The Importance of Investing in Employee Experience: Hiring, Retention, Boomerang Opportunities, and More

Employee Experience

In the accounting industry’s current labor market, investing in employee experience is crucial to sustaining your firm’s success. To retain top performers, attract up-and-coming talent, and motivate everyone in your firm, it’s vital to foster a positive culture.  There are all kinds of steps firms can take to boost morale among their employees. Some are…

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Navigating The Return to Office vs Remote-First Dilemma

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Allan Fisher is the President and Founder of Premier Financial Search, an executive recruitment firm that specializes in placing accounting and finance professionals at leading CPA firms.  Many of the effects of the pandemic are now firmly in the rear view mirror for many firms, but one major issue remains: whether firms should require staff…

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Digital Deep Dive Summit 2023: A Recap

DDD

Last month saw the return of the popular Digital Deep Dive Summit: the only digital summit created exclusively for accounting firms.  Held in Atlanta, GA, the completely sold out conference brought together digital leaders from dozens of the nation’s top accounting firms. Participants heard from a variety of industry experts and discovered actionable strategies to…

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Noah’s Law:  Build Your Ark Before the Flood

Noahs Ark

“For 40 days, the flood kept coming..and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth” Accounting firms around the nation simply have more demand than they have capacity. It’s an unsustainable and worsening situation, which places an unsustainable strain on both employee morale and client experience.   What is your firm doing…

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Private Equity and Its Intersection with the Accounting Profession

Private Equity

This article is an overview of a recent panel discussion at Winning Ways 2022, the accounting profession’s only conference on practice management.  Recent months have seen an influx of private equity (PE) investment into the accounting industry. In 2022, several PE deals made headlines, with leading firms including EisnerAmper, Citrin Cooperman, and Cherry Bekaert all…

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Building a Lucrative Niche Practice

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This article is an overview of a recent panel discussion at Winning Ways 2022, the accounting profession’s only conference on practice management.  The riches are in the niches.  So the saying goes. And for many accounting firms, it’s a saying that’s proven to be true. By prioritizing a highly specialized focus on a particular sector…

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The Cost of an Empty Chair

Employees in meeting with empty chair

Ilan Bernstein is the Chief Executive Officer of Trigger, a South Africa-based global outsourcing partner that offers customizable solutions for Audit, Actuarial, CAS, and Forensic Services. As the accounting industry continues to grapple with talent shortages, it’s becoming increasingly important for firms to explore alternative solutions. Over time, the effects of staffing under-resourced, overworked teams…

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Inaugural Winning Ways Event: A Recap

Recap of Winning Ways Conference

This year for the first time, close to 100 practice leaders and managing partners convened in Chicago on November 1-2 for Winning Ways. Originally scheduled to launch in 2021, the conference endured a COVID-19-related delay and took place this month in the windy city. The inaugural conference was an outstanding success. Attendance and feedback validated…

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Healthy Habits for the Holiday Season With Matt Terlop

Group Exercising

The holidays are a time for celebration, but for many, that celebration means a loss of motivation.  Studies have shown that people tend to gain weight in the time that passes between Thanksgiving and the New Year.  Unfortunately, many who decide to wait until January to get back on track with their wellness goals never…

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