Hear a midsummer update on skills, finance leadership opportunities, and some of the focus areas of the Future of Finance Leadership Advisory Group in this podcast episode with transcript.
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2024 CPA Exam Blueprints: The trends driving proposed changes
Get the rundown on changes proposed by the 2024 CPA Exam Blueprints, and why there’s a need for updates, in this podcast episode with transcript.
What new managers wish they’d known
CPAs offer advice to help leaders as they begin their management roles.
A suitably summer story: One CPA’s travel quest
A Vermont CPA explains his family’s accounting lineage, why he’s so intent on listening, and how he’s progressing on several travel quests in this podcast episode with transcript.
Feedback sought for redesigned 2024 CPA Exam Blueprints
The proposed exam’s design is driven by a desire to assure that newly licensed CPAs possess the skills needed to hit the ground running.
8 tips for fending off digital distractions
If the steady ding of email and text message notifications interrupts your concentration, use these tips to regain your focus.
Kevin H. Wang, CPA/CITP
Kevin H. Wang, CPA/CITP, is director of innovation at Warren Averett CPAs and Advisors. He works out of the firm’s Birmingham, Ala., office.
Tips for managing remote workers
CPAs suggest strategies for helping staff stay productive and connected wherever they are working.
From the archives: How purpose can play a bigger role in business
An author and Harvard Business School professor explains why companies should have a larger role in society than providing shareholder value in this podcast episode with transcript.
Cannabis: Opportunities for CPAs in a multibillion-dollar industry
CPAs across the U.S. are investing resources in a flourishing $25 billion industry: cannabis. As more states legalize cannabis each year, the AICPA & CIMA Cannabis Industry Conference, Aug. 8–10, shows how you can enter the field.
From the archives: Lessons learned after a multibillion-dollar fraud
Aaron Beam, the former CFO at HealthSouth, discusses his tenure at the company and offers advice for professionals about fraud in this podcast episode with transcript from a 2018 conversation.
How the Great Resignation has affected the accounting profession
A CPA leader discusses the hiring and staffing trends that have affected the wider workforce as well as the accounting profession in this podcast episode with transcript.
A conversation with new AICPA Chair Anoop Natwar Mehta
Get to know more about new AICPA Chair Anoop Natwar Mehta and his points of emphasis in this podcast episode with transcript.
‘What of this should I bring back to my people?’: Highlights from ENGAGE
ENGAGE emcee Jill Schlesinger shares memorable moments and nuggets of knowledge that stuck with her from the event in Las Vegas in this podcast episode with transcript.
How to build your ‘performance currency’ and how to avoid the ‘Dirty Dozen’
An ENGAGE keynote speaker shares career advice for those looking to move up in their organization or move to a new one in this podcast episode with transcript. Also, learn more about the IRS’s annual list of “Dirty Dozen” tax scams.
Duke’s Coach K shares stories of leadership and change at ENGAGE 2022
The coach who led teams to five collegiate championships and three Olympic gold medals explains an early interest in accounting and what he learned from Michael Jordan.
6 overused phrases — and smart ways to replace them
Consider how you can freshen up threadbare language to make your point.
Is a career coach for you?
Many professionals are contemplating changing their employment situation right now. Working with a career coach can help you achieve clarity about what next steps you want to take.
Tim Keefe, CPA, CGMA
Tim Keefe, CPA, CGMA, is director of finance at Lund, a not-for-profit organization in Vermont serving children and families; founder of Philo Financial Consulting LLC; and board president of the Vermont Society of CPAs.
An interest in flight, a path to CFO: ‘All about determination’
A CFO shares career advice, looks back on challenges related to standards implementation and forecasting, and explains why he didn’t follow in his famous uncles’ footsteps in this podcast episode with transcript.
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