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January 11, 2016

These steps can help you embrace an exciting retirement

This column seeks to dispel four fears that retirees have and share a six-step strategy for creating a life after work.

January 11, 2016

How to manage underperformers

In order to ensure that you are engaging the best and the brightest employees in the firm, you must learn to handle and manage the underperformer.

January 4, 2016

7 communication tips for new tax managers

These tips can help managers provide effective coaching and feedback to less-experienced tax preparers during busy season.

January 1, 2016

How to encourage career development discussions

Two CPAs explain why it is important for finance professionals to get regular feedback from their bosses about career development.

January 1, 2016

Proposal would create new status for retired CPAs

Revised rules would allow volunteer, uncompensated service.

December 7, 2015

Manager Survival Series: The chronically late or absent employee

This article offers tips on to how to handle the chronically late or absent professional employee in the typical workplace.

December 1, 2015

SEC seeks applications for accounting fellow positions

Opportunities will begin in the summer of 2016.

November 30, 2015

Essential questions new partners need to ask themselves

What partners focus on during their first hundred days can set the tone for the rest of their career.

November 30, 2015

How to tell if a recruiter is actually helping you

If a recruiter pushes you to take a job or accept a candidate that you’re not sure about, he or she is probably not the right person for you to be working with.

November 19, 2015

Building trust with your team

Improving trust among team members could be the answer to an organization’s talent-related challenges.

November 16, 2015

Women see far more partnership gains with small firms than with large ones

The AICPA CPA Firm Gender Survey found that women account for 40% of the partnership ranks in firms with 20 or fewer CPAs—double the rate of firms with 100 or more CPAs.

November 16, 2015

How CPAs can start their own business

An accounting background provides a helpful leg up for entrepreneurs or those who want to invest in an existing business.

November 1, 2015

Blazing a path to success for the profession

Tim Christen, CPA, CGMA, the AICPA’s 103rd chairman, has a passion for developing people and shaping the profession’s future through change.

November 1, 2015

Diane B. Medley, CPA/ABV, CGMA

Diane B. Medley, CPA/ABV, CGMA, is managing partner and co-founder of Mountjoy Chilton Medley LLP in Louisville, Ky.

November 1, 2015

Young leader wins AICPA’s Outstanding Young CPA Award

Dan Griffiths, CPA, director of strategic planning at Tanner LLC, received the Outstanding Young CPA Award in Honor of Maximo Mukelabai.

October 19, 2015

CPA exam evolving to reflect shift in skills requirements

Changes in the nature of the work performed by newly licensed CPAs have led to proposed changes to the content of the Uniform CPA Examination.

October 15, 2015

The power of a planned vacation

This article highlights the benefits of vacations for employees and employers.

October 1, 2015

New direction for CPA exam

Changes proposed by the AICPA would enable testing of higher-order skills that newly licensed CPAs use in their work.

October 1, 2015

Hiring at public accounting firms hits all-time high

Hiring and enrollment in accounting programs are at all-time highs. Master’s degrees are taking off, too, and firms are getting creative in their pursuit of in-demand talent.

September 21, 2015