"Our focus is on meeting the firm where they are and coming alongside them to move them forward."
Will HillWill has been serving the Tax & Accounting community since 2001. Will’s excitement and passion for seeing firms achieve their success is palpable in all of his interactions. Will has spent many years working with firms in a consultative capacity as an employee of Thomson Reuters. During his time there, he also developed numerous services to aid in the growth and transformation of tax and accounting firms – including the Practice Forward program.
In Will’s over 20 years of service, he has consulted/trained with hundreds of firms – stepping foot into over 400 different firms across the country. Will has twice been recognized by the CPA Practice Advisor in the “Under 40” lists. In 2021 Will was named by Accounting Today in their “Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting” list. Will has written many articles and blogs which have appeared in various industry publications. Prior to his newest podcast series “Lead with Courage”, he was also the creator and co-host of the podcast “Pulse of the Practice”.
Let Will bring his energy, enthusiasm, and experience to your meeting or conference! For audiences large or small, Will is known for his dynamic energy level coupled with truly actionable information that can be used when you walk out of the meeting. Some recent topics have included:
Putting the Customer First
Using Influence Externally
Leading Through Change
During this intense weekly coaching program Will works directly with you as the firm owner. While you will set the focus area(s), it is likely to revolve around getting work off your plate and/or client relationships.
It is likely to get into workflow or staff responsibilities – but we do this only through the context of getting work off your plate or changes to client relationships.
Client relationship conversations may involve services packaging, advisory services, maximizing client opportunity, shifting relationships without loss.
Will uses a dedicated Teams site for meetings, goal setting & tracking, ongoing chat assistance as needed, document/tool collaboration and accountability actions.
At the close of 8 weeks, we will be able to look back at goals and results for a clear decision if we should continue working together. Firms can elect another 8 week stretch, or to jump to a monthly cadence.
Whether this is how we start, or where we go together after the 8-week program, the frequency for meeting is monthly, but the method, tools, and approach mirror the 8-week program.
Done for a 12-month time period to ensure we work through each season of the year and the unique challenges that they bring.
Meeting duration increased to 90 minutes.
Optional add on for a separate monthly staff development meeting with an up-and-coming leader.
Will Hill Consults also partners with your firm to extend business consulting as an advisory service to your clients. There are typically 3 scenarios where this partnership makes:
Client need is not something you can or want to deliver – but the relationship is important.
The client need has time constraints, but you have no capacity and want to keep the work in house.
Your firm has an interest in offering this as a service to meet the current client need, and as a future service, but you do not have time to put in the “R&D” needed for the first iteration.
Please contact us to have a more specific conversation around partnering with your firm for your clients.