Why a Great Culture Still Isn't Enough Without Leaders Who Hold People Accountable
About this episode
The episode discusses the importance of accountability in leadership and how it impacts firm culture, featuring insights from Matt and Mike.
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 💬 Got a topic you want us to tackle? Drop a comment, send us a message, or share this episode with a firm owner who needs to hear it. 🎙 Want to be a guest? We're opening the show up to firm owners who want to talk shop. Reach out and let's talk. Connect with us: Matt Patrick on LinkedIn → https://hubs.la/Q04fKVdQ0 Mike Shaeffer on…
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