by Chantelle | Aug 20, 2019 | Best Practices, Business Development, Business Management, Company Culture, Profitability, Project Management, Strategy, Systems, Training, View All Posts
One of the most frustrating aspects of running a business is getting employees to follow your business processes. Whether it is submitting timesheets late, making mistakes on proposals, failing to respond to clients correctly or failing to get approvals for extra...
by Chantelle | Aug 1, 2019 | Best Practices, Business Development, Business Management, Company Culture, Profitability, Project Management, Strategy, Systems, Training, View All Posts
“According to a McKinsey report, employees spend 1.8 hours every day—9.3 hours per week, on average—searching and gathering information.” Source: http://utrconf.com/top-3-reasons-why-we-spend-so-much-time-searching-for-information/ One of your employees,...
by June R. Jewell, CPA | May 29, 2019 | Best Practices, Business Development, Business Management, Company Culture, Leadership, Profitability, Project Management, Strategy, Success Stories, Testimonial, Training, View All Posts
Is your executive team on the same page about where your firm is heading? One of the most critical factors to successful A&E business results is being able to make the right decisions that will drive the firm’s growth and profitability. When there is a lack of...
by June R. Jewell, CPA | May 7, 2019 | Best Practices, Business Development, Business Management, Company Culture, Leadership, Profitability, Project Management, Strategy, Success Stories, Testimonial, Training, View All Posts
You want higher profits and happier employees but getting both may seem impossible. The relationship between firm financial success and employee happiness is not always obvious, but higher profits enable investment in staff and systems that in turn, makes them enjoy...
by June R. Jewell, CPA | Apr 13, 2019 | Best Practices, Business Development, Business Management, Company Culture, Leadership, Profitability, Project Management, Strategy, Success Stories, Testimonial, Training, View All Posts
Scope creep – that vicious blood-sucker that steals your project profits. When the scope of the work done exceeds what is promised in your contract, and you don’t get more money, you pay for it. It comes straight from your profit margins and can leave a project at a...
by June R. Jewell, CPA | Apr 13, 2019 | Best Practices, Business Development, Business Management, Company Culture, Leadership, Profitability, Project Management, Strategy, Success Stories, Testimonial, Training, View All Posts
In 2014 Hillmann Consulting, a then 100-person environmental consulting firm based in Union, NJ, found itself on the cusp of growth. They started seeing what many A&E firms experience when transitioning from a small local firm to a mid-size geographically...
