Customizing talent development
Walter & Shuffain PC, a fast-growing firm in Boston, has fashioned a leadership development program to prepare its most promising people to advance.
Human capital
Giving employees skin in the game
Educating employees in a fun way about profitability paid dividends for one CFO and her company.
Beyond Boomers and Millennials: Bridging the generational gap in the workplace
Robby Riggs reveals what younger workers really want from an employer, and shares practical steps leaders can take to create rapport between older and younger employees.
Have you embraced innovation, diversity, and inclusion?
Offering new products and services can help your firm or organization stay afloat and grow.
Why Millennial CPAs should consider firm ownership
This column details the reasons firm ownership can be a great career path for young, entrepreneurial CPAs.
Want to bring your employees together? Send them on a “Death March”
For 40 years, employees at HMWC CPAs and Business Advisors in Orange County have taken part in an annual tradition dubbed the “Death March”: a camping, hiking, or rafting trip in one of the continent’s most beautiful national parks.
A CPA firm with Silicon Valley DNA
Wesley Middleton, CPA, founder and managing partner of MiddletonRaines+Zapata, discusses his unique leadership style and how and why his firm does things differently.
A new staffing model for accounting firms
What will accounting firms and accounting departments look like after lower-level, repetitive tasks are automated and unprecedented amounts of data can be mined for business insights? That topic takes center stage in the second part of our annual accounting technology roundtable podcast.
CPA vanity license plates that will make you smile
We tapped accountants in a dozen states to find out why they chose vanity license plates for their vehicles, which clever words or numbers (or both) they chose, and what kind of responses they’ve received from colleagues and others.
How to streamline the accountant hiring process
Technology tools can help perform much of the prerequisite screening before conducting interviews.
Is your business ready to adapt to demographic and technology changes?
This column discusses tips on how business leaders can adapt to these changes.
No ‘I’ in team
Teamwork is important in helping protect CPA firms from professional liability risks.
Promoting neurodiversity
As companies and firms add neurodiversity to their workforces, they are discovering a pool of talented resources in the autism community.
Want to jettison the annual performance review?
Take a look at how some organizations are making this transformation and the challenges they face.
CPA firms find that advancement programs boost recruiting, retention
CPA firms are finding that programs promoting mentoring, sponsorship, and gender and minority initiatives help them recruit and retain good people
Stop scaring away your future leaders
This article explores the things firms do that future leaders dislike and alternative tips.
New scams target accounting job seekers
Corporate impersonators are stealing money and information.
6 mistakes to avoid with women’s initiatives programs
This column offers tips to help firms hang on to talented professionals and reap the benefits of their investment in women’s initiatives.
How to get a former employee back
According to a recent survey, 23% of professionals have regrets about exiting a former job, and six in 10 workers would consider rejoining a previous employer.
Tips for a great mentoring relationship
AICPA Online Mentoring Program participants offer advice to help firms and professionals get the most value out of any mentoring effort.
