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June 18, 2018

When a colleague announces they’re transgender

This column offers advice on dealing with questions that may arise.

June 12, 2018

How to recruit the best job candidates

Understanding candidates’ motivations and carefully crafting job descriptions can give employers an advantage in recruiting, says Sarah Dobek, the founder and president of Inovautus Consulting.

June 4, 2018

Use inclusion to make your firm stronger

This article offers organizations and CPAs tips for handling unconscious biases to help develop a more inclusive atmosphere.

June 1, 2018

4 skills accountants need to succeed in a tech-enabled future

New duties will require plenty of understanding and good communication.

May 21, 2018

How to make women’s initiatives more successful

Nancy Droesch, CPA, co-founder of WILLO LLC, explains what employers can do to make their women’s initiatives stronger and more successful.

May 1, 2018

Giving employees skin in the game

Educating employees in a fun way about profitability paid dividends for one CFO and her company.

May 1, 2018

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.

April 30, 2018

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.

April 30, 2018

Have you embraced innovation, diversity, and inclusion?

Offering new products and services can help your firm or organization stay afloat and grow.

April 23, 2018

Why Millennial CPAs should consider firm ownership

This column details the reasons firm ownership can be a great career path for young, entrepreneurial CPAs.

April 16, 2018

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.

March 19, 2018

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.

March 7, 2018

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.

January 29, 2018

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.

January 22, 2018

How to streamline the accountant hiring process

Technology tools can help perform much of the prerequisite screening before conducting interviews.

January 8, 2018

Is your business ready to adapt to demographic and technology changes?

This column discusses tips on how business leaders can adapt to these changes.

January 1, 2018

No ‘I’ in team

Teamwork is important in helping protect CPA firms from professional liability risks.

January 1, 2018

Promoting neurodiversity

As companies and firms add neurodiversity to their workforces, they are discovering a pool of talented resources in the autism community.

December 1, 2017

Want to jettison the annual performance review?

Take a look at how some organizations are making this transformation and the challenges they face.

November 9, 2017

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

FROM THIS MONTH'S ISSUE

4 ways solo practitioners can stand out

Five years ago, a grieving Angel Zhen started his own CPA firm with no clients and no revenue. Today, he has 300 clients, $600,000 in revenue and 12 weeks of annual vacation. In this JofA article, he shares how he set up his firm and how you could do the same.