Unlock the Power of Questions with Ed Kless

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Show Summary

This episode, we discuss the power of questions, and why as a consultative business (as a bookkeeper or an accountant), the questions you ask are perhaps more important than the answers you provide.  Discover the power of questions, how to position questions, and how to make sure you do not OVER question your clients in this interview with Ed Kless from Sage!  Welcome to Episode 54 of Grow My Accounting Practice!

Our Guest 

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Ed develops and delivers curriculum for Sage business partners on the art and practice of small business consulting including the Sage Consulting Academy, Business Strategy and Customer Experience Workshops. He also facilitated the Sage Leadership Academy, a year­long program designed to assist Sage Software partners develop a continuous process of improvement in their organizations and serves as liaison to the Strategic Leadership Association.

Ed is the author of The Soul of Enterprise: Dialogues on Business in the Knowledge Economy, a compendium of a few of the episodes of his VoiceAmerica talk­show The Soul of Enterprise: Business in the Knowledge Economy with Ron Baker, founder of the VeraSage Institute where Ed is also a senior fellow.

Prior to joining Sage, Ed worked with Tipping Point Advisors, an organization dedicated to the growth and development of software implementation partners. In 1996, he co­founded Third Wave Business Systems, a Microsoft Dynamics GP partner that grew to 20 team members and $5 million in revenue. At Third Wave, Ed developed the implementation methodology and led the CRM and ERP consulting teams.

Ed is a contributor to industry publications, including the Journal of Accountancy, Harvard Business Review and HR.com, and has spoken at many conferences worldwide on project management, pricing, and knowledge workers. He is also active in the Information Technology Alliance (ITA) and was named to Accounting Today’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in Accounting for 2015. He lives north of Dallas with his wife and two children and ran for Texas State Senate in 2010 and 2012 as a Libertarian.

Show Links

Follow him on his blog: www.edkless.com or Twitter: @edkless

http://thesouldorenterprise.com ; http://na.sage.com ; http://verasage.com : http://edkless.com 

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