From conducting an effective meeting to determining whether a team meeting is even the best format, a finance leader speaking at AICPA & CIMA ENGAGE 25 helps CPAs streamline their daily interactions.
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How employers can hire the best accounting students
College campuses remain the most fertile ground for finding future accountants. Here are tips for cultivating relationships and landing talent.
Seek first to understand: How a finance leader manages global teams
A finance leader with experience leading global teams stresses the importance of listening and understanding. Listen to the podcast episode or read the Q&A.
Display that CPA
CPAs should be encouraged to highlight their license in their business dealings. Susan S. Coffey, CPA, CGMA, CEO–Public Accounting at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants explains why.
New AICPA chair eager to seek solutions
Lexy Kessler is passionate about listening and applying her 40 years of professional experience to be an ambassador for the accounting profession.
AICPA gives Gold Medal Award of Distinction to Mintzer
Andrew Mintzer, CPA, a firm leader in Los Angeles, was presented with the highest honor granted by the organization.
AICPA, NASBA approve new CPA licensure path
Amendments to the Uniform Accountancy Act add a third pathway to CPA licensure: a bachelor’s degree, two years of professional experience, and passing the CPA Exam.
Working smarter: 3 apps for CPAs
Expert panelists who will appear at AICPA & CIMA ENGAGE 25, June 9–12 in Las Vegas and live online, share top app recommendations across three main categories: productivity, training, and communication.
Graduate school applications in accounting enjoy a banner year
Master’s in accounting applications in the United States hit a five-year high. Interest globally is also rising, according to a survey of nearly 300 business schools.
The value of stay interviews; also, are business cards becoming extinct?
Two guests discuss the ways employers can focus on retention and engagement — and how outside interests have a way of inspiring us at work. Listen to the podcast episode or read the Q&A with April Walker, CPA, CGMA, and John Garrett.
How Myers-Briggs test helped CPA find the right job
Understanding your personality type can inform your job search, identify your strengths and challenges, and improve your work relationships. Find out how diving into the nuances of personality helped one CPA thrive in her career and how you can do the same.
Pipeline update: Perceptions of accounting brighten among students
Survey shows that students’ positivity toward accounting as a career choice is on the rise. In the pursuit of talent, that presents an opportunity for the profession tied to successfully connecting with future professionals in multiple ways.
Overcoming ‘the creep’ that puts our dreams and goals on hold
Four years wiser and still checking off items on the ultimate bucket list, the AICPA & CIMA ENGAGE 25 keynote speaker returns to the Journal of Accountancy podcast with reminders to avoid “getting buried by the day-to-day.” Listen to the episode or read the Q&A.
An overlooked growth opportunity: Uncertainty
The keynote speaker at a June AICPA & CIMA conference explains how “overwhelming uncertainty” shaped his thinking and how professionals can recognize challenges as opportunities. Listen to the podcast episode or read the Q&A.
The new CPA Exam: Year-one trends and tips for success
Two AICPA experts review a year of change for the new CPA Exam, explain the expanded timeframes, and detail strategies for test-takers in the future. Listen to the podcast episode or read the Q&A.
Pursuit of happiness: AICPA Chair Carla McCall emphasizes people, positivity
Leaning on her success as a managing partner, McCall has toured the country, sharing her vision for the future of the profession.
The uncomfortable work of leadership
The keynote speaker at the AICPA & CIMA Employee Benefit Plans Conference in May shares lessons he’s learned in fighting substance addiction and how the behavior of addicts in recovery applies to making accounting leaders better.
Retaining nontraditional accounting students
Discover how a one-day University of Memphis program empowers nontraditional accounting students to stick with their major and embark on accounting careers.
Tips for driving change and driving out drama
An assessment of an employee’s value should go beyond a talent assessment and include a look at readiness for what’s next — minus that worker’s “drama quotient.” A consultant and speaker explains more in this podcast episode with Q&A.
Financial tracing: Show me the money
A forensic accounting expert details types of financial tracing and explains why human skills remain important even as technology speeds up some tasks. Listen to the podcast episode or read the Q&A.
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