

Accounting Voices Podcast
Rob Brown
Accounting Voices, hosted by Rob Brown, helps decision makers and leaders in accounting and finance stay relevant, visible and vocal in a profession being reshaped by technology, private equity, regulation and shifting client expectations. Each episode interprets the trends disrupting accounting and finance such as AI, automation, M&A, talent and the move to advisory and translates them into practical insight that strengthens authority and influence.
Accounting Voices is also a platform for the wider ecosystem of networks, associations, educators, consultants, software vendors and technology experts who serve accountants and finance professionals worldwide. It extends into regular Accounting Voices networking sessions that connect this audience and amplify ideas that move the profession forward. With its international reach and long shelf life the show delivers credibility and commercial value for listeners and sponsors alike. Search for "Accounting Voices" on YouTube for all episodes and connect with Rob Brown on LinkedIn to find out more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrown
Accounting Voices is also a platform for the wider ecosystem of networks, associations, educators, consultants, software vendors and technology experts who serve accountants and finance professionals worldwide. It extends into regular Accounting Voices networking sessions that connect this audience and amplify ideas that move the profession forward. With its international reach and long shelf life the show delivers credibility and commercial value for listeners and sponsors alike. Search for "Accounting Voices" on YouTube for all episodes and connect with Rob Brown on LinkedIn to find out more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/therobbrown
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Aug 21, 2022 • 24min
Voices from the International Accounting Forum Pt 7
On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network (AIBN), this is the "Success in Accounting" show, going live every Monday. For our regular listeners, the original name Accounting Influencers has now moved from 'one show with 6 episodes a week' to 'five shows a week, 1 episode a day'.In this episode 8 of the brand new Success in Accounting podcast, we hear more live interviews from the recent International Accounting Forum and Awards 2022 which took place in London recently. AIBN were the official knowledge and broadcast partners of the event which featured the great and the good in the world of accounting networks, associations, alliances, institutes and professional bodies. Also present are representatives from large accounting firms (including top 4) and prestigious software/fintech vendors to the profession. https://arena-international.com/iaf/Guests interviewed by Rob Brown on this show are:Phil Hobden, Head of Digital Sales at Wolters Kluwer UK https://www.linkedin.com/in/philhobden/Clive Viegas-Bennett, CEO MGI Worldwide https://www.linkedin.com/in/cliveviegasbennett/Enjoy the live buzz of the event! If you'd like to book for 2023, the date is 29 June.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you!➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━

Aug 14, 2022 • 32min
Voices from the International Accounting Forum Pt 6
On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network (AIBN), this is the "Success in Accounting" show, going live every Monday. For our regular listeners, the original name Accounting Influencers has now moved from 'one show with 6 episodes a week' to 'five shows a week, 1 episode a day'.In this episode 7 of the brand new Success in Accounting podcast, we hear more live interviews from the recent International Accounting Forum and Awards 2022 which took place in London recently. AIBN were the official knowledge and broadcast partners of the event which featured the great and the good in the world of accounting networks, associations, alliances, institutes and professional bodies. Also present are representatives from large accounting firms (including top 4) and prestigious software/fintech vendors to the profession. https://arena-international.com/iaf/Guests interviewed by Rob Brown on this show are:Will Farnell, Founder & Director at Farnell Clarke Limited https://www.linkedin.com/in/willfarnell/Mark Edmondson, President & CEO at Inflo https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-edmondson-inflo/Shimona Pinto, Senior Corporate Solutions at Moxo https://www.linkedin.com/in/shimonapinto/Enjoy the live buzz of the event! If you'd like to book for 2023, the date is 29 June.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you!➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━

Aug 7, 2022 • 28min
Voices from the International Accounting Forum Pt 5
On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network (AIBN), this is the "Success in Accounting" show, going live every Monday. For our regular listeners, the original name Accounting Influencers has now moved from 'one show with 6 episodes a week' to 'five shows a week, 1 episode a day'.In this episode 6 of the brand new Success in Accounting podcast, we hear more live interviews from the recent International Accounting Forum and Awards 2022 which took place in London recently. AIBN were the official knowledge and broadcast partners of the event which featured the great and the good in the world of accounting networks, associations, alliances, institutes and professional bodies. Also present are representatives from large accounting firms (including top 4) and prestigious software/fintech vendors to the profession. https://arena-international.com/iaf/Guests interviewed by Rob Brown on this show are:Sarah Broderick, Head of Customer Success at Circit https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahlbroderick/Andrew Leck, CEO at MSI Global Alliance https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewleck/Lianne Gatti, Country Manager at Konsolidator https://www.linkedin.com/in/lianne-gatti-46a88a20/Enjoy the live buzz of the event! If you'd like to book for 2023, the date is 29 June.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you!➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━

Jul 31, 2022 • 26min
Voices from the International Accounting Forum Pt 4
On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network (AIBN), this is the "Success in Accounting" show, going live every Monday. For our regular listeners, the original name Accounting Influencers has now moved from 'one show with 6 episodes a week' to 'five shows a week, 1 episode a day'.In this episode 5 of the brand new Success in Accounting podcast, we hear more live interviews from the recent International Accounting Forum and Awards 2022 which took place in London recently. AIBN were the official knowledge and broadcast partners of the event which featured the great and the good in the world of accounting networks, associations, alliances, institutes and professional bodies. Also present are representatives from large accounting firms (including top 4) and prestigious software/fintech vendors to the profession. https://arena-international.com/iaf/Guests interviewed by Rob Brown on this show are:Anne-Kathrin Steinroeder, Head of ETL GLOBAL Network https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-kathrin-steinr%C3%B6der-1046141/Graham Hall, Board Advisor at Sterling VDR and Marc Hall Consulting https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamhall-mhc/Andy Gleeson, UK Strategic Partnerships Manager at Ignition https://www.linkedin.com/in/andygleeson7/Enjoy the live buzz of the event! If you'd like to book for 2023, the date is 29 June.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you!➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━

Jul 24, 2022 • 30min
Voices from the International Accounting Forum Pt 3
On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network (AIBN), this is the "Success in Accounting" show, going live every Monday. For our regular listeners, the original name Accounting Influencers has now moved from 'one show with 6 episodes a week' to 'five shows a week, 1 episode a day'.In this episode 4 of the brand new Success in Accounting podcast, we hear more live interviews from the recent International Accounting Forum and Awards 2022 which took place in London recently. AIBN were the official knowledge and broadcast partners of the event which featured the great and the good in the world of accounting networks, associations, alliances, institutes and professional bodies. Also present are representatives from large accounting firms (including top 4) and prestigious software/fintech vendors to the profession. https://arena-international.com/iaf/Guests interviewed by Rob Brown on this show are:Stuart Handley, SVP of Marketing and Communications at SIlverfin https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuarthandley/John Toon, Tech Strategy Lead at Beever and Struthers https://www.linkedin.com/in/johntoon/Tom Dinwiddy, Senior Enterprise Account Executive at Dayshape https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomdinwiddy/Simon Montague, Senior Enterprise Account Executive at Dayshape https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-montague-33b9907/Enjoy the live buzz of the event! If you'd like to book for 2023, the date is 29 June.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you!➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━

Jul 17, 2022 • 39min
Voices from the International Accounting Forum Pt 2
On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network (AIBN), this is the "Success in Accounting" show, going live every Monday. For our regular listeners, the original name Accounting Influencers has now moved from 'one show with 6 episodes a week' to 'five shows a week, 1 episode a day'.In this episode 3 of the brand new Success in Accounting podcast, we hear more live interviews from the recent International Accounting Forum and Awards 2022 which took place in London recently. AIBN were the official knowledge and broadcast partners of the event which featured the great and the good in the world of accounting networks, associations, alliances, institutes and professional bodies. Also present are representatives from large accounting firms (including top 4) and prestigious software/fintech vendors to the profession. https://arena-international.com/iaf/Guests interviewed by Rob Brown on this show are:Phil Chalmers, Partner Manager at Xledger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cloudfinancesoftware-philchalmers/Emma Crawford-Falekaono, Head of EMEA at Ignition https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-cf/Glenn Collins, Head of Policy, Technical and Strategic Engagement at ACCA https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-collins-39495720/Enjoy the live buzz of the event! If you'd like to book for 2023, the date is 29 June.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.https://accountinginfluencers.captivate.fm❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.https://insights-in-accounting.captivate.fm❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.https://influencers-in-accounting.captivate.fm❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.https://best-practice-in-accounting.captivate.fm❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.https://uk-matters-in-accounting.captivate.fmFind them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you!➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━

Jul 10, 2022 • 35min
Voices from the International Accounting Forum Pt 1
On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network (AIBN), this is the "Success in Accounting" show, going live every Monday. For our regular listeners, the original name Accounting Influencers has now moved from 'one show with 6 episodes a week' to 'five shows a week, 1 episode a day'.Each episode of "Success in Accounting" brings insights, interviews and inspiration to thousands of accounting practitioners globally. The podcast also serves bookkeepers, finance leaders and the fintech/software vendors who serve them with what success looks like.With a blend of interviews, panel discussions, live broadcasts from events, opinion pieces, blended pieces on key topics and occasional best ofs, hosts Rob Brown and Martin Bissett give you accounting professionals the tools and knowledge to be successful in your role.In this episode 2 of the brand new Success in Accounting podcast, you can hear live interviews from the recent International Accounting Forum and Awards 2022 which took place in London recently. AIBN were the official knowledge and broadcast partners of the event which featured the great and the good in the world of accounting networks, associations, alliances, institutes and professional bodies. Also present are representatives from large accounting firms (including top 4) and prestigious software/fintech vendors to the profession. https://arena-international.com/iaf/Guests interviewed by Rob Brown on this show are:John Rockliffe of M-Files: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-rockliffe/Stephen Hamlet, CEO at Russell Bedford International along with Michael Quigley https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-hamlet-6b737110/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/itsmichaelquigley/Enjoy the live buzz of the event!◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show featuring panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and recommendations.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A UK focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you! Follow the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network shows - we'd love to keep you informed on latest interviews, episodes and behind the scenes goodies. Join, follow, subscribe, like, share and engage:➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━

Jul 3, 2022 • 22min
How to Be Successful in the Accounting Profession
On behalf of the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network, this is the "Success in Accounting" show, going live every Monday. This show is about performance, influence and what makes the GOOD accountants, leaders, bookkeepers, finance leaders and software/fintech professionals GREAT.Episode 1. In this very first episode of the brand new Success in Accounting podcast, Rob Brown and Martin Bissett preview what the show is all about and how it fits into the game changing AIBN - the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network.◣━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━◢A reminder of 5 great shows in the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network:❶ Success in Accounting - MONDAYS. Our flagship main show focuses on what makes the good professionals great with a blend of debate, panels, deep dive topics, live interviews and best ofs.❷ Insights in Accounting - TUESDAYS. The best news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions and specific recommendations for accounting and fintech professionals.❸ Influencers in Accounting - WEDNESDAYS. Deep dive 1-1 interviews with leaders, experts, influencers from around the world to talk about what matters in the accounting profession and the fintech industry serving them.❹ Best Practice in Accounting - THURSDAYS. Tons of tips on practice development, growth, managing people, tech and clients, wrapped in in a blend of examples, stories and practical here's what works stuff for accountants, bookkeepers and the fintech/software people who serve them.❺ UK Matters in Accounting - FRIDAYS. A United Kingdom focused show featuring UK related topics, news items, events and interviews.Find them all on your preferred podcast app, platform or channel. Thanks for subscribing, sharing and listening!└╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┘FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:We'd love to get to know you! Follow the Accounting Influencers Broadcast Network shows - we'd love to keep you informed on latest interviews, episodes and behind the scenes goodies. Join, follow, subscribe, like, share and engage:➺ Main show website. For access to every single show with full shownotes: https://accountinginfluencers.com/podcast➺ LinkedIn. For announcements of published shows, tagging guest so you can build your network and offer feedback on the show: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accountinginfluencers➺ Youtube. For videos of all podcast interviews and bonus video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AwPLSr2rCqTylGj0s7TJQ➺ Twitter: https://twitter.com/accinfluencers➺ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/accountinginfluencers━━━━━━━━━▲━━━━━━━━━

Jul 1, 2022 • 11min
The Price Is Right Part 14 – Do Regular Fee Reviews
BONUS: a short bonus episode in a new series to help accountants price better and win more business - "The Price Is Right Part 14 - Do Regular Fee Reviews."In these bonus episodes, we focus on upskilling the accountants, bookkeepers, CPAs and commercially focused fintech vendors to better handle key challenges in their professional role like client service, closing deals, negotiating, pricing, hiring, reputation and differentiation.Key takeaways from this episode include: what regular fee reviews look like for accounting professionals to assess profitability the importance for accounting firms to review regularly what aspects of their practice are working and which aren't why there has to be different ways to assess profitability in accountancy practices what decisions need to be made by accountants after they do fee reviews on clients and work projects three primary approaches accountants can take to recalibrate the fees they charge for client work the need for accountants to regularly recalibrate and even get rid of them, and criteria on which to base those judgementsHere are our five brand new shows going forward - make sure you are subscribed to each on your favorite podcast app:❶ Success in Accounting (flagship main show, panels, highlights, combinations, panels, topics, best ofs)❷ Insights in Accounting (news, analysis, commercial awareness, news under microscope, podcast mentions, recommendations)❸ Influencers in Accounting (1-1 interviews with leaders, experts etc)❹ Best Practice in Accounting (practice development, growth, management, consulting, examples, stories, here's what works)❺ UK Matters in Accounting (UK related topics, news items and interviews)NOTE TO LISTENERS:The Accounting Influencers Podcast is a daily radio-style show with four segments coming out every Monday which are repeated on the other 4 weekdays as standalone episodes, plus a bonus 'from the client's perspective' episode on Saturdays. On Sundays, listeners get a short min trailer for the coming week's episodes.Every Tuesday the show gives you a relevant news topic from the accounting and fintech world with a direct application to accountants, CPAs and bookkeepers. Great to stay informed and build your commercial acumen.Every Wednesday and Friday, we feature an uncut interview with top authors, leaders, thinkers and performers in the accounting and fintech world.Every Thursday the show gives you a practical 'here's what works' tips concerning a key challenge, need or strategy for accountants, CPAs and bookkeepers. Great to stay current and keep your skills topped up.Finally, every Saturday gives listeners a bonus episode which focuses on the buyers of accounting services - the clients themselves. In particular how they feel, react to and experience their interactions with accountants. That includes why they buy or don't buy, why they move or stay and why they think how they think about you, your firm, your prices and your offerings.Martin and Rob love to hear from the show's 26,000 unique listeners in 150 countries around the world. If you like the show and listen to multiple episodes, we'd really appreciate your appreciation with a review or rating. As most of our listeners tune in via Apple podcasts...How to leave a review on Apple Podcasts① Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.② Navigate to the page of the Accounting Influencers Podcast.③ Scroll down to find the subhead titled "Ratings & Reviews."④ Under one of the highlighted reviews, select "Write a Review."Anything about the style of the show, the frequency, the content, the CPE/CPD, the hosts Martin and Rob, the guests, the different segments or something in particular that's made a difference. Listeners can rate the show on a scale of one to five stars and can also add a written review. Please also recommend the show to people in your network because we'd love to reach a wider audience. Thank you from Rob, Martin and the whole Accounting Influencers Podcast team.

Jun 30, 2022 • 34min
Recruitment & Retention Tips in Accounting: Lee Frederiksen
Episode 130. In today's interview, Lee Frederiksen of Hinge Marketing shares with Accounting Influencers show host Rob Brown how firms should brand to attract the top accountancy talent.Lee Frederiksen is an award-winning marketer, Visible Expert®, and business strategist who helped pioneer the field of research-driven marketing. As the Managing Partner of Hinge, a marketing firm for the professional services industry, he draws on his Ph.D. in behavioral psychology and his CEO experience to help clients achieve high growth and profitability. Lee’s research on marketing and business growth has made him a recognized industry name, along with the numerous books he authored on the same topics. He been quoted in a number of mainstream publications, and he regularly speaks at major industry events around the country. Key takeaways from this episode include:➤ why employer branding is a critical topic for accounting firm leaders to understand➤ the three things you need to build a successful professional services firm➤ the biggest growth challenge for many accounting firms➤ why the accounting profession has the lowest number of actively looking job-seekers in the whole professional services sector➤ what exactly job seekers are looking for in new roles depends on where they are in their career➤ the importance of being able to work remotely for talent looking for accounting roles➤ why accounting firms who have not responded well to covid will suffer most in losing top talent➤ the number one factor in creating a really strong employer brand for your accounting firm➤ the futility of your accounting firm having more than 3 core values➤ the number one thing job seekers who are actively looking for a new position actually want➤ the prime times or triggers that make people restless in wanting to leave an accounting firm or role➤ explaining the trend of people thinking of their career as a series of gigs vz jobs➤ why loyalty to an accounting firm increases for both staff and clients once a critical time has passed➤ the disruptive effect of mergers and acquisitions in workforce stability of accounting firms➤ why making people stay with 'golden handcuffs' can cause resentment and lowered productivity in accounting firm staff➤ the two stages in developing a compelling 'employer brand' in an accounting firm➤ a strong accounting firm brand in the market place may attract talent to you, but there's one vital thing it won't do➤ the differences in professional services sectors when it comes to how they attract and retain top talent➤ the importance of time horizons for restless employees - vital to know for retaining your best people➤ why it's inevitable in tough times that accounting firms will lose people➤ how the business model of 'needing a local and regional presence' has changed for accounting firms➤ what accounting firms can do to attract employees that are not actively looking to move➤ questions accounting firm leaders should be asking in shaping a strong employer brand➤ two top tips for accountants who want more career capital and greater promotabilityThis show was originally aired as season 0, episode 116 on 20 Aug 2022. It was entitled "Employer Branding Strategies for Growing Accounting Firms". With the current focus on employer branding for accounting firms, Lee Frederiksen's research shows the importance of talent attraction and retention for accounting practices.When he’s not traveling to speaking engagements or working at the Hinge headquarters, you’ll find Lee pursuing his interest in hot rods or watching movies with his wife, Candace. You can reach her here...https://www.linkedin.com/in/leefrederiksenhttps://twitter.com/leefrederiksenhttp://www.hingemarketing.comNOTE TO LISTENERS:The Accounting Influencers Podcast is a daily radio-style show with four segments coming out every Monday which are repeated on the other 4 weekdays as standalone episodes, plus a bonus 'from the client's perspective' episode on Saturdays. On Sundays, listeners get a short min trailer for the coming week's episodes.Every Tuesday the show gives you a relevant news topic from the accounting and fintech world with a direct application to accountants, CPAs and bookkeepers. Great to stay informed and build your commercial acumen.Every Wednesday and Friday, we feature an uncut interview with top authors, leaders, thinkers and performers in the accounting and fintech world.Every Thursday the show gives you a practical 'here's what works' tips concerning a key challenge, need or strategy for accountants, CPAs and bookkeepers. Great to stay current and keep your skills topped up.Finally, every Saturday gives listeners a bonus episode which focuses on the buyers of accounting services - the clients themselves. In particular how they feel, react to and experience their interactions with accountants. That includes why they buy or don't buy, why they move or stay and why they think how they think about you, your firm, your prices and your offerings.Martin and Rob love to hear from the show's 26,000 unique listeners in 150 countries around the world. If you like the show and listen to multiple episodes, we'd really appreciate your appreciation with a review or rating. As most of our listeners tune in via Apple podcasts...How to leave a review on Apple Podcasts① Open the Podcasts app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.② Navigate to the page of the Accounting Influencers Podcast.③ Scroll down to find the subhead titled "Ratings & Reviews."④ Under one of the highlighted reviews, select "Write a Review."Anything about the style of the show, the frequency, the content, the CPE/CPD, the hosts Martin and Rob, the guests, the different segments or something in particular that's made a difference. Listeners can rate the show on a scale of one to five stars and can also add a written review. Please also recommend the show to people in your network because we'd love to reach a wider audience. Thank you from Rob, Martin and the whole Accounting Influencers Podcast team.


