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Winding River Consulting Welcomes Jessica Emanuel as Managing Director of Growth

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Winding River Consulting Welcomes Jessica Emanuel as Managing Director of Growth

Winding River Consulting Welcomes Jessica Emanuel as Managing Director of Growth Former executive brings PE-backed growth and M&A integration ...

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Technology Enablement: The Third Lever

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Technology Enablement: The Third Lever

This is the third deep dive in our Enterprise Value Model series. If you missed the introduction from Brian Blaha, start with Five Levers That...

Why Business Acumen Is Walking Out the Door, and What Firms Must Build Next

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Why Business Acumen Is Walking Out the Door, and What Firms Must Build Next

As senior leaders retire or step back from day-to-day client work, professional services firms are discovering that something more valuable than...

A Strategic Path to Unlocking AI’s Promise in Accounting

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A Strategic Path to Unlocking AI’s Promise in Accounting

The opportunity around AI is real, but so is the need for a clear, thoughtful strategy behind it. At a recent industry event, my colleagues and I...

Margin Expansion: The Second Lever

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Margin Expansion: The Second Lever

This is the second deep dive in our Enterprise Value Model series. If you missed the introduction from Brian Blaha, start here: Five Levers That...

Succession Planning Beyond the Next Partner: Why Continuity Depends on Developing Leaders at Every Level

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Succession Planning Beyond the Next Partner: Why Continuity Depends on Developing Leaders at Every Level

Most succession plans in professional services firms are too narrow. They focus on replacing the next partner, managing retirement timelines, or...

Acquisitions Organic Growth

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Acquisitions and Organic Growth Aren't Competing Strategies

The Top 100 accounting firms grew 8.58% last year, according to Accounting Today. The profession also recorded 225 mergers in the same period, nearly...

Top-Line Growth: The First Lever

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Top-Line Growth: The First Lever

This is the first deep dive in our Enterprise Value Model series. If you missed the introduction from Brian Blaha, start here: Five Levers That...

The Path to Partner Hasn't Disappeared

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The Path to Partner Hasn't Disappeared. It Just Looks Different.

The next generation of accounting firm leaders still wants to make partner. We hear it consistently in firm interviews, and the data backs it up. The...

Five Levers That Separate Firms

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Five Levers That Separate Firms Building Enterprise Value from Firms Talking About it

Most professional services firms are still built to distribute income. While that model made sense for decades, it no longer sets firms up to win....