Why Do We Insist On Putting Labels on People?
Why do we insist on putting labels on people? Sometimes it is individual people (that is definitely a Type A) and sometimes it is groups of people. We label politicians … liberal, moderate or...
View ArticleIs There a Need to Change CPE?
Continuing Professional Education. CPE. Been around a long time. What? 40 or 50 years? Something like that. Same old model. Hasn’t changed much. Still 50 minute hours (I wonder what committee made that...
View ArticleWhat might the future hold?
Change. Progress. Evolution. Opportunity. There is a lot going on in business and the profession. Whether you think about what is happening on the other side of the world and how it is affecting our...
View ArticleDo You Plan to Vote?
What are you doing on Election Day? Is it on your calendar? If it isn’t, it should be. Check now. If it isn’t there, put it down. Now. Tuesday, Nov. 6. USA Today recently reported in a cover story that...
View ArticlePrivate Company Reporting – Progress (sort of)
Well, have you read about the progress in the area of Private Company Financial Reporting? The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) issued their report, Establishment of the Private Company Council...
View ArticleCPAs Are Busy, So Why Do They Bother?
When 30% of Indiana CPAs show up for something, it causes me to wonder … “why do they bother?” After all, CPAs are pretty busy people. There are lots of things going on. There are other places that...
View ArticleFix the Debt …
The title of this blog is borrowed from an organization Fix the Debt: Citizen’s Petition – Fix The Debt. I had an opportunity to hear a speaker from Fix the Debt recently – Paul Stebbins, Executive...
View ArticleWho’s In Your Network … and Why?
We all have networks. And with the technology tools available today some of those networks are large – very large. Not like the old days before LinkedIn (2002) or Facebook (2004) when most of our...
View ArticleHow Do You Prepare for What’s Ahead?
Most of us think about the future at least some of the time. Some of us think about the future a lot. A few of us may simply take each day as it comes? Those people probably read the headline and...
View ArticleWhy Are the Soft Skills So Hard?
I have heard for quite some time about the importance of the “soft” skills in professionals at all levels. It seems that lately the importance of these skills is being elevated by partners, senior...
View ArticleOn the Road Again
2,100 CPAs. Five weeks. 16 programs. 3,000 miles. It’s time for the annual INCPAS Professional Issues Updates (PIUs). I’m taking a break from assembling the content for the 2013 edition (14th year) of...
View ArticleFace to Face With 2,000 CPAs
Actually it was 2,162. A record. A little over 3,000 miles of windshield time to meet with Indiana CPAs during 16 presentations. The INCPAS annual “Professional Issues Update.” The 14th year. I...
View ArticleWhat DOES The Future Hold? Will You Be Relevant?
We are well into the New Year. It is 2014. At the Society we spend a lot of time during these early months of every year thinking about the future, both our staff and volunteer leadership. As a...
View ArticleThe Opportunities You Don’t Want To Miss
There are so many opportunities out there. For one person, it might be an opportunity to get some great tickets for a concert. Another person might have an opportunity to meet some potential clients...
View ArticleThe Future Of Learning Is Here!
That’s right. The future of learning is here. The AICPA established a task force on the topic that presented recommendations in May of this year (see the article “AICPA task force advocates for new...
View ArticleA Period Of Transformation For The CPA Profession
A recent Harvard Business Review blog asserted that Peter Drucker, the leading management thinker of the 20th century, knew something about 2020. He had observed that western society, and the...
View ArticleTime To Rethink?
It seems that we have been doing that for a while now in Indiana. Knowledge management and the competency-based approach has required a lot of “rethinking.” Maybe you saw the recent article in...
View ArticleHave You Had Enough?
Regulation of the CPA profession in the U.S. needs a transformation. Mind you now, not a change – a TRANSFORMATION. Yes – a major overhaul. We need to look at this system in a different way. We need...
View ArticleIs Talking About Diversity Enough?
There is a lot a talk about diversity in the profession. Maybe the discussion is better framed as a discussion about multiculturalism. There are a number of programs that seek to improve the ethnic and...
View ArticleWhat Is The Profession To Do?
It has been an interesting year at the Indiana General Assembly for the CPA profession. We haven’t proposed any legislation this year, but there has been a wide variety of proposals that have kept us...
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