The Wize Way

Episode 9: Understanding The Job Description And KPIs Of A Senior Production Manager “Most people leave their jobs because they're disengaged and they don't like their manager. The second reason they leave their job is that they're not in their flow.”  In this episode of The Wize Guys, Brenton Ward, and Jamie Johns answer some listener questions and talk about what a Senior Product...

Episode 8: The First Steps of Onboarding New Recruits for your Practice So, once you've acted fast and hired slowly, and found the right team member for your firm, what's next? How do you introduce that person to the culture and workflow of your firm?  In this episode of The Wize Guys, Brenton Ward, and Jamie Johns talk through a few onboarding approaches to effectively integrate with yo...

Episode 7: Testing Potential Hires - For Grinders & Minders Role How do find the right people for the right role? In this episode of The Wize Guys, Brenton Ward, Jamie Johns, and Ed Chan talk about narrowing down candidates for your next hire can be a daunting process.  Let us give discuss different types of testing options out there, to help you find the ideal team member for your firm. Wheth...

Episode 6: How to Onboard Your Team Members - Finders, Minders & Grinders “You got to micro train upfront so that you don't have to micromanage them later on because really good output people don't like to be micromanaged.” In this episode of The Wize Guys, Brenton Ward, Jamie Johns, and Ed Chan talk about tips for onboarding new members of your team.  Define the roles of Finders, Mi...

Episode 5: Identifying the best candidates for your practice In this episode of The Wize Guys, Brenton Ward, Jamie Johns, and Ed Chan talk about why attitude is the most essential factor to consider when identifying the best candidate in the recruitment process. Find out more about hiring people onshore and offshore for your accounting practice. Timestamps: 0:46 - Hiring Onshore vs Offshore employ...

Episode 4: How to make your clients deal with your client managers and not you In this episode of The Wize Guys, Brenton Ward and Ed Chan in the participation of Wize Tribe members tackle about the things to know in transitioning clients to deal with client managers in every accounting and bookkeeping firm. You might be seeing a pattern now - creating efficient operations for your firm. You’ll hea...

Episode 3: How to stop drowning in all the communication traffic flowing through your firm right now “You've gotta take ownership, you've gotta take leadership. ‘Cause if you don't take leadership of that conversation, the client will just think that you are happy to just giving your time away for free.”  In this episode of The Wize Guys, Brenton Ward, Jamie Johns, and Ed Chan talk...

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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 epi...