One of the biggest fears that firm owners have is handing over client relationships to a senior client manager only for them to leave and “run-off” with the client.

In order to minimise this risk, you can make use of this six-step solution:

1. Make sur...

In your journey to scaling your business, it’s normal to experience bumps and hurdles along the way. 

We can’t avoid the barriers to growth, because they happen to every firm. But what if you can do is overcome them with proven and tested strategies...

What does your hiring process currently look like? 

Mis-hiring and hiring because staff say they are too busy is one of the biggest and most expensive mistakes you can make in your firm. 

Team design is critical to building a firm that runs without...

Every firm owner we work with hopes to scale their firm… But most think that the only way to do this is to work harder. However, doing so will only lead to burnout. 

Working more hours on your business and hanging onto tasks in every division will k...

Do you find yourself feeling overwhelmed with the number of emails that you have to answer every day? The answer is all about managing traffic flow and using the 80/20 rule. 

You either put a band-aid on the problem and treat the symptoms like hiring ...

Here are some of the top principles that we teach at WIZE and implement them in our own firms to get the best out of the production team.

When building a business, your focus as the owner should lie on developing people and building systems. The peo...

For new staff, how the first few days of a new job are experienced has a lasting effect on how they view you as an employer.

Sadly, stories abound of the yawning gap of how the job and employer were portrayed when attracting applicants to apply a...

To help you identify your customer’s sentiment, and understand what impact their loyalty or lack thereof can have on your business, it's crucial to know the three different types of customers that can impact the health of your business. They are the ...

Reference checking is a tedious task. It’s also among one of the least reliable ways to determine whether a candidate is likely to be effective in your practice.

However, you can increase the reliability and validity of reference checking by structu...

Based on the increased accountant recruitment activity we’ve seen in the past month, there’s a fair chance many of you have shortlisted promising candidates about now and getting interviews arranged.

Before deciding which interview questions to ask,...