Daniel Hood

Many firms are quite rightly proud of the wide array of specialty services they can offer clients, and of the different client niches they serve. They should make a point of exposing their staff to as many of those as possible.

Employees and firms can’t improve without guidance and feedback – and the best firms are making sure it flows both ways as often as possible.

You can take a day off, but e-mail and mobile devices mean you’re still at the beck and call of all the people back at the office – unless the office is closed.

Time is money, they say, and at many top firms that means that employees get to spend time like it was cash.

Disengagement is lowering the profitability and viability of accounting firms across the country – but there are some simple ways to start re-engaging your employees, according to staffing issues expert Sandra Wiley.

As waves of changes wash over the accounting profession, firms can’t afford to turn their backs on the future, warned Maryland Association of CPAs chief executive Tom Hood; instead, they need to learn to surf.

The pace of change is accelerating in almost every aspect of the accounting profession, the general economy, and society at large, and accountants must do more just to keep up, warned technology leader Jon Baron.

Around 70 percent of your firm’s staff are either coasting or are actively disengaged from their jobs, according to staffing issues expert Sandra Wiley -- and some of that may be your fault.

As with many a great service offering, Wymer Brownlee's new venture started with a client's need.

New software, hardware, books and services for accountants.

St. Louis-based Regional Leader Brown Smith Wallace announced that co-founder Harvey Wallace will step down as managing partner at the end of the year, with the firm’s current partner-in-charge of audit, Anthony Caleca, stepping into the MP role on Jan. 1, 2016.

An old diagnosis of incompetence needs some updates

Thomson Reuters launched Onvio, its next-generation suite of cloud-based tools for tax and accounting professionals.

As the accounting profession ages, firms of all sizes are learning that the best way to ensure that there will be a next generation of leaders is to develop them yourself.

Once you’ve shown your staff the path to success at your firm, you need to start helping them walk that path, with resources and guidance.

All too many firms fail to offer employees a clear career path – and that’s a clear incentive to seek employment elsewhere.

Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP announced that it has merged with Illinois-based accounting firm Frost, Ruttenberg & Rothblatt PC, as of November 1.

It’s getting harder and harder for firms to differentiate themselves, so they need to take every chance to reinforce their unique qualities.

The American Institute of CPAs is proposing the creation of a new accounting association in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

The need to fill an open position can sometimes be so strong that firms are willing to take any warm body – but one of the keys to long-term retention is to spend a little more time in the hiring process.