April 24, 2013

J. Daniel Books Named Vice President and Senior Consultant of The Rainmaker Companies

We welcome Dan Brooks to our team as Vice President of Consulting and Senior Consultant!   Please click below to view the press release. J. Daniel Books Named Vice President and Senior Consultant of The Rainmaker Companies

April 17, 2013

Now that April 15th is over, change your focus to your own company

  Many people restore cars, motorcycles, furniture and even houses as a hobby.  I am a wrencher myself, anything with a motor, wheels, and the ability to make it go faster, I am interested.  When looking for something to restore, … Continue reading →

April 4, 2013

Your Happiest Employees Might be Your Worst Employees

By Joe Fleenor Conference Director, The Rainmaker Alliances Conventional wisdom tells you that the better you are at your job, the more you enjoy your job.  That’s not necessarily the truth after leading employee engagement survey company, Leadership IQ, released … Continue reading →

March 27, 2013

Rainmaker Alliances Members Named to Accounting Today Top 100 Firms

By Joe Fleenor Conference Director, The Rainmaker Alliances Congratulations to our Rainmaker Alliances members that were recently named to the 2012 Accounting Today Top 100 Firms! *Association acronyms detailed below •    Crowe Horwath – #9 on the list – members … Continue reading →

March 26, 2013

Is Your Firm Promoting a “Culture of Cool”?

By Joe Fleenor Conference Director, The Rainmaker Alliances In my mind, there’s nothing better than March Madness and the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. I love the drama – from Selection Sunday when you see whose bubble was burst (like my … Continue reading →

March 20, 2013

It’s Time to Walk the Walk and Invest in Your Next Gen Leaders

By Joe Fleenor Conference Director, The Rainmaker Alliances For Enterprise Worldwide, our international association of accountants and advisors, there’s a common theme throughout all of their 2013 conferences – GROWTH.  As cliché as it may be, our member firms have … Continue reading →

March 1, 2013

Working smarter, tips to increasing your productivity

Being productive at work sounds simple. Do the best you can every day. Unfortunately, it is much more complicated due to the never ending demands that are placed upon us and by us. It is also extremely difficult because we … Continue reading →

February 8, 2013

A New Way of Thinking About “Thinking Outside the Box”

By: Joe Fleenor, The Rainmaker Companies, Conference Director We’ve all said it and we’ve all been told it: “Think outside the box.” Until here recently, the phrase “think outside the box” meant nothing to me more than your typical cliché … Continue reading →

January 22, 2013

Where Are the Women Leaders?

By August Aquila and Angie Grissom (He Said, She Said -As published in Accounting Today October 1, 2012) ‘Women Rule the Day,” read the headline in USA Today’s Olympic Sports Section on August 9. U.S. women dominated in London and … Continue reading →

November 19, 2012

Business Growth…Your #1 Goal?

Growth should be the #1 goal of accounting firm but the right kind of growth. Not unchecked and unmeasured growth but strategic and focused growth. I have spent the last fifteen weeks in accounting firms across North America and with … Continue reading →