An Effective Board Begins With an Effective Process

By Steven E. Sacks, CPA, CGMA, ABC In my last post, Selecting Your CPA Firm’s Board: Go Beyond the Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, the issue was that you want to have the proper composition with the right values,… Read More

Selecting Your CPA Firm’s Board: Go Beyond the Eeny Meeny Miny Moe

By Steven E. Sacks, CPA, CGMA, ABC The old saying that a camel was a horse created by committee has an element of truth to it. If you think that everyone on a board or executive committee shares… Read More

Allocating Firm Resources: Don’t Forget Your Younger Professionals

By Steven E. Sacks, CPA, CGMA, ABC CPA firms always have their eyes on the bottom line with as much, if not more, intensity than on the top line. Salaries and benefits take up a considerable chunk of… Read More

Politics: From the US Capitol to the Workplace

By Steven E. Sacks, CPA, CGMA, ABC Young professionals or those about to graduate college should view the political game in Washington as a playbook for their firm or office. Office politics contains the same elements that our… Read More

Damocles Sword: Staff Retention

By Steven E. Sacks, CPA, CGMA, ABC There is an old adage: “You don’t know what you have until it’s gone.” This covers everything from people to technology and things in between. Some people might make the argument… Read More