Culture Matters: Building the Wise Firm

Last year, HORNE openly declared a war on accounting firm culture.  Why?  Because, to paraphrase Herb Stein, things that can’t go on forever, won’t.  And the culture of public accounting simply can’t go on without significant change to the way we work.

I’m a huge fan of Patrick Lencioni, author of The Advantage.

Lencioni says that businesses can no longer outsmart our competition. He says the speed of technology and knowledge will not allow us to maintain a competitive advantage from being smarter. In fact, he determines in his work that the only real, long-term advantage a company can establish is a strong culture. A powerfully engaged team.