Our Circle of Concern vs Circle of influence

As the business owner/manager/advisor to your clients and staff, there’s a lot of risks that fall on our shoulders. But as the leader, all eyes are on us to step…

Chan & Naylor generates around 9,000 to 10,000 clicks on their website per month and generates around 2,500+ leads a year for all offices via digital marketing. It’s a long runway…

Success is in managing your teams and not in “doing” the work. Recruit and Manage people well and you will have a great team, with great staff morale, great productivity/profitability,…

A team working together with a great leader will always outperform a team of individual stars. Are you the Sheepdog or the Wolf? Be the sheepdog, not the wolf. The…

In 2007, 2008, and 2013, BRW nominated Chan & Naylor as Australia’s fastest-growing accounting practice. In 2013 alone Chan % Naylor grew by 42.8% to $18.6m in revenue. How was…

When recruiting the right staff, I pay very little attention to degrees and certificates as I have seen candidates pass degrees and MBAs and all the qualifications in the world…

Hands Up – who likes writing Job/Position Descriptions or Person Specs?  What; none of you? No surprises there, but it’s a task that is unfortunately as essential as it is…

Pareto, an Italian Philosopher, said that everything falls into the realm of 80/20 and one can apply this theory to everything we do in life and use it to improve…

In the spirit of helping you manage your client’s expectations instead of them controlling you, I want to share with you the principle of “Sales tasks” vs “Production tasks”. “Sales…

Often you will manage someone who may be described as a “perfectionist”. This is often a problem accountants suffer from due to the nature of their work. However one needs…