Connect with Alan
1. Listen to this Humanise The Numbers podcast with Alan Farrelly, MD of UHY Farrelly Dawe White Ltd, as he talks about the difference that establishing a core purpose has meant to their team.
2. Listen to this Humanise The Numbers podcast with Alan Farrelly, MD of UHY Farrelly Dawe White Ltd. Alan talks about the importance to his team of being there when it matters and how this has helped overcome some difficult situations.
3. Listen to this Humanise The Numbers podcast with Alan Farrelly, MD of UHY Farrelly Dawe White Ltd. Alan talk about the importance of Quarterly Town Hall meetings and why he does not view them as a business cost.
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1. Listen to this Humanise The Numbers podcast with Alan Farrelly, MD of UHY Farrelly Dawe White Ltd. Alan talks about the Farrelly Dawe White journey and what it means to be part of UHY International. He shares the difference that this has meant to their clients, as well as the value of international partnerships when a client is looking to move to another country.
2. Listen to this Humanise The Numbers podcast with Alan Farrelly, MD of UHY Farrelly Dawe White Ltd. Alan talks about the privilege of being Vice Chairman of UHY International and how this has enabled him to meet numerous members of the UHY family and to build friendships based on trust.
3. Listen to this Humanise The Numbers podcast with Alan Farrelly, MD of UHY Farrelly Dawe White Ltd. Alan talks about his family and how proud he is of his three sons. Now that two of them are employed in the firm, he is working towards exiting the firm in 2028. He shares the process that they are implementing with the team and the clients, so that this is part of a 5-year gradual plan.
He discusses the challenges of letting go, the transparency of the decision-making, and the importance of not being afraid to be challenged. He also hopes that gradually dropping a few days a week will improve his golf handicap!
4. Listen to this Humanise The Numbers podcast with Alan Farrelly, MD of UHY Farrelly Dawe White Ltd. Alan discusses recruitment and the challenges of recruiting the right people. He shares the three things they look at when recruiting someone new and how these three things must be in the right order. Cultural elements come first, then the technical elements.
5. Listen to this Humanise The Numbers podcast with Alan Farrelly, MD of UHY Farrelly Dawe White Ltd. Alan talks at length about their core purpose, 'Achieving a better future together'. And he shares the three things that matter most to their firm and their order of importance:
Team first, then clients, then the environment.
Once they established their purpose, the leadership team then turned it over to the team to work on the values and behaviours. The team thus have a sense of ownership, holding themselves accountable and feeling a part of something bigger.
6. Listen to this Humanise The Numbers podcast with Alan Farrelly, MD of UHY Farrelly Dawe White Ltd. Alan talks about the importance, when it comes to your team, of being there when it matters and of showing you care.
Alan shares a couple of very sad events that have happened recently at the firm, and how they have impacted the firm and affected the team. He talks about the feelings and emotions of the team and the struggles that the team had to work through.
Alan reveals the things they have in place at UHY FDW to ensure that the team are looked after, nurtured, and supported. Any member of the team can talk to their manager or to someone on a helpline, which is totally private.
He says that the team are very appreciative when you go that extra mile.
7. Listen to this Humanise The Numbers podcast with Alan Farrelly, MD of UHY Farrelly Dawe White Ltd. Alan talks about their Quarterly Town Hall meetings and what these entail, including why they can be challenging, but rewarding. Every member of the team is out of the office for the day, but he explains why he does not view this as a business cost.
He shares the structure of the day, the rewards process, the engagement and involvement of the team, and how they mix up the format a little each time.
He talks about the vibe on these days and how a lot of team members look forward to it as they are interested in what is going on, what is happening, and what the changes are. It helps them understand that they are part of something bigger.
8. Listen to this Humanise The Numbers podcast with Alan Farrelly, MD of UHY Farrelly Dawe White Ltd. Alan talks about articulating their core purpose, values, and behaviours and why it's okay that this is not for everyone.
He talks about being on the right bus, in the right seat, and in the right tribe, and why this process meant they lost people that had been with the firm for a long time. But they have also recruited people who are a perfect values fit.
9. Listen to this Humanise The Numbers podcast with Alan Farrelly, MD of UHY Farrelly Dawe White Ltd. Towards the end of the podcast, Alan talks about the things that have changed in the profession and the things that have stayed the same. The crucial numbers in your business have not changed, nor has the importance of knowing what they are, but real-time reporting, tech, and instant access to information make the role of the human more important than ever.
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