by Rob Pillans | Feb 16, 2021 | Articles
As an accounting firm coach, consultant and mentor I am regularly asked to assist accounting firm owners to grow their firm. In this article I summarise five ways to do that. Interestingly, what I find is that the emphasis is often on growing revenue, and profit is...
by Rob Pillans | Dec 17, 2020 | Articles
Oh 2020, we held such high hopes for you, but you really have not performed as expected! Although many people would like to forget 2020, no doubt it will be talked about for many years to come. As we approach the end of 2020, which has been dominated by a pandemic,...
by Rob Pillans | Nov 18, 2020 | Articles
A few of my clients have recently commented that as a result of the pandemic they are thinking about their office space differently. It was also one of the topics I talked about in a vodcast I produced (See it here here. ) One firm owner in one of my groups noted that...
by admin | Oct 20, 2020 | Articles, Planning
Succession could be defined as the process by which the current owner/s of a firm transition and handover ownership to new owner/s. When I say handover I don’t mean for free! The usual situation will be a sale of equity to new owners, often on a stepped basis over a...
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...
