How to Fix Your Accounting Firm by Addressing Design Flaws, Not Workload
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Jason Bramwell
Summary
The article argues that accounting firms struggling with overworked teams, shrinking margins, and bottlenecked leadership don't have a workload problem—they have a design problem. It presents a framework for firm owners to intentionally restructure their firms rather than simply working harder, offering five actionable steps to build a better-designed accounting practice.
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If your team feels stretched, your margins are shrinking, or you constantly feel like the bottleneck, the issue may not be the amount of work coming in. It may be how the firm itself is structured.
Creating your ideal accounting firm doesn't happen by accident. It requires stepping out of day-to-day operations to intentionally design the business you want to run.
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