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Winding River Consulting :
Jun 23, 2026
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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Jessica Emanuel: Jul 09, 2026
The Top 100 accounting firms grew 8.58% last year, according to Accounting Today. The profession also recorded 225 mergers in the same period, nearly...
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David Toth: Jul 09, 2026
This is the first deep dive in our Enterprise Value Model series. If you missed the introduction from Brian Blaha, start here: Five Levers That...
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Reine Evans-Roskos: Jun 29, 2026
The next generation of accounting firm leaders still wants to make partner. We hear it consistently in firm interviews, and the data backs it up. The...
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Brian Blaha: Jun 29, 2026
Most professional services firms are still built to distribute income. While that model made sense for decades, it no longer sets firms up to win....
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Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP: Jun 23, 2026
For generations, professional services leadership was learned the same way the work was learned: slowly, through observation, repetition, and...
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Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP: Jun 23, 2026
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...
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Winding River Consulting: Jun 23, 2026
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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Rachel Anevski, DBA, PHR, SHRM-CP: Jun 18, 2026
For decades, partnership served as the finish line in professional services. Make partner, and leadership would follow. Equity implied readiness....
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Brian Blaha: Jun 17, 2026
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...
