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In an industry where the rules have been written decades ago and the world of business keeps changing, how do accountants like us, grow our firms and its people to its full potential, stay agile and ahead of the game?
How do we build scalable businesses, create working cultures no one wants to leave, win new clients, stop trading hours for dollars and establish ourselves as our client’s central advisors? That’s the question and this show explores the answers.
Hosted by Sam Dean who is on a mission to renovate and modernise the accounting industry and help ambitious accountants like yourselves, double your revenues, work less hours and enjoy life even more.
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Episode notes
Episode 38: The Importance of Tax and Tax Agents, with Robyn Jacobson (Part 2)
In episode 38, you will hear Part 2 of Sam’s brilliant conversation with Robyn Jacobson, the Senior Advocate of The Tax Institute. She is well known in tax training circles, having been a professional tax trainer for 23 years and a regular conference and webinar presenter. With nearly three decades in the profession, Robyn’s public practice background preceded her training roles with Webb Martin, her own business, Cyntax, and TaxBanter.
Episode 37: The Importance of Tax and Tax Agents, with Robyn Jacobson (Part 1)
In this episode, you will hear Part 1 of Sam’s brilliant conversation with Robyn Jacobson, the Senior Advocate of The Tax Institute. She is well known in tax training circles, having been a professional tax trainer for 23 years and a regular conference and webinar presenter. With nearly three decades in the profession, Robyn’s public practice background preceded her training roles with Webb Martin, her own business, Cyntax, and TaxBanter.
Episode 28: Mastering efficiency habits (In Demand Accountant Part 2)
In this episode, we’re talking about efficiency loops and the habits you can set up around efficiency in what you do every day. These include the conversations that you have, how you set up your day, the decisions that you make throughout the day, the rest that’s required for efficiency, and also knowing your ‘efficiency magic’.
Episode 26: Being masters of our craft (In Demand Accountant Part 1)
Sam explores part 1 of being the In Demand Accountant, which is all about mastering our craft. This involves getting clear on what you do and why you're doing it, which you may not have done recently and is a powerful activity.
Episode 22: Getting paid by our clients in the time of COVID-19, with Bruce Coombes
Sam has a brilliant conversation with Bruce Coombes, the CEO of QuickFee. This is a very uncertain time but it's also a time of great opportunity for accountants and business advisors to really serve their clients. The value and power of conversation with your clients right now is so important, but you also need to get paid.
Episode 5: Reimagining the Conversations We Have With Ourselves
Sam explains why it’s so powerful and important to reimagine these conversations, carve out time and space to really listen to ourselves, as well as some of the reasons accountants, advisors and professional services experts don’t do this.
Episode 3: Three Lessons for Accountants + Advisors
Sam shares practical tips for you to be able to get to know your clients better so you can better serve them and how to make them feel safe so that they will come to you sooner rather than later when there are problems to address.