by Rob Pillans | May 25, 2020 | Articles
The Idea The idea of a “daily huddle” is quite well known in Australia courtesy of the writings and conferences of Verne Harnish. The goal of this article is to explain what the daily huddle is and help you answer the question are daily huddles right for your firm?...
by Rob Pillans | Apr 23, 2020 | Articles
Some of you will be familiar a commonly used tool called DiSC. Individuals can complete an online questionnaire and the tool measures an individual’s preferences and tendencies based on the DiSC model. A personalised report is delivered which helps provide insights to...
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 | 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 1, 2019 | Articles, Business Strategy, Planning
I regularly hear from accounting firm owners and managers of the difficulty of finding and retaining high quality qualified accountants. And in a recent global survey completed by IFAC, this challenge was identified by a significant percentage of firms as being...
