August Aquila, Ph.D.

AQUILA Global Advisors, LLC
CEO & President
aaquila@aquilaadvisors.com
(952) 930-1295

Aquila
August Aquila is one of the profession’s key thought leaders. He works with professional service firms both large and small, in the US and abroad. As a former partner in a Top100 US accounting firm and a senior executive with American Express Tax & Business Services, Inc., August brings a wealth of hands-on experience to the table. In 2004, 2007, 2009 to 2015 he was selected as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in The Accounting Profession” by Accounting Today. In 2003 August was inducted into the Accounting Marketing Association Hall of Fame. He won the 1994 Lawler Award for the best Journal of Accountancy article (“How to Lose Clients without Really Trying”). For twenty-seven years August has advised professional services firms covering succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, compensation plan designs and partnership issues. He has written several books on managing professional services firms as well. Most recently: Engaging Partners in the Firm’s Future, What Successful Managing Partners Do, Performance Is Everything – The Why, What and How of Designing Compensation Plans (AICPA), Client at the Core: Marketing and Managing Today’s Professional Services Firm (John Wiley & Sons) and Compensation as a Strategic Asset: The New Paradigm (AICPA). He is a frequent speaker at legal and accounting conferences.

Archived Webinars

HOW CPA FIRMS SHOULD PRICE THEIR SERVICES
Recorded Date February 13, 2018  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.0 hour  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Business Management and Organization  Course Level Basic      Who Should Attend CPA - small firm, CPA - medium firm, CPA - large firm, Other     
HANDLING WRITE OFFS, WIP, REALIZATION, AND COLLECTIONS EFFECTIVELY
Recorded Date October 3, 2016  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.0 hour  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Business Management and Organization  Course Level Intermediate      Who Should Attend CPA - small firm, CPA - medium firm, CPA - large firm     
TAKING YOUR FIRM TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Recorded Date May 23, 2016  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.0 hour  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Practice Management (Management Advisory Services)  Course Level Intermediate      Who Should Attend CPA - small firm, CPA - medium firm, Other     
THE COMPENSATION DESIGN CHALLENGE FOR CPA FIRMS
Recorded Date July 10, 2014  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.0 hour  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Practice Management (Management Advisory Services)  Course Level Intermediate      Who Should Attend CPA - small firm, CPA - medium firm, Other     
HOW TO ENGAGE PARTNERS IN THE FIRM'S FUTURE
Recorded Date May 29, 2013  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.0 hour  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Partnership Issues (Management Advisory Services)  Course Level Basic      Who Should Attend CPA - small firm, CPA - medium firm, Other     
GET READY AND GET MORE WHEN YOU SELL YOUR FIRM!
Recorded Date October 23, 2012  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.0 hour  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Practice Management (Management Advisory Services)  Course Level Intermediate      Who Should Attend CPA - small firm, CPA - medium firm, Other