Habits 2.0) Verne Harnish and the team at Gazelles This book was first published in 2014, and as the title suggests, is an update and refresh of Verne’s first book...
by Rob Pillans | Mar 28, 2017 | Accounting Firm Management, Book Reviews
Crowley introduces his book with some comments about how we work in the 21st century, observing the following features: Too much to do, too little time Information overload Still using outdated tools and strategies to organise work Senseless urgency It is the last...
by Rob Pillans | Jan 17, 2017 | Accounting Firm Management, Articles, Book Reviews
Like many of you I suspect, I received a few books for Christmas. One of these was the autobiography of Australian tennis legend Margaret Court. I couldn’t put it down and had finished it less than 24 hours after unwrapping it! As I read about Margaret Court’s...
by Rob Pillans | Nov 23, 2016 | Book Reviews
There is a view amongst some professionals that talking about the disruption of the professions by the application of technology is scaremongering by people with a vested interest to sell products and services. It is true that there are some pretty wild statements...
by Rob Pillans | May 19, 2016 | Book Reviews
This book by a medical doctor / surgeon was first published in 2009 and not surprisingly has a number of medical related stories in it. But there is much more to it than that and it is extremely relevant to accountants, lawyers and other professionals. Gawande notes...
by Rob Pillans | Apr 18, 2016 | Book Reviews
When I first read this book I must confess I didn’t “get it”. And yet, today I consider it one of the most important books I’ve ever read. When I came back and read it a second time I was completely engaged by what Covey was writing. I wrote myself a 25-page summary...
