Prestige and value: A CPA career coach’s view on education requirements
A CPA who advises candidates on CPA Exam preparation and their careers shares her story and reasons she thinks the 150-hour educational requirement is important.
Coaching & Mentoring
‘The apprenticeship guy’: CFO embraces program to bridge talent gap
A bank CFO shares why he became an early adopter of a new apprenticeship program, how it’s helping with his organization’s talent issues, and why peers now call him “the apprenticeship guy.”
What everyone can do to strengthen the next generation of CPAs
Firms, faculty, and CPAs all play crucial roles in promoting the profession to young people. Here are ways you can bolster the pipeline.
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.
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.
NABA, CAQ announce partnership to grow accounting talent pipeline
The National Association of Black Accountants and the Center for Audit Quality are aiming to increase the diversity of talent coming into the accounting profession by working together to match community college students with mentors and tutors to help them progress to four-year accounting programs.
New strategies to grow the profession’s pipeline
Organizations seeking to identify and hire finance talent can follow the advice in a recent article or further explore a new apprenticeship program detailed in this podcast with transcript.
Gratitude: How a helping hand can spark a great career
A CPA leader shares how mentors helped him along the way and the advice he now shares with aspiring CFOs in this podcast episode with transcript.
Nancy Bagranoff, CPA, DBA
Finding a way to establish a connection is the key to communicating and collaborating with young people, according to Nancy Bagranoff, CPA, DBA.
Apprenticeship: A new route to CGMA
A new program will create an on-the-job training path to a Chartered Global Management Accounting credential for aspiring accounting professionals.
The impact of mentoring: How to build on success
Progress for Black professionals in accounting can be accelerated with the right moves from firms and other professionals.
A leader laser-focused on filling the pipeline
Bill Pirolli, CPA/CFF/PFS, CGMA, is emphasizing the importance of recruiting skilled people to the profession as he embarks on his year as chair of the AICPA board.
A professional athlete’s frugal approach to what’s next
A professional soccer player says his teammates ribbed him for being “cheap.” He took that as a compliment. Find out why in this conversation with an ENGAGE 2021 panel speaker.
Resilience lessons for women accountants
Fortitude, mentoring and lifelong learning can help women navigate their careers in the accounting profession, according to three women leaders who shared their stories.
Mentors pave career pathways
Winner of the AICPA's local-level 2020 Outstanding CPA in Government Impact Award discusses the mentors who have provided advice, encouragement, and a shoulder to lean on.
A 10-step plan for starting a coaching program
Follow this road map for launching a coaching program that can help your organization improve retention while developing future leaders and building staff members’ skills.
How mentorship and sponsorship build your career
Understanding the ways mentorship and sponsorship are distinct can help you get the most out of these relationships.
Women’s initiatives: How the pilot programs worked
Three women CPAs explain how a pilot program that aimed for diversity and inclusion helped transform their midsize accounting firms.
Succeeding at sponsorship
Following these best practices can help firms create programs that prepare the next generation of leaders and retain the best people.
