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Episode 1: The Ideal Team Structure“The first thing you've gotta master is you've gotta master leading yourself. So that's about self-discipline, that's about the experience, that's about controlling your feelings, and so you've gotta lead yourself and then to lead others, that's another level again.”Welcome to The Wize Guys podcast! In this, our very first episode, I chat with Ed Chan, founder of Chan & Naylor, an accounting firm with offices in major cities around Australia that services thousands of clients. Jamie Johns also joins us. He is the founder of Sky Accountants, recognized as one of the top 57 accounting firms worldwide.Ed and Jamie, along with me, your host, Brenton Ward, founded Wize Mentoring to help Accounting and Bookkeeping firm owners scale their businesses.Find out to become a better leader, team structures, and productivity. Also, learn useful tips on how accounting firms can foster healthy team structures today!Timestamps:0:35 - The concept of an ideal team structure6:00 - Analogy of water getting through the pipe7:05 - The importance of pushing the work down8:48 - Reasons why you should have the people in the right seat9:23 - Getting the resource mix right10:42 - How to implement a ‘no-blame culture’14:42 - How to manage teams16:54 - Becoming a better leader for your firm20:09 - 3 common areas to focus on23:52 - Top-down VS bottom-up management28:24 - How timesheet creates a system-dependent firmQuotations:“Focus on the problem, focus on fixing the problem, and focus on finding solutions to the problem…” - Ed Chan“People don't lead companies, they lead their managers.” - Brenton WardGET IN TOUCH!Website: www.wizementoring.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wizementoring/Twitter: https://twitter.com/wizementoringLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wizementoring/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wize.guys/?hl=enEmail: [email protected] the full transcript here.________________ PS: Whenever you’re ready… here are the fastest 4 ways we can help you fix and grow your accounting firm: 1. Download our famous Wize Freedom Strategy Map for FREE - Find out the 96 projects every firm owner must implement to build a $5M+ firm that can run without them - Download here 2. Need to Hire right now? Book a 1:1 FREE discovery call with our WizeTalent hiring coaches to help find your next team member the Wize Way – Click Here 3. Book a 1:1 Wize Discovery Session – Spend 30mins with our Wize CEO, Jamie Johns, a $7M firm owner who is ready to give you his entire business plan to build a firm that can run without you – Find out more here 4. Work with Jamie and our mentors for 8 weeks - Build a custom business plan for your firm - Apply here
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