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How to Grow Your Practice In a Recession

A specially designed Workshop for forward-thinking Partners and Practice Owners     

“How to Grow Your Practice In a Recession” A specially designed Workshop for forward-thinking Partners and Practice Owners

Practice owners and partners, now learn the tried, tested and proven critical success factors you need to implement to keep ahead of your competition, including 61 proven practice-building ideas that are ready to implement in your firm – immediately.

Designed specially for partners and practice owners

This workshop has been designed exclusively for partners and practice owners and aims to help you develop a positive vision for your future in these uncertain times, including:
•    What your prospects and clients really want from their accountancy firm in the current economic climate
•    Why this current global pain gives your firm a ‘once in a lifetime’ business development opportunity
•    How to seize that opportunity with a practical, tailored marketing and sales strategy for the next 12 – 24 months
•    Why Digital marketing is a cost effective ‘must’ for accountancy firms in this new economy
•    How to measure the effectiveness of your new plans and keep your goals on track
Whatever the size of your practice, you’ll benefit massively from the information you’ll receive. These are not impersonal seminars, but small workshop events designed specially for partners and practice owners which give you the opportunity to chat through any specific marketing issues confidentially with one of our marketing consultants. Although the workshop is sales and marketing focused, it requires no prior skills in these areas and you’ll go way with your own tailored action plan and a host of easy-to-implement activities all designed to improve your profitability.
During the course of the Workshop, you’ll discover many proven ideas, including:
•    5 Steps to formulate a Vision for your Practice
•    4 Important steps in creating a sound plan
•    5 Digital marketing ‘must-knows’
•    6 Ways to win and prepare for face-to-face appointments
•    How to profile your prospects’ and clients’ Style of Influence
•    The 10 most common direct mail mistakes
•    8 tips for successful email marketing
•    8 recession-proof ideas that cost little or nothing
•    3 cardinal sins to avoid when communicating with your clients
Plus much more
The Workshops will take place as follows:

London - Tuesday 24 February
Birmingham – Wednesday 25 February
Leeds – Thursday 26 February

Priority notification – first-come, first-served

You’ll need to hurry, though! Places are limited at each venue, so allocation is on a first-come, first-served basis only. We have also deliberately positioned the event at a price affordable for all at just £98 + VAT. As one of the first to hear about the workshops, you have the best chance to reserve your places on your preferred date.

To book, simply click here or for fastest service,
call 0800 803 0826 NOW.

 

100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
This essential workshop is covered by our 100% Full Refund Guarantee, so there’s no risk whatsoever for you. If at any time during the workshop you don’t feel you are getting great value from your attendance, simply inform us and we will give you a full refund, without question.

Especially for accountants

You’re a busy accountant.  Over-committed, under pressure, daily challenged.  In an environment of increasing technical complexity.  You want to find ways to work and play smarter.  You long to fulfil your potential in all aspects of your life and work. You want to take control of your career.  Or skill up for the next career move.  How do you find the time to think about any of this?

Who do you turn to when you want to bounce ideas, share your aspirations?  Who can provide a new perspective, a listening ear, a sounding board?  Who can help you make the best of the opportunities you already have, while planning the next move?  You need someone independent of your current career, non-judgemental and wholly confidential. 

The solution: working one-to-one with theaccountantscoach.  To set goals, take action, max your performance.  This is much more than Life Coaching.  Drawing on a long Top 4 accountancy career, both as a practising professional and developing other accountants, theaccountantscoach is the only independent to specialise in coaching the accounting profession across the globe. Using cutting edge techniques, drawing on extensive skills from personal experience in the profession, applying certified coaching expertise, you can have a bespoke coaching programme designed to meet your unique needs.

Choose between face to face, telephone or the innovative e-coaching programme.

And did you know that personal development (as well as professional development) coaching can count  towards your CPD requirment.  Think how relevant and valuable your CPD could be. 

Imagine what you could achieve, working one-to-one with a coach, focussed 100% on your goals,, your actions, your results……. Email now to book your FREE consultation.

[email protected]

Carol McLachlan BA(Hons) FCA Chartered Accountant NLP Practitioner Results Coach

What the clients say
"I found Carol’s coaching style tremendously helpful to build confidence and to make important decisions in an effective and sustainable way."

"I now realise the talents and skills that I have… The encouragement and support received from my coaching discussions has made me feel 100% more confident in doing the job that I do."

theaccountantscoach is a specialised personal and professional development service designed to support accountants in tapping into their own inherent resources to maximise their personal and career success.  It is run by ex Ernst & Young chartered accountant and coach, Carol McLachan, who can show you that it is often the very smallest changes that can make a really big differences to achieving your potential

Coaching. It's not just for FDs!

Accountancy Age published an article on coaching last week called 'Personal Touch'.  As a coach and accountant myself I warmly welcomed this article which gave an excellent overview of the full spectrum of coaching and its benefits. 

But why the focus on FTSE 100 FDs?  The underlying assumption is that coaching is the domain of the highest earners, unaffordable, out of reach and irrelevant to the rest of the profession.  Nothing could be further from the truth. 

All the benefits that accrue from coaching FDs are at least equally relevant to the rest of the profession: from time management and worklife balance support, to setting career goals and boosting professional performance.  Not to mention the unique qualities of coaching as a methodology.   It's highly bespoke (and hence time efficient), flexed to individual needs. It's utterly results driven.  And as a client you are buying 'accountability' and don't underestimate the power that has on motivation. Plus it provides a truly non judgemental forum.

The reason that coaching can be so affordable is that it is easily accomplished remotely (telephone or email).  Many of my clients, for example, are individual accountants who are seeking an unbiased listening ear, independent of their employer or business.

So come on Accountancy Age, less of the elitism please!  Coaching is available to, and attainable by, all of us accountants! 

To find out how coaching can benefit you or your organisation, email me at [email protected] to book your complimentary taster session.

Read the full article 'Personal Touch'

This Life + 10

This Life + 10: the accountants view

So who watched the return to This Life, last night? Well I did and I suspect shed-loads of my 30 and 40-something peers who were smitten the first time round. Remember the 1990s, being holed up for weeks on end in some god-forsaken hotel learning the new audit methodology? This Life was our only respite. The appeal? Well parallels between the life of the trainee barristers in This Life and trainee accountants in practise I guess.  For me in particular, during my 20s, I had a training contract in London, lived in a shared house with accountant peers, and worked in pretty much the same location as This Life's lawyers - just around the corner from Chancery Lane and the Law Courts.  And well no, despite the similar location, my big 4 experience in London was infinitely less glamorous, cool or chaotic than the This Life version (but then that was just me)........

Company Registration

Carol McLachlan Coaching Limited is a company registered in England & Wales, registered number 5579738.
While the company's reach is both national and global, the registered office is 26 Alton Road Prenton CH431XA

The Life Audit

A fantastic gift idea... Who do you know who would appreciate spending time looking at their life or career and making plans for the future?

Coaching has always been associated with improving sports performance and now professional personal coaches are using the same tools and techniques to maximise potential and performance in life and work. Just a few examples:

• Who do you know who is outwardly successful but wants to change direction, take control of their career, move to next level of success, start a new business, write a book..?
• Who do you know who would like to improve their work-life balance, find ways to work and play smarter, reduce stress, increase personal effectiveness?
• Who do you know who wants to take stock of their life or career, would benefit from a fresh start in 2007, is looking for inspiration to make lasting change in some aspect of their life or career?
• Or is it you, yourself?

Work Stress Management

By Jonathon Hardcastle

Not being stressed at work isn't a gift that some people possess; it is in fact an effort that only a few of us manage to put into our lives successfully. The truth is that we take more time thinking how to solve a problem we get into rather than thinking of how to avoid the problem from occurring in the first place. Stress at work has a similar story. Almost all of us get stressed at work very easily and very few of us manage to avoid it, though the solutions are very simple.

The main problems at work are mismanagement of work. A lot of people tend to fail in managing their work properly and end up either falling short of completing it before the deadline or with very poor

Initial Consultation

I am currently offering all clients a free one hour, no commitment consultation session.  For individuals, this would be taken as a free initial coaching session; for corporate clients this could be taken as a one hour free coaching consultation or a one hour coaching demonstration. For more information or to book, email [email protected].

What is Coaching?

Personal and business coaching is an ongoing professional relationship that helps people produce extraordinary results in their lives, careers, businesses or organisations. It's a two-way process where coach and client work together to remove 'obstacles' which hold us back, allowing us to move forward, quickly and easily. Using an external Coach has the benefit of allowing the client to be totally open knowing that they are in a confidential, non-judgemental environment.

About My Coaching Services

Coaching can take place face-to-face, on the telephone and by email.

Free initial consultation

I am currently offering all clients a free no commitment consultation session.  Let's spend 30 minutes, getting to know one another, discussing your requirements and exploring how I can help.

How long is a typical coaching session?

Telephone sessions last for one hour. Face-to-face sessions may be for 1 hour upwards, depending on your requirements.  Intensive one-one-sessions of one whole day or two half days are also available.

Payment and Pricing Terms

All of my coaching programmes are bespoke to individual and corporate needs, hence pricing and payment terms are dependent on requirements.

I will design you a uniquely tailored programme.  Tailored for you, professionally, personally and financially. For example, the very popular telephone and e-programmes can make coaching affordable for everyone - especially as I pay the call costs! Or why not consider group coaching workshops in your workplace which can be supplemented by 121 work as appropriate.

Just email me at [email protected] for a free initial consultation and together we will devise  a personal and professional development programme, exclusive to you. 

Payment can be made by cheque, bank transfer or credit card.

Privacy Policy

A quick word on privacy...

I hate spam! It's a real issue for us all, not just as consumers, but for our businesses too. As a result - I will never rent, sell, share or give your email details to any other party. Ever.

And you'll find an 'unsubscribe' link at the foot of every email I ever send you so you can easily remove your name from this list.

A quick word on privacy...

I hate spam! It's a real issue for us all, not just as consumers, but for our businesses too. As a result - I will never rent, sell, share or give your email details to any other party. Ever.

And you'll find an 'unsubscribe' link at the foot of every email I ever send you so you can easily remove your name from this list.