One Step Better Podcast

By Whirks

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Episodes: 208

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Tune in for insight to help small business owners and their teams get One Step Better every day. You'll gain practical tools to help you improve processes and empower your team.

Episode Date
If I Started My Firm From Scratch Today, I'd Build It Completely Different
Jul 09, 2026
Do You Even Need Entry-Level Accountants Anymore? (The AI Question Nobody Can Answer Yet)
Jul 02, 2026
Why a Great Culture Still Isn't Enough Without Leaders Who Hold People Accountable
Jun 29, 2026
ICP, Acceptable Clients, and the Gray Area Where Most Accounting Firms Get Burned
Jun 22, 2026
What It Looks Like to Roll Out AI Across Your Accounting Firm
Jun 11, 2026
Is Your Accounting Firm Developing Leaders or Just Promoting Good Employees?
Jun 04, 2026
What's Broken About Your Accounting Firm?
May 29, 2026
Why Your Leadership Team Needs More Disagreement
May 29, 2026
Are You Ready to Scale Your Accounting Firm?
May 29, 2026
One Step Better: A Podcast for Accounting Firm Owners
May 06, 2026
What We Got Wrong Scaling Our Business (and What We'd Do Differently)
Mar 30, 2026
Has Tipping Gone Too Far? A Business Owner's Perspective
Mar 04, 2026
Your Tip Structure Has Payroll Risks You Haven't Thought About
Feb 26, 2026
How to Raise Prices Without Losing Your Regulars
Feb 18, 2026
What Your POS System Isn’t Telling You About Profitability
Feb 04, 2026
Why Your Restaurant Is Busy But Not Profitable
Jan 30, 2026
Why You Can't Understand Your Accountant: Part 2
Jan 21, 2026
Why You Can’t Understand Your Accountant: Part 1
Jan 15, 2026
5 Numbers Every Business Owner Should Be Tracking Monthly
Jan 07, 2026
Why Every Small Business Should Stop Doing THIS in 2026
Dec 31, 2025
2025 in the Rearview: What Actually Moved the Needle
Dec 17, 2025
Accrual or Cash? How to Choose the Best Accounting Method for Your Business Goals
Dec 10, 2025
7 Tax Write-Offs That Could Get Your Business Audited
Dec 03, 2025
5 Reasons Your Restaurant Margins Are So Low and How to Fix Them
Nov 26, 2025
How to Finally Get a Handle on Cash Flow in Your Business
Nov 19, 2025
Should Your Home Healthcare Staff Be 1099 or W-2?
Nov 12, 2025
Succession Planning for Family Businesses: Where to Start (Before It’s Urgent)
Nov 05, 2025
Outgrowing Basic Bookkeeping? Here's What Comes Next
Oct 29, 2025
How One Remote Employee Can Trigger 5 Tax Filings
Oct 22, 2025
Retirement Plans for Small Business Owners: 401(k), SIMPLE IRA, and More Explained
Oct 20, 2025
Q4 Tax Moves Every Service-Based Business Should Know
Oct 08, 2025
How to Pay Yourself Properly (Without Raising IRS Red Flags)
Oct 03, 2025
Avoiding Tax Surprises: How Growing Companies Get Ahead
Sep 24, 2025
How to Approach a Bookkeeping Cleanup (Without the Stress)
Sep 18, 2025
First Time Setting Up a New Entity? What Every First-Time Owner Should Know
Sep 11, 2025
Business Structure Decisions: S-Corp vs. LLC for Your Growth Strategy
Sep 08, 2025
When to Use an Employee-Only Entity to Simplify Multi-Location Payroll
Aug 27, 2025
Budgeting for Growth: What Every $1M+ Business Should Build
Aug 13, 2025
Frustrated with Your Accountant? Here's What You Should Actually Expect
Aug 07, 2025
Forecasting Without Fear
Jul 30, 2025
How Small Business Owners Gain Confidence in 180 Days
Jul 23, 2025
How Small Business Owners Really Thrive
Jul 16, 2025
Is Your Payroll Provider Overcharging You? Here’s How to Find Out
Jul 09, 2025
Who We Help (and Who We Don’t): Is Whirks the Right Fit?
Jul 02, 2025
How a Few Smart Payroll Changes Can Simplify Your Business
Jun 25, 2025
The Whirks Way: A 90-Day Client Journey
Jun 18, 2025
The Whirks Client Journey: A Better Way to Handle Payroll and HR
Jun 12, 2025
The Four Biggest Payroll Problems Small Businesses Face (And How to Solve Them)
Jun 04, 2025
Hard Truths Your Accountant Should Tell You
May 27, 2025
Understanding Accounting Pricing Models
May 12, 2025
What's Included & What's Not With Patrick Accounting
May 05, 2025
Who To Work With: Finding The Ideal Client
Apr 28, 2025
Transform Your Accounting: Six Essential Changes
Apr 21, 2025
The First 90 Days with Patrick Accounting
Apr 14, 2025
Why Owing More In Taxes Is A GOOD Thing
Apr 07, 2025
BIGGEST Tax Mistakes To Avoid In Business
Mar 31, 2025
The Client Journey: What Success Looks Like With Patrick Accounting
Mar 24, 2025
Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with Patrick Accounting
Mar 17, 2025
The Four Biggest Accounting Challenges for Business Owners
Mar 10, 2025
Best Places To Work: The Value of Employee Satisfaction
Mar 03, 2025
Trust in Business: Why It Matters
Feb 24, 2025
Lessons Learned from 20 Years in Business
Feb 17, 2025
We're BACK! And We're REBOOTED!
Feb 03, 2025
Habits of a Good Business Owner: CHECK-INS
Jan 17, 2024
Habits of a Good Business Leader: MONEY MANAGEMENT
Jan 10, 2024
Habits of a Good Business Leader: PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Jan 03, 2024
Decsion-Making as a Business Leader - REPOST
Dec 27, 2023
Holiday Bonusing as Small Business Owner
Dec 27, 2023
Setting BUSINESS GOALS for 2024
Dec 13, 2023
20 Years in Business - An Owner's Reflection
Dec 06, 2023
Developing a BUSINESS BUDGET for 2024
Nov 29, 2023
Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 22, 2023
Using AI and NEW TECH in the Small Business Space
Nov 15, 2023
How do you manage PAPER in your workplace?
Nov 08, 2023
How to Get Your Team On Board with Technology Changes
Nov 01, 2023
PEOPLE, PROCESSES, or TOOLS - which is the cause of my problem?
Oct 25, 2023
The People Series: Soft Skills vs Hard Skills
Oct 18, 2023
The People Series: Are Your People REALLY Your Greatest ASSET?
Oct 11, 2023
The People Series: How to Make Your Employees Feel Appreciated
Oct 04, 2023
The People Series: When to FIRE, When to DEVELOP
Sep 27, 2023
The People Series: WHEN to Hire
Sep 20, 2023
Mistakes Business Owners Make with BONUSES and COMPENSATION
Sep 13, 2023
Top 5 Hiring Mistakes Small Business Owners Make
Sep 06, 2023
Competing in the Job Market as a SMALL BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2023
How Pricing Impacts Your PROFIT
Aug 23, 2023
Do you have BAD DEBT?
Aug 16, 2023
The Problem with IMITATING Your Competition
Aug 09, 2023
The Mistakes Business Owners Make with DECISION-MAKING
Aug 02, 2023
The Essential Year-End Checklist for Businesses
Nov 30, 2022
Happy Thanksgiving
Nov 23, 2022
The Importance of Giving and Volunteering in the Workplace
Nov 16, 2022
HR Numbers You Need to Know - Why Size Matters
Nov 09, 2022
Advancement Opportunities in a Small Business
Nov 02, 2022
Open Enrollment
Oct 26, 2022
How to Train New Employees Effectively
Oct 19, 2022
Recruiting Metrics to Track for Better Hires
Oct 12, 2022
The New HCM and Benefits Services from Whirks
Oct 05, 2022
How to Launch a New Product or Service
Sep 28, 2022
What I didn't Know When I Started My Business
Sep 21, 2022
How to Inflation-Proof Your Business
Sep 14, 2022
Recruiting Best Practices
Sep 07, 2022
The Benefits of a Business Peer Group
Aug 31, 2022
How to Scale Your Business Profitably
Aug 24, 2022
The Mistakes Business Owners make with Insurance
Aug 17, 2022
The Ideal Benefits for Employees
Aug 10, 2022
Balancing Work Boundaries and Productivity
Aug 03, 2022
Using Video in Your Business Strategy
Jul 27, 2022
Not Everyone's an Accountant
Jul 20, 2022
PTO and Time Off Policies
Jul 13, 2022
Is Software Enough?
Jul 06, 2022
The Ins and Outs of Working with a Franchise
Jun 29, 2022
The Importance of a Mid-Year Check-In
Jun 22, 2022
Using Your Values as a Framework for Everything
Jun 15, 2022
How to Grow Without Outgrowing Your Capacity
Jun 08, 2022
How to Improve Your Local SEO
Jun 01, 2022
The Difference Between an Employee and an Independent Contractor
May 25, 2022
Measuring What Matters: Financial Benchmarks for Businesses
May 18, 2022
Empathetic Selling
May 11, 2022
Change is Major
May 04, 2022
Cost of a Bad Hire
Apr 27, 2022
Uncomfortable Conversations
Apr 20, 2022
How Company Values Shape Your Team As You Grow
Apr 13, 2022
Should You Motivate with Money?
Apr 06, 2022
Cybersecurity for the Mobile Workforce
Mar 30, 2022
The New Challenges of Supporting Remote Employees
Mar 23, 2022
How to Hire Well as a Home Health Care Business
Mar 16, 2022
How To Create Great Culture With A Hybrid Team
Mar 09, 2022
Hiring is Hard Right Now
Mar 02, 2022
Being a Pulse Taker
Dec 01, 2021
Being Grateful
Nov 24, 2021
Employer Spotlight: Mandy Patrick
Nov 17, 2021
Developing Customers
Nov 10, 2021
Why a Great Mentor Matters
Nov 03, 2021
Money Money Money
Oct 27, 2021
Client Spotlight: Pink Ribbons
Oct 20, 2021
Planning For Year End
Oct 13, 2021
Training That Sticks
Oct 06, 2021
Business Trips
Sep 29, 2021
Leading With Uncertainty
Sep 22, 2021
Employee Spotlight: Lacey Washburn
Sep 15, 2021
Transparency in HR
Sep 08, 2021
Firing Processes
Sep 01, 2021
Leaders and Managers
Aug 25, 2021
It's Not Personal It's Business
Aug 18, 2021
Employee Payroll Questions
Aug 11, 2021
Gossip
Aug 04, 2021
Growth and Growing Pains
Jul 28, 2021
Customers
Jul 21, 2021
Be Healthy @ Home Client Spotlight
Jul 14, 2021
Compensation
Jul 07, 2021
Customer Service
Jun 30, 2021
KRA's
Jun 23, 2021
Marketing Strategy
Jun 16, 2021
How to Take a Vacation and Really Be Away
Jun 09, 2021
Client Spotlight: MGC Kids
Jun 02, 2021
Daily Huddle
May 26, 2021
Accountability
May 19, 2021
Employee Spotlight: Kaitlyn Wright
May 12, 2021
Leadership
May 05, 2021
Time Traps
Apr 28, 2021
Client Spotlight: LiquidGoldConcept
Apr 28, 2021
Client Spotlight: Duncan Williams
Apr 15, 2021
Hiring: People and Processes
Apr 07, 2021
Common Issues of Small Businesses
Mar 31, 2021
Employee Spotlight: Kim Pope
Mar 24, 2021
How to Ease Your Back Office Burden
Mar 17, 2021
Avoiding Distractions
Mar 09, 2021
Taking the Good from the Bad
Mar 03, 2021
Core Values
Feb 24, 2021
What Your Accountant Wishes Your Knew
Feb 23, 2021
Outsourcing
Feb 10, 2021
How To Keep Leadership From Bottlenecking Your Business
Feb 03, 2021
Living In A Virtual World
Jan 27, 2021
Conflict
Jan 20, 2021
PPP Loan Round 2
Jan 13, 2021
Startup Story: Mary Grothe of House of Revenue
Jan 06, 2021
Q&A: Get to Know Your Hosts
Jan 06, 2021
Startup Stories: Cary Rotter of Comfort Keepers
Dec 30, 2020
Employee Spotlight: Mike Shaeffer
Dec 23, 2020
Employee Spotlight: Shelby Betts
Dec 16, 2020
Sales and Operations: Tips for a Harmonious Partnership
Dec 09, 2020
New Year Forecasting for 2021
Dec 02, 2020
Conflict Resolution
Nov 25, 2020
Customer Feedback: You Have the Info - Now What?
Nov 18, 2020
Customer Feedback: Using it to Add Value
Nov 11, 2020
Employee Development: Small Business Best Practices
Nov 04, 2020
Employee Engagement: Why it's important to make employees feel valued and ways to do so.
Oct 28, 2020
Employee Spotlight: Rick Bowers
Oct 21, 2020
Burnout: How it Affects Everyone and How to Re-Charge
Oct 14, 2020
Hiring: Hungry, Humble and Smart
Oct 07, 2020
One-on-Ones
Oct 01, 2020
Employee Spotlight: Greg Henderson, HRO Manager at Whirks
Sep 23, 2020
Controlling Your Controllables
Sep 09, 2020
FOMO: Conquering the Fear of What You Don't Know
Sep 02, 2020
Work/Life Balance: Is it Attainable?
Aug 26, 2020
Communication: To Be Unclear is to be Unkind
Aug 19, 2020
Challenge It: Evaluating Your Processes
Aug 12, 2020
Handbooks: The Foundation of Trust and Transparency
Aug 05, 2020
Growing a Small Business: Pitfalls, Opportunities and Emotions
Jul 28, 2020
Why Small Business Owners Need Community
Jul 22, 2020
Startup Stories: Alex Brandwein of Brandwein's Bagels
Jul 15, 2020
DISC: Personality Tests in the Workplace
Jul 08, 2020
Defining Your WHY
Jul 01, 2020
Leadership from the Second Chair Perspective
Jun 24, 2020
Change is Hard: Leading a Small Business through Change
Jun 17, 2020
Startup Stories: Defining Patrick Accounting's Core Values
Jun 09, 2020
Remote Workforce: Adapting Your Leadership
Jun 01, 2020
Second-Hat-HR: How to Streamline Employee-Related Tasks
May 26, 2020