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of the Top 200
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Winner of the 2023 BDO Alliance
Growth Strategy Award
Your accounting or advisory firm can be world-class.
We can get you there.
Consulting & Advisory
In today’s uncertain and rapidly changing business environment, how your firm adapts determines its ability to succeed. Our industry-specific core competencies in strategic growth plans, M&A/PE orchestration, partner retreat facilitation, and firm-wide cultural development gives you the tools and resources to accelerate attainable growth.
Digital Growth
The future of your firm’s growth is DIGITAL. Partners and growth leaders require a realistic, implementable, and quantifiable digital strategy to position the firm and guide it to success. We create collaborative, custom plans that transform mindsets, and create initiatives to drive achievable, measurable results.
Leadership Development
Continual, intentional leadership development is a trademark of excellence. We unlock the individual potential in established and emerging leaders, enabling them to leverage their skills and contribute to growing a world-class firm. Our development opportunities go deeper, helping the good leaders of today become great leaders of tomorrow.
Introducing Our New Leadership Program for Partners
Winding River Consulting is excited to launch our new leadership bootcamp, tailored for new and emerging partners to unlock their leadership potential. Designed alongside today's firm leaders, this dynamic program equips you with key skills and strategic insights to boost your leadership abilities. Join an upcoming cohort!
Our Signature Events
April 2-3, 2025
Chicago
Digital Deep Dive immerses firm marketing, development, and leadership professionals into the complex, intricate, and challenging world of digital growth. Join us in Chicago to connect, collaborate, and gain competencies to guide your firm with sustainable digital growth.
2025 Dates Coming Soon
Chicago
The Winning Ways Conference is the accounting profession's only conference on practice management. Join the most progressive firm leaders and sought-after industry thought leaders for timely, tough, productive content.
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MPB | Leadership Accelerated
Managing Partner Bootcamp (MPB) is where accounting firm leaders come to acquire and master, in only 6 days, what successful, seasoned leaders learn through decades of trial and error. An interactive experience with cohort-based learning, timely and relevant content, topical, confidential industry-specific discussions, and a peer-to-peer network, MPB is the place to hone the essential high-impact skills critical to confident, effective, and intentional leadership.
Accelerate your personal and professional growth and transform your firm.
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Our Team
Insight you need.
Experience you trust.
We are a powerhouse of professionals, brought together from diverse areas of expertise under one common mission: to drive firms forward to growth. With a perfect blend of firm forgers, marketing maestros, tech gurus, and innovation virtuosos, we stand ready to conquer any challenge that comes your way
Our chemistry is real and our results are impressive. We change people, cultures, and expectations.
MPB | Leadership Accelerated is a terrific option for those who need to step up and understand how to run any type of professional firm. The camaraderie, setting, and quality of the presenters and topics make this one of the most impactful personal experiences anyone, who is rising to the level of managing partner or equivalent, can have.
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, things move too quickly for us to keep up on our own. That's why we turn to Winding River for their expertise in digital marketing and ability to help us navigate this environment. They are always on top of emerging technologies and strategies, and they've been invaluable in keeping our marketing efforts agile, effective, and forward-thinking. I'm confident that together, we'll continue to reach our audiences in creative new ways and maintain our competitive edge.
Winding River partnered with us to lay a strong, strategic foundation for scaling our digital marketing strategy. They bring strong expertise in the connections between marketing strategy, objectives, tactics and measurable results.
In today's fast-paced world, who has time for yet another training session? I certainly didn't think I did. But Winding River Consulting’s Managing Partner Bootcamp (MPB) turned out to be a game-changer. Initially, I was skeptical, having already been part of other CEO groups. MPB was a revelation. The topics were not only relevant but also delivered by instructors with invaluable real-world experience. My cohort was a vibrant mix of firms, each bringing unique perspectives that enriched the entire experience. After completing the MPB, I also attended the Winning Ways conference. It was, without a doubt, one of the most impactful Practice Management conferences I've experienced. If you're aiming to elevate your leadership skills and enhance your practice management, I highly recommend investing your time. It's an experience you won't regret.
MPB offers a program tailored specifically for managing partners and key firm leaders eager to enhance their operational acumen. The MPB team encapsulates decades of proven success, providing participants with tried and tested wisdom all in one consolidated place. You will connect with peers from across the US who are also on the journey of guiding their firms towards success. The combination of expert guidance and peer networking that MPB offers makes it a valuable resource for anyone at the helm of firm leadership.