Latest Events and Programs

  1. Prepare your Practice for Sale - Your 3 Year Plan to Maximise its Value - Wed 30th May - 12.30pm to 1.30pm AEST
  2. Measuring the Right Stuff - What your firm should be focusing on in the new Financial Year.  - Wed 6th June - 12.30pm to 1.30pm AEST
  3. How to develop your coaching and training skills - A webinar for partners, managers and trainers.  - Wed 13th June - 12.30 to 1.30pm AEST
  4. 5 Steps to effectively manage clients expectations in the new Financial Year- Wed 20th June - 12.30pm to 1.30pm AEST
  5. How to make Advisors out of Accountants - The role of active listening and feedback in developing client relationships - Tues 26th June - 12.30pm to 1.30pm AEST
  6. 7 Steps to improve turnaround time through a better focus on Workflow - Wed 27th June - 12.30pm to 1.30pm AEST

New CD-ROM Coaching Programs on PERFORMANCE REVIEW and CONFLICT RESOLUTION for accounting firms. and for accounting firms. Click on the program title for further details.

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Business Aptitude
PO Box 700
Chatswood, NSW 2057
Australia

tel: 1300 883 789
fax: (02) 9904 8306
email: enquiry@bizaptitude.com.au

HOW MUCH IS YOUR FIRM LOSING EACH YEAR THROUGH POOR TIME MANAGEMENT?

It’s probably more than you realise. We’ve calculated that an average firm of 5 staff will lose $28,800 in fees per year with just one hour lost per week per employee through poor time management skills. *based on average COR of $120. This also means that if you could find an additional hour per week per employee through more effective time management, the firm could gain an additional $28,800 in fees per year. That’s with just 12 minutes of extra productive time each day.

Some relevant statistics:

63% of accountants and financial advisers who describe themselves as lacking time management skills and discipline may experience health issues, including sleep apnea and high blood pressure.

People switch activities, such as making a call, speaking with someone or working on a document - every three min on average.

 

Open screens on desktops, files on the desk, and coworkers all distracted workers so that only 55% of work was resumed immediately.

 

One study found that office distractions eat up 2.1 hours a day for the average worker.  Once interrupted, it can take a person up to 30 minutes to return to the original task.


What can you do to address your time management weaknesses?

One of the most effective tools we have come across is the 4-D approach developed by time management guru David Allen.

Do your own calculation. How many staff do you have in your firm? The graph below shows how much $ fees your firm could be gaining each year through better productivity. For example, a firm of 10 staff (accounting + admin) could gain an extra $57,600 in fees simply by finding another 15 minutes per day per person in productive time.


What can you do about this? Through a consistent focus on developing the time management skills of ALL staff in your firm, you can significantly improve the bottom line. 

CLICK HERE to download our 10 top time management tips for accountants.

TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR TIME CD-ROM-based program is the only time management program specifically designed for accounting firms. It is a self-paced learning program that can be run as group or individual training sessions in your practice. The program runs over 10 individual modules and includes presentations on Principles of Effective Delegation, Effective Task Management, How to Use Administrative Staff to Create More Capacity, Dealing with Staff and Client Interruptions and How to Manage Client Expectations.

All presentations are accompanied by individual workbooks and supporting documentation. Accounting firms that have used the TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR TIME program provide feedback that it is both practical and relevant to the issues faced by their staff. With over 400 minutes of powerpoint-audio presentation, electronic workbooks and supporting documents, scripts and procedures, TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR TIME will help you create significant additional capacity for fee growth.

SPECIAL OFFER TO 30TH JUNE 2011 - JUST $990 INCLUDING GST. Click here to place your order.

The standard fee for this program is $1,320 including GST. However, until 30th June 2011, we are offering this program for just $990 including GST. For more details of this unique program, CLICK HERE, or email dorothy.crosby@bizaptitude.com.au for more information.

Developed by Business Aptitude, leading Practice Management Consultants and Trainers to Accountants. Website : www.bizaptitude.com.au

It’s probably more than you realise. We’ve calculated that an average firm of 5 staff will lose $28,800 in fees per year with just through poor time management skills. *based on average COR of $120. This also means that if you could find an additional hour per week per employee through more effective time management, the firm could gain an additional $28,800 in fees per year. That’s with just . Some relevant statistics:What can you do to address your time management weaknesses?One of the most effective tools we have come across is the 4-D approach developed by time management guru David Allen.

 

It’s probably more than you realise. We’ve calculated that an average firm of 5 staff will lose $28,800 in fees per year with just through poor time management skills. *based on average COR of $120. This also means that if you could find an additional hour per week per employee through more effective time management, the firm could gain an additional $28,800 in fees per year. That’s with just . Some relevant statistics:What can you do to address your time management weaknesses?One of the most effective tools we have come across is the 4-D approach developed by time management guru David Allen.