by Rob Pillans | Sep 23, 2020 | Articles
I’ve regularly observed within accounting and other professional firms that some people just seem to have the knack for getting more things done. Each person has the same number of hours in the day and yet some are clearly kicking more goals and seen as high...
by Rob Pillans | Aug 26, 2020 | Articles
Many of us were looking forward to the Tokyo Olympics this year but sadly that is not to be. Have you noticed that stories about the Olympics are not just about the athletes? We also regularly hear about the coaches too. So what exactly does a coach do and why is...
by Rob Pillans | Aug 26, 2020 | Articles
I wrote an article comparing accounting firm management to wine making and finished by saying: Your team and your clients are like the grapes in wine making. You source the best quality you can and then cultivate them and care for them. The result is season after...
by Rob Pillans | Aug 25, 2020 | Articles
The ongoing pandemic has provided both challenges and opportunities for business and your accounting firm is no different. I hold the view that if we are doing good things for our clients and delivering value to them, then our own businesses will prosper. Here are...
by Rob Pillans | Jul 21, 2020 | Articles
I recently had the pleasure of taking a joy ride on the last Qantas Boeing 747 left in the fleet, before it was to head off to the plane graveyard in the Mohave Desert. We flew out of Brisbane and did a lap over the Brisbane CBD, Gold Coast, islands in the Bay and...
by Rob Pillans | Jul 21, 2020 | Articles, Business Advisory
The title of this article was the title of a webinar I recently delivered and I wanted to share with you a few of the highlights from it. While any form of prediction is fraught, I did quite a bit of reading and thinking about what I see unfolding. I also talked to...
by Rob Pillans | Jul 21, 2020 | Articles, Business Strategy
The title of this article was the title of a webinar recently hosted by CAANZ, in which father and son Richard and Daniel Susskind shared some insights from their research on the future of the professions and more recently, the impact that COVID-19 is having....
by Rob Pillans | Jun 23, 2020 | Articles, EOFY
As we rapidly approach the end of another financial year in Australia, I trust you are on top of what you wanted to get done before 30 June ticks over. The Coronavirus crisis has added to the workload and I know many firms have found this challenging. For accounting...
by Rob Pillans | Jun 23, 2020 | Accounting Firm Management, Articles
I know this sounds a little farfetched but let me explain! It was in my preparation for a workshop I was running that I found myself thinking that accounting firm management is indeed just like wine making! I’ve always viewed wine making as a mix of science and art....
by Rob Pillans | Jun 23, 2020 | Articles
It might seem like an unlikely connection but let me explain. Last time Kate and I were in the UK we decided to book a tour of the Royal Albert Hall. Like most of us my first stop was the website, but that is where things got wobbly. No matter what I tried it would...
