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Opportunity needs to be available to everyone.

By Liz Gold
in From Success to Significance: The Radical CPA Guide

Though it is slowly changing, most accounting firms are traditional in the sense that they are still owned and managed by white, Baby Boomer-aged men wearing nice suits and ties. It’s been the go-to standard for decades. Slowly, I would argue, more hoodies and hip sneakers are taking over the suits, as is common in startup culture, but this obviously depends on the firm and its customers.

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And while technology may be changing at the speed of light, firm processes are getting more streamlined and even more firms are looking to value pricing because they just understand the limitations of timesheets, change also needs to be happening from a talent and business development perspective.
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Why didn’t I speak up? Because I wanted to be a team player.

By Liz Gold

Difference comes in many forms. Race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, ability, learning style, personality – these characteristics are just a few of the many that make us who we are, yet isn’t it amazing that many of us only bring a fraction of ourselves to work?

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Diversity is a loaded word. August de los Reyes is the head of design and research at Pinterest. In a TechCrunch video, he talks about the connotative baggage that comes along with the term “diversity,” preferring to take the term in the literal sense.
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