Paul Richmond recently spoke with Rob Brown on his weekly Accounting Influencers Podcast about “The Future of Offices & Cultures in Professional Firms”, key highlights included: What actually happened to professional firms and their clients during the pandemic and what gives them hope for the future How many professional firms have adapted to change and […]
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Resourcing seen as the biggest challenge for firms right now!
Our recent Managing Partner / CEO Thinktank, run in partnership with Foulger Underwood sparked some interesting debate on the RESOURCING challenges many Professional Service Firms are facing. We have captured some of our thoughts in the video, including: 🌟can we change the current operating model? 🌟what are we doing to build the employee value proposition? 🌟what are […]
Professional service firm leaders debate the future office culture!
Our latest leaders forum in partnership with Foulger Underwood, saw the following topics raised for consideration by the group: Return to work protocols Vaccination protocols Office reorganisation Recruitment Business development Following the governments roadmap to lifting lockdown, a number of further challenges/ideas have been raised, including mandatory masks, client visits only for those who have […]
Leadership forum – 2021 priorities
Our first Managing Partners and CEO forum of 2021 touched on three key areas: What three things firms / leaders want to achieve this year The experience that people are having of lockdown 3.0 The impact of digital on the world of business development Regular surveys 80% of those attending expected a small 5% […]
Leaders forum – looking ahead
2021: confidence / fees / people The quick poll of business leaders gave the following results: Change in confidence in the economic outlook for 2021: 64% the same, 18% less confident, 18% more confident Movement in fees expected in 2021: 73% a small rise of 5% or more, 27% about the same, no one expected […]
Who is looking out for our HR teams?
This was one of the questions in our most recent HR and L&D forum – since lockdown in March the leadership and HR teams in all organisations of any size have been paying particular attention to all of their people and teams, but who has been looking out for them? The latest forum felt a […]
Workplace 2020 and beyond
Our latest Forum with Managing Partners and CEOs to share challenges and best practice focued on three main topics: Getting people back to the office – how many want to return? The future of the office – how can we capitalise on the changes? Productivity and performance Getting people back to the office – how […]
Senior Leadership through Covid-19 – continued
In partnership with Foulger Underwood, we are facilitating fortnightly conference calls for clients and other interested senior leaders to share best practice and challenges. This article provides a summary of the key points discussed on the latest call, previous summaries can be found here. STRATEGY Weekly board meetings (instead of monthly) – that are much more concise […]
10 key drivers for improved performance in Professional Services Firms
Why not begin the decade with a real drive to push performance and effectiveness across your firm – this articles gives the 10 key drivers to improved performance in professional service firms