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Winding River Consulting Welcomes Jessica Emanuel as Managing Director of Growth

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Winding River Consulting Welcomes Jessica Emanuel as Managing Director of Growth

Winding River Consulting Welcomes Jessica Emanuel as Managing Director of Growth Former executive brings PE-backed growth and M&A integration ...

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Leadership in a Post-Apprenticeship World: How Learning Has Changed and Why Firms Must Change With It

For generations, professional services leadership was learned the same way the work was learned: slowly, through observation, repetition, and...

AI Didn't Solve Your Talent Problem. It Just Moved It.

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AI Didn't Solve Your Talent Problem. It Just Moved It.

AI Didn't Solve Your Talent Problem. It Just Moved It. Firms that cut entry-level hiring because AI absorbed the compliance work made a reasonable...

Jessica Emanuel joins WRC

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Winding River Consulting Welcomes Jessica Emanuel as Managing Director of Growth

Winding River Consulting Welcomes Jessica Emanuel as Managing Director of Growth Former executive brings PE-backed growth and M&A integration...

The Partnership Model Under Pressure: How Ownership Changes Are Forcing a Redefinition of Leadership Readiness

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The Partnership Model Under Pressure: How Ownership Changes Are Forcing a Redefinition of Leadership Readiness

For decades, partnership served as the finish line in professional services. Make partner, and leadership would follow. Equity implied readiness....

Strategic Optionality

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Strategic Optionality: Preserving Choice for the Future of CPA Firms

The profession’s future won’t be defined by a single ownership model—it’ll be defined by whether firm leaders shape their own paths or allow...

Scaling BD

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Scaling BD: Teams, Culture, and the Tech That Drives Growth

In a recent episode of Amplify, the podcast from the Association for Accounting Marketing, Brian Blaha, Chief Strategy Officer of Winding River...

Building Enterprise Value as an Independent Firm

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Building Enterprise Value as an Independent Firm

Brian Blaha, CPA, Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Winding River Consulting, joins host Rob Brown on the Inside Public Accounting Podcast...

Making Waves with Gian Pazzia

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Making Waves: KBKG's Gian Pazzia on Leading Through AI Disruption

In a recent episode of Making Waves, David Toth, Chief Growth Officer of Winding River Consulting, sat down with Gian Pazzia, Chairman & Chief...

The Middle Reimagined

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The Middle Reimagined: How Mid-Sized Firms Can Compete in a Consolidating Market

This article was originally published by the Illinois Society of CPAs, Spring 2026 edition. Accounting firm tie-ups are reshaping the profession, but...