Easy tools for time management

Careful planning and scheduling time for crucial work functions are key to time management, says Kevin Gienger, managing partner at Boldt Carlisle + Smith in Salem, Ore.

How to integrate FP&A and ERM

Integrating risk management and financial planning and analysis can offer new insights that could affect business projections.

3 strategies to avoid being hacked

Learn more about how concepts related to reconnaissance, simulation, and digital identity can improve cyber defenses.

How to hire an ethical hacker

Rob Goldberg, a principal at Deloitte, offers advice on why companies should hire an ethical hacker and how such a hacker can bolster cybersecurity.

The human skill CPAs need to leverage technology

As technology provides more and more real-time business information, CPAs will have the opportunity to provide valuable business advice to clients. To do that, however, CPAs need to ask the right questions of the right people to understand how the client’s business really functions, advises Amy Vetter, CPA/CITP, CGMA, CEO, The B3 Method Institute.

Don’t be scared of the robots; embrace them

While some view robotics and automation as a threat to accounting jobs, technology expert Amy Vetter, CPA/CITP, CGMA, sees these technologies helping accountants do their jobs more efficiently and effectively.

What you need to do to learn new technologies

The best way is to just do it, says technology expert Amy Vetter, CPA/CITP, CGMA, CEO, The B3 Method Institute.

CPAs’ route to high-tech starts in the cloud

The ability to access data and applications through the internet is essential for CPAs and their employers to leverage technology advances such as robotic process automation, artificial intelligence, and blockchain, explains technology expert Amy Vetter, CPA/CITP, CGMA, CEO, The B3 Method Institute.

Consider nonfinancial metrics when compensating partners

Allan Koltin, CPA, CGMA, CEO of Koltin Consulting Group, reviews ways CPA firms evaluate the intangibles when determining partner compensation.

When to change the partner compensation plan

Allan Koltin, CPA, CGMA, CEO of Koltin Consulting Group, discusses ways to determine when to redesign compensation formulas for firm partners.

Ensuring partner compensation is in line

Allan Koltin, CPA, CGMA, CEO of Koltin Consulting Group, outlines ways to know when your partner compensation is balanced correctly.

Three best practices for partner compensation

Allan Koltin, CPA, CGMA, CEO of Koltin Consulting Group, discusses effective approaches to compensating partners.

Three factors in effective firm management

Allan Koltin, CPA, CGMA, CEO of Koltin Consulting Group, outlines the best pathways to develop strong and efficient management of your CPA firm.

Three steps for transferring ownership

Jennifer Wilson, a partner and co-founder of ConvergenceCoaching LLC, discusses best practices for transferring ownership from one generation to another.

Factors keeping top talent on board

Jennifer Wilson, a partner and co-founder of ConvergenceCoaching LLC, discusses reasons why bright, talented employees stay at their firms.

Three keys to retiring with grace

Jennifer Wilson, a partner and co-founder of ConvergenceCoaching LLC, discusses strategies for paving the way to a smooth retirement.

How to motivate and retain talent

Jacquelyn H. Tracy, CPA, CGMA, a founding partner with Mandel & Tracy LLC, discusses recruitment mistakes and ways to retain talent through motivation.

Reasons top talent doesn’t leave

Jacquelyn H. Tracy, CPA, CGMA, a founding partner with Mandel & Tracy LLC, discusses the reasons top talent stays at firms, and why they leave.

Low-cost strategies to retain talent

Jacquelyn H. Tracy, CPA, CGMA, a founding partner with Mandel & Tracy LLC, gives examples of low-to-mid cost employment perks that show appreciation for your team’s hard work.

A journey in audit innovation

To help promote audit quality, KPMG is on an innovation journey with our people, processes and technology.