Why a Great Culture Still Isn't Enough Without Leaders Who Hold People Accountable
➡️ One Step Better now has its own YouTube channel! Subscribe here so you never miss an episode: @OneStepBetterPod Patrick Accounting has a stack of "best place to work" accolades, yet Mike still rates themselves a C on the one thing that would change everything. Listen to Matt and Mike get honest about LMA (leadership, management, and accountability) and why holding people accountable is genuinely one of the hardest things about leading a firm. In this episode: The LMA framework and exactly where most accounting firms break down inside it Why the small things that go unchecked become the big problems you didn't see coming How to tell the difference between managing and micromanaging when your team can't Why it's harder to hold your friends accountable than anyone you've ever managed before The generational gap between leading by authority and leading by influence What it looks like when accountability stops cascading down through your leadership layers 🔔 Subscribe to the One Step Better channel for all future episodes: @OneStepBetterPod Connect with us: Matt Patrick on LinkedIn → https://hubs.la/Q04fKVdQ0 Mike Shaeffer on LinkedIn → https://hubs.la/Q04fKVdX0 patrickaccounting.com Tired of struggling to find qualified accountants for your firm? Check out Cloud Accountant Staffing's candidate portal. Full of pre-vetted offshore accounting candidates ready to interview as soon as tomorrow → https://portal.cloudaccountantstaffin...

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