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Dustin Hostetler

Chief Innovation Officer, Boomer Consulting

Dustin Hostetler, Chief Innovation Officer, Shareholder and Lean Six Sigma Consultant at Boomer Consulting, is a pioneer in applying the Lean and Six Sigma concepts to public accounting firms. As a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with extensive experience working inside a large regional CPA firm, he has taken proven Lean techniques and tailored them to bring ground-breaking value to public accounting firms. His innovation and passion has brought true efficiency to accounting — helping accounting firms improve client service, improve client retention, set the foundation for growth and build the bottom line.

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Advisory

Are You Preparing Your Firm for the Gig Economy?

The gig economy is already here. And hopefully your senior leadership and talent leadership are working together to develop the strategies and plan on how to take advantage of it. Because you will feel the impact sooner rather than later, and whether ...

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Firm Management

5 Qualities to Differentiate Your Accounting Firm

The days of thinking that “process” is something that only low-level staff and administrative staff work on are over. Those days should’ve been over ten years ago, but they’re definitely over today. In future-ready firms, process is a core strategic ...

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Advisory

How to Transform from an Accounting Firm into an Advisory Firm

Your cheese is moving. You’d have to be living under a rock to not be aware how much of a leap forward we took as a profession in 2017. From technology to process, talent development to growth strategy – many firms underwent not just minor change but ...

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Firm Management

A Growth Culture Requires a Solid Foundation of Client Retention

Many firms today are in the midst of “growth initiatives.” This, in its most basic of definitions, refers to trying to grow a firm from its current size to a larger size through increased focus and training on business development activities.

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Firm Management

Whether You Think You Can or Can’t, You’re Right!

I just recently finished up a busy baseball weekend with my son. What does busy look like? We had one tournament with a travelling all-star team while still wrapping up the playoffs in his local little league. After two games in the heat at the ...

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Firm Management

Are You Managing Your Clients? (Or Are They Managing You?)

A recent family vacation got me thinking about management. We took a trip to Florida and booked rooms at a Hilton resort, where I enjoy Diamond level status in their loyalty program. When I booked the rooms online last August, I requested adjoining ...

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Firm Management

Why Lean?

You never know where inspiration will strike. I was on an early morning drive to the airport several years ago, driving a cold and dark state route as I made my way to the freeway. In my little part of the world, we tend to listen to more country ...

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Firm Management

Getting Your Partners “On Board”

Passengers and flight attendants had a common goal – get to our destination safely and on time. But for that to happen, we needed two critical people. Those two key people had the same goal as the rest of us – get to our destination safely and timely.

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Firm Management

The Ultimate "Best Practice" for Accounting Firms

The summer and fall months officially kick off conference season. Where you send out your best and brightest to learn and explore from their peers and “bring back great ideas”. And many conferences do their part to help facilitate the sharing of great ...