Performing Like CRAP Can Be a Badge of Honor

By Steven E. Sacks, CPA, CGMA, ABC A strange concept you might think. When someone acknowledges that your actions reflect crap there is no positivity in this assessment. And because this term is baked into the American lexicon,… Read More

Accounting Firm Agreements: Are They Implied or in Writing?

By Steven E. Sacks, CPA, CGMA, ABC In my last post, Confronting Leadership: Not Such a Bad Thing, I discussed that engaging in what is considered conflict avoidance can undo the progress a firm has made. This can be… Read More

Confronting Leadership: Not Such a Bad Thing

By Steven E. Sacks, CPA, CGMA, ABC Unless you are really old school (with barely a pulse), are the named and founding partner of your firm, and you rebuff what you believe are challenges to your leadership of… Read More

Bigger Firm. Bigger Thinking.

By Steven E. Sacks, CPA, CGMA, ABC There has been talk about consolidation within the accounting profession for the last several years. Will the big 4 become the Big 2, or will there be the Big One (from… Read More

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