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🌟 I am excited to share this testimonial from Archie. Working together on was a pleasure, and I value the camaraderie that defines our team "ARCUS". Cheers to more successes ahead! Andrew Cross CTA MAAT#PraisePost #ClientStories #HonestFeedback #ClientAppreciationDay #ShareTheLove #KudosCorner #CustomerReview #TestimonialMoment #ClientJoy #TestimonialTuesday

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With heartfelt thanks, we honor each and every one of you who took the time to share your experiences and feedback👍🏻👏🏻. Your words are the compass that guides us towards perfection. 🌠Ads International Auditors📞: +971 56 404 5966🌎 :adsauditors.com#TeamADS#ClientAppreciation #Gratitude #ThankYouClients #ReviewsThatMatter #PartnersInSuccess

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It’s week two of Internal Audit Month! 🙌 To celebrate, we’re highlighting auditor voices across industries, starting with our very own Industry Principal Grant Ostler! Grant served as a CAE for almost two decades and is an active member of the IIA Twin Cities Chapter.When we asked Grant what he loves most about the profession, he said it’s how internal auditors are true business partners.We’ll share more from internal audit leaders throughout the month—so stay tuned! #InternalAuditors #GRC #InternalAuditMonth

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It’s week two of Internal Audit Month! 🙌 To celebrate, we’re highlighting auditor voices across industries, starting with our very own Industry Principal Grant Ostler! Grant served as a CAE for almost two decades and is an active member of the IIA Twin Cities Chapter.When we asked Grant what he loves most about the profession, he said it’s how internal auditors are true business partners.We’ll share more from internal audit leaders throughout the month—so stay tuned! #InternalAuditors #GRC #InternalAuditMonth

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👉 Week two of Internal Audit Month! 👉 Workiva's Industry Principal Grant Ostler served as a CAE for almost two decades and is an active member of the IIA Twin Cities Chapter. When we asked Grant what he loves most about the profession, he said it’s how internal auditors are true business partners. To celebrate, we’re highlighting auditor voices across industries and we’ll share more from internal audit leaders throughout the month—so stay tuned! #InternalAuditors #GRC #InternalAuditMonth

The Power of the Team What a beautiful day. Didn’t sleep well last night, yet woke up this morning full of energy, optimism, and just generally feeling happy and lucky. It’s been a strange week. I think I realized that if I’m not on top form, it’s ok. I’m surrounded by great team mates in work and life who will pull me through. It’s been a busy year for us so far at Baker Tilly US (FLVS). We’ve hosted conferences, attended, and spoken, generally been out and about in our industry. All accomplished because of various teams pulling together. We’ve also delivered some amazing work to our clients, helping them with their problems.This last month has been no different. A trial, expert testimony, a major litigation milestone, a claims portal, expert reports, new files, slow files, planning for seminars, international colleagues arriving. That’s on the work front. Throw in some birthdays (happy days), two funerals (very sad days), college and school ups and downs….Pause, catch your breath – how is this possible – it’s the power of the team – Everything mentioned above has been handled because a significant number of people pulled together. Some of the effort is very visible with people stepping in, some is less visible, behind the scenes – almost unnoticed. Even the smallest gesture, “I’m grabbing coffee, want anything?”In a world where it increasingly feels like the individual brand and success is key, it’s worth pausing for a moment and thinking about our accomplishments and how the outcomes have depended on several people, rarely an individual performance. So I’m going to thank some people in no particular order as we head to the weekend. - work colleagues and life colleagues.I encourage you to thank someone in your team. I’m certain I’ll miss someone, probably more than one…but if you’ve had a team’s chat, text, phone or email conversation with me in the last few weeks – THANK YOU SO MUCH!Brendan Gray, MBA, CPA – thanks for managing a growing case load.Harriet Bateman, ACA – thanks for your forward thinking for client management, client service.Thomas Murphy – support during an on, off, on, off trial this week. Rohan Sood – stellar work on client deliverables.Paul L. DeBoer– pushing that technology rockRica Herrera, CFE, Agnieszka (Agnes) Baran, Amber Fujarski, CPA, CFEBrian B., Allison Famularo, CPA, Jack Haines, James Manetta, Sean Cordes....Matthew Morris - wise wordsJennifer Thomas - good listening, as alwaysBaker Tilly Ops team – dealing with our *$#!Bernard Regan MSc, MBCS - you always answer the phoneToby Oddy – making me laugh from under your hoody.Isabelle Oddy– sharing your day to day experiences from afar (miss you).Pat Gatens – raising such a wonderful son (RIP).Brian P. Gatens, Ed.D.– constant positive energy despite it all.Chris Tissainayagam– keeping people connected (RIP)Caroline Oddy– solid as a rock for us all, once again.Gracie the Dog, unconditional love😉

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With heartfelt thanks, we honor each and every one of you who took the time to share your experiences and feedback👍🏻👏🏻. Your words are the compass that guides us towards perfection. 🌠Ads International Auditors📞: +971 56 404 5966🌎 :adsauditors.com#TeamADS#ClientAppreciation#Gratitude#ThankYouClients#ReviewsThatMatter#PartnersInSuccess #HappyClient

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A tale of creative thinking in sales.In 1987 I was a senior manager at Arthur Young, now EY. Led by an old school partner I’d just pitched £80k for a FTSE 250 company’s audit.We didn’t get a sniff. Coopers & Lybrand, now PWC, pitched £60k which was aggressive. Arthur Anderson won it by pitching at £0k. Nada. Bubkas. Wow!On the condition they also got the client’s tax and special work. Aah.We’d all figured that was the real prize - much higher margin - but they were more creative, more focused, more serious.My boss declined the invitation to compete, in fact he didn’t even return the message I took offering us the chance to do so. Because in those days old school Big 8 partners didn’t lower themselves to sell. True that.Indeed in 2010 when I trained all the UK partners in a 2nd tier firm to sell, it was still a big part of the mindset shift I had to deliver in many of them. I had to ease them into the idea of selling by calling it business development. (They’re now top 8 globally). Nowadays in the Big 4 you don't make it unless you can sell. Sorry. Develop business, deliver growth, open new opportunities...#salestraining#salesgrowth#businessgrowth#goodtogreat#positivemindset

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#PartnerSpotlight! Get to know our Practice Growth Partner, Lucas LaChance, CPA, CIA!👉 What fuels Lucas's passion for LGT?"Being part of a team that's propelling the firm forward is what I cherish most in my career here."👉 Did you know? Lucas has a royal connection!"I'm (distantly) related to Princess Diana of Wales."Curious to learn more about Lucas's role at LGT and his top travel destination? Dive into his partner spotlight in our latest #ProfitSense feature below! ⬇️

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Diligent #Audit leading the charge! Watch the conversation to learn more on how internal auditors are doing it the modern way.👇🏾