Don’t wait until your accountancy firm is at risk to take KPIs seriously

If your accountancy firm started making a loss it would provoke a reaction from you, wouldn’t it?You would immediately work on doing something to reverse this loss.But why

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As an accountancy firm do you measure what matters most?

KPIs – Key Performance Indicators, they help you measure whether your firm is a success…But what are you measuring? Are you measuring the right things?Most firms are guilty

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Why risk the health of your Accountancy firm by measuring the wrong things?

Why would any partner or senior manager only look back at their accountancy firm’s previous results?What happens if you start measuring the actions your firm takes to ensure

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Act to improve your numbers by using a simple one-page plan for your Accountancy firm…

Its easy to accept the status quo and measure what you have always measured in your Accountancy firm, your backward facing Key Performance Indicators (internal financial or technical

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KPIs that work in your accountancy firm…

KPIs that work for your firm are not only key PERFORMANCE indicators – they are key PREDICTIVE indicators. They predict your firm’s future success.And when working out your

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Your accountancy firm succeeds when you measure what matters most to your clients…

When measuring the success of your firm it pays to keep it simple…When measuring the success of your firm it pays to measure whatmatters most to your clients…Follow

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What would make your accountancy firm’s canary fall off its perch?

What happens to your firms results when you start to measure the numbers that matter most to your customers?You'll know why miners used to take canaries down the

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Why would an accountancy firm want to offer a virtual FD service?

Last week I enjoyed a lively discussion with 35+ accountants at ICAEW HQ on the merits and value of being a virtual FD. Also, a real-life virtual FD,

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Use cleverer KPIs in your accountancy firm…

In 1994 Continental Airlines was failing miserably. In the previous decade, it had filed for bankruptcy twice.But then Gordon Bethune took over...Bethune simply got every employee focused on

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Accountancy firms should treat KPIs even more seriously in times of turmoil…

Is your accountancy firm making KPIs pay off for you and your clients?Making the most of KPIs is a big opportunity for accountants – especially given the economic

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