Blumer & Associates, CPAs, PC - Certified Public Accountants

Proverbs 15:22 says, ” Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.” One stupid thing business owners do is NOT have a coach. I have had a few coaches over the past 8 years and I know I’ve been more successful as a result of this coaching. The more counselors you allow into your life, the more opportunities you have to catch your errors before they get out of hand. You also have the gift of running your creative ideas by others, which can lead to even MORE creative ideas. Coaching also provides needed accountability for acting on those ideas.

If you are in a creative industry, be sure to check out our Creative Coaching Course for 2012.

Other CPAs can receive coaching through the THRIVEal +CPA Network.

A huge mistake some business owners make is to not realize how their profession is changing…right before their eyes.

I’m a big proponent of questioning the status quo. I want you to question your profession’s methods, processes, and its future. If your industry is changing and you don’t notice, then you are already being left behind by your competition. Study your industry and duly note its course! We can help coach you through this process if you are really ready to move forward!

I talk so much about the strategy behind running a professional creative firm, that I am proud to introduce the Blumer CPAs Creative Coaching Course beginning January 2012!  Hot dang.

I’ve already run a course similar to this in another setting, and it was very successful!  Group coaching among your peers will change your life!  I’ve been involved in one-on-one coaching for many years, and group coaching as well.  Both serve different purposes and can help you in different ways.  In group coaching, I act as the facilitator, keep everyone on track and keep us all challenged as we progress through the course together.  We use an awesome online interactive learning platform where you will do the work and answer the questions from each assignment and link to the live sessions.

Each month, this course will include required reading of the assignments (1 hour to 1.5 hours), answering the required 8 to 12 questions (30 minutes to 1 hour) and then participation monthly in a live online session (1.5 hours) with the other creative group members around the country.  The group, which can only consist of up to 8 creative professionals at a time, will also receive a Kindle Touch as part of the participation and we will read three assigned books together throughout the year.

Here is the course outline and the topics:
January 2012 - The Importance of Profit
February 2012 - Managing Your Trade vs. Working in Your Trade
March 2012 - Value Pricing in a Commodity World
April 2012 - Discussion on the book, Start with Why by Simon Sinek

May 2012 - Strategic Client Selection
June 2012 - The Strategy Behind ‘No Paper’
July 2012 - Branding and Visioning: The Requirements to Narrow Positioning
August 2012 - Discussion on the book, Positioning for Professionals by Tim Williams

September 2012 - Knowledge Management
October 2012 - The Big Goal Behind Process Design
November 2012 - Building Value Into Your Firm Through Process
December 2012 - Discussion on the book, The Innovator’s DNA by Jeff Dyer

*courses, topics and times subject to change.

If you are interested in the course, sign up below, and we’ll be in touch.  Here’s to strategy (finally!) in the new year!!

Ready or not, we’re getting close to 2012. For us that means another tax season is right around the corner. Are you ready?

Jason explains who should be getting tax planning and why…

 

We can help you with your tax planning! Email Cathy Lovell at cathy {at} blumercpas {dot} com.

 

 

 

 

“The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.”

Simon Sinek