What Can You Learn from Best Firm Award Recipients?
By Jon Lokhorst, CSP, CPA, PCC Your Best Leadership LLC Earlier this fall, Accounting Today released its 2023 Best Firms to Work For results, with two Minnesota-based firms scoring high in the midsized employer category. Ranking third among 53 midsized was St. Paul-based Mahoney. Coming in eighteenth was Global Tax Network (GTN), which is headquartered in Maple
Want a Better Team? Work on the Team – Not Just as a Team
As a CPA, you’ve probably heard the saying, “you need to work on the business, not just in the business.” Perhaps you’ve given that challenge to a client or colleague at one time or another. I suggest a similar mantra when it comes to building better, stronger teams: You need to work on the team, not
3 Keys to Attracting and Retaining Accounting and Finance Talent
Winning top talent in a tight labor market is one of the CPA profession’s biggest challenges, but it doesn’t have to be. It comes as no surprise to me that “finding qualified staff” and “retaining qualified staff” were among the top five issues named across all size CPA firms in the most recent AICPA Private Companies
Need Help Navigating Work-Life Tensions? You’re Not Alone
Every month, Thriveal Community Group members discuss a topic relevant to the journey of entrepreneurial accounting firm owners. February’s focus was on work-life tensions, a timely discussion as many members headed into the most hectic time of the year. The term “work-life balance” first appeared in American news media in the 1980s. At the time, most
How to Change Through Coaching
Coaching continues to gain traction as a tool for personal and professional development. In a recent survey, 87% of leaders rated their work with a coach as mostly or very effective. Ninety-five percent of them said they would hire a coach again. Coaching is a great resource to launch and/or grow a CPA practice. Many practitioners
Thrive — Don’t Just Survive — This Busy Season: 3 Tips To Coach Yourself To The Finish Line
Note: this article was originally published in the Minnesota Society of CPAs Public Practice e-Newsletter. No matter what your role is, the first few months of the year are likely to be crunch time for one reason or another. If you’re in public accounting, April 17 marks the finish line for the annual race known as tax
Tax Season is Over . . . Now What?
If you’re a CPA, hopefully you’re taking a vacation, or at least a few days off. As if tax season isn’t long enough, this year it was extended by the Emancipation Day holiday celebrated in Washington, D.C. That added not just one, but three, extra days of long hours, including the final weekend. Now you can take a
