03-Dec-10
Congratulations to Our UFE Writers!
Congratulations to Crystal Cunard and Graeme Conway who have successfully passed the UFE.
01-Oct-10
Selling Into an Upswing - Succession Planning Magazine
After a long and successful career, your client has decided to hang em up and ride off into the sunset.
But just because they want to be kicking it in the Caribbean in a few weeks doesnt mean their involvement in the business can be wound down immediately and a cheque will magically appear in the mail.
Just as entrepreneurs methodically build up their companies over the course of their careers, the same type of care and effort has to be taken to orchestrate an exit. Click here to read more...
25-Feb-10
Strong & Steady, CA Magazine
Despite all the red ink in the economy, the state of compensation in the profession has been generally positive over the past 18 months. For veteran Winnipeg CA Joel Lazer, it was a revelatory moment. A co-founder of Lazer Grant Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, he had set up an innovative employee bonus pool system, which encourages everyone in the firm to take personal responsibility for its overall performance. Inspired by a US management consultant during a 2002 seminar, the so-called Lazer Results system augmented an older philosophy established by the original partners in 1982 that ensured the various practice groups would share profits among themselves to cushion the blow of a slow year. "We always share the good stuff," Lazer says. to read more...
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