Humanise The Numbers - for ambitious accountants in practice

Phool Ashraf & Cheryl Sharp - ACCA Strategy Series 4/5

July 16, 2021 Paul Shrimpling, Phool Ashraf and Cheryl Sharp Season 2 Episode 4
Phool Ashraf & Cheryl Sharp - ACCA Strategy Series 4/5
Humanise The Numbers - for ambitious accountants in practice
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Humanise The Numbers - for ambitious accountants in practice
Phool Ashraf & Cheryl Sharp - ACCA Strategy Series 4/5
Jul 16, 2021 Season 2 Episode 4
Paul Shrimpling, Phool Ashraf and Cheryl Sharp

Where's the value in your firm around pulling together absolute clarity around the behavioral standards, values, and beliefs, that you want to live by in your accountancy firm?

Is the hard thinking, hard work going to pay off for you and your firm?

Well, on this Humanise The Numbers podcast discussion with Phool and Cheryl, owners and leaders of two different accounting firms, they share their insights on how getting clarity on values has actually paid off for them.

Whether it be in recruiting new team members, setting standards of performance with their existing team or even the impact of sharing values with clients.

I've just finished a workshop with eight different accounting firms, the smallest with a team of 12, and the largest with a team of more than 200 people. 

We openly discussed the merits of having no values, having good values that aren't really lived, and having great values that genuinely exist in their firm, values that are lived, that you can see happening every week, every day, across the firm. 

Now clearly, if a team of people seriously buy into a set of values, seriously buy into the purpose you have for your firm, they're going to have a reference point for all the decisions and all their actions, which will sponsor the future success of your firm.

So why not join me, Phool and Cheryl on this Humanise The Numbers podcast discussion and see what they have to say about interaction with team members, interactions with potential future team members, interactions with clients and how values impact those really key conversations that ultimately fuel the future success of their firm and can fuel the future success of your firm too.

When on this episode page, please scroll down for the contact information for Phool and Cheryl and to find additional resources mentioned in the podcast.  

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Where's the value in your firm around pulling together absolute clarity around the behavioral standards, values, and beliefs, that you want to live by in your accountancy firm?

Is the hard thinking, hard work going to pay off for you and your firm?

Well, on this Humanise The Numbers podcast discussion with Phool and Cheryl, owners and leaders of two different accounting firms, they share their insights on how getting clarity on values has actually paid off for them.

Whether it be in recruiting new team members, setting standards of performance with their existing team or even the impact of sharing values with clients.

I've just finished a workshop with eight different accounting firms, the smallest with a team of 12, and the largest with a team of more than 200 people. 

We openly discussed the merits of having no values, having good values that aren't really lived, and having great values that genuinely exist in their firm, values that are lived, that you can see happening every week, every day, across the firm. 

Now clearly, if a team of people seriously buy into a set of values, seriously buy into the purpose you have for your firm, they're going to have a reference point for all the decisions and all their actions, which will sponsor the future success of your firm.

So why not join me, Phool and Cheryl on this Humanise The Numbers podcast discussion and see what they have to say about interaction with team members, interactions with potential future team members, interactions with clients and how values impact those really key conversations that ultimately fuel the future success of their firm and can fuel the future success of your firm too.

When on this episode page, please scroll down for the contact information for Phool and Cheryl and to find additional resources mentioned in the podcast.  

Introduction
Values within the recruitment process
Values on a day to day basis
Gains' values and the 3 freedoms
Values at Pink Pig
The advantages of getting clear on values
Making time for the right clients
The challenges in not having clear values
Helping clients to establish their values
Channelling conversations towards values
What is the vision
Conclusion