October 15, 2019
How Pressure Can Strengthen or Weaken an Accounting Firm
Is pressure pushing people to excel or crumble? Or has pressure’s character led your people toward negative, even unethical behaviors?
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September 17, 2019
The Carrot and the Stick
Conventional wisdom suggests the carrot has worked in the past, and young staff accountants devote their careers to chasing the carrot, angling to become a partner.
August 12, 2019
Stepping Out
As accountants, we often take great comfort in what we know. We are typically viewed as reactive experts in taxation, auditing, and financial accounting. These three core areas are places we connect with: we feel comfort in the debits and ...
July 16, 2019
Stepping Out
As accountants, we often take great comfort in what we know. We are typically viewed as reactive experts in taxation, auditing, and financial accounting. These three core areas are places we connect with: we feel comfort in the ...
July 8, 2019
Remote Work: It’s Time
Remote work no longer counts as an innovative perk. Nor is it something that is going to fade away like carrying around large trunks with paper audit files.
June 12, 2019
GONE!?!
What if after looking around, you realized that you were the last person left and everything, all the work, everything fell on your shoulders? Would you be able to get it all done? Would you be ready to deal with it, the pressure and time commitments...
May 13, 2019
Going All In
As we reflect back on the end of another busy season of the accounting industry, we are left as always to reflect back on one simple question. Why is busy season always so hard?
April 16, 2019
Loving to Learn
If the way millennials view learning wasn’t enough to get you to rethink your focus on learning, a study in 2017 by Deloitte revealed that learning and development is the #2 topic on the minds of CEO and HR leaders, so clearly these millennials are ...
March 13, 2019
Takeaway: Role Models
No matter what generation you identify with, no matter your age, I want you to consider a thought exercise. Stop for a moment and think about where you are today in your life. Are you happy in your life? Do you enjoy your job? Are you surrounded by ...
February 13, 2019
Job-Hopping Millennials
One of the biggest stereotypes for the millennial generation is that they are constant job hoppers,quickly hopping from one job to another and not committing to lifetime careers like prior generations. Gone are the days of accountants working 30 plus ...
January 3, 2019
Bad Bosses vs. Good Leaders: A Millennial Approach
Unless you are an organization of one, you cannot have complete control over all aspects inside the organization, nor should you want to. Similarly, the statement, “I can just do it better myself,” is a sign of a controlling mindset.
December 17, 2018
Firm Leaders: Are Your People Lost?
Understanding the mind of the new millennial generation is one of the growing challenges firms of all sizes are faced with today and this challenge often results in firms feeling that these new millennials are entitled and lazy, but are they really ...
Contributors
Amy Vetter
CPA, CITP, CGMA
Becky Livingston
Accounting & AI Marketing Consultant
Brian Tankersley
CPA, CITP, CGMA
Garrett Wagner
CPA, CITP, CEO and Founder of C3 Evolution Group
Jim Boomer
CPA, CITP, CEO
Ken Berry, JD
CPA Practice Advisor Tax Correspondent
Kristy Short, Ed.D.
Accounting Content Specialist
Mary Girsch-Bock
Contributing Writer
Randy Johnston
MCS, MCP
Roman Kepczyk
CPA, CITP, CGMA
