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Get ready to be inspired and empowered by our Rightworks Academy coaches and some of the accounting profession’s most influential thought leaders. They will provide you with timely and actionable advice in our quarterly Thought Leader newsletter.

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Most firms do 90-10…but the magic happens at 10-90! My wife Michelle and I recently took an extended trip to Europe, visiting some great hotels in London, Paris and Lake…

Say (or scream) it with me: Tax season sucked I’ve talked to multiple firms since busy season ended and the overwhelming mood of the group is properly conveyed in one…

Smart Client Management: The only way forward Relying solely on tax season revenue is wrong. And I’ll tell you why. First, it’s a decades-old approach to running a firm. But…

Your last painful tax season For the past 15 years, I’ve chatted, spoken, written and taught about the need for a business model to support the life you want to…

Is tax season broken—or are we? For the last few years, tax season hasn’t worked for anyone. Not for the IRS, not for our firms—and especially, not for our clients….

The new world of smart client management Like many other things in our lives right now, it really is a whole new world when it comes to managing a small…

Automation: Elevating the human In last month’s Thought Leader article, I briefly mentioned something exciting to watch for in 2022: The growing role of automation in tax and accounting firms. First,…

Get the elephants out of the room Not long ago, John Mitchell (who most of you already know as my podcasting partner in crime, in addition to the many other…

Why would anyone want to work in accounting? Like so many other professions and industries today, accounting is experiencing its fair share of staffing challenges—and has been for some time….