Seven Signs Your Firm Is About to Change | Accounting Voices
Partners know more than they’re saying.
Accounting Voices
With Rob Brown
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Lexy Kessler: Choose Wisely – Your Future Depends on These Three Questions | Gear Up for Growth
At stake: Growth, relevance and survival.
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Gear Up for Growth
With Jean Caragher
CPA firm leaders must act decisively on technology, talent strategy and long-term identity or risk falling behind in a rapidly evolving marketplace, Lexy Kessler, Chair of the AICPA and a partner at Aprio, tells JJean Caragher in a new episode of Gear Up for Growth.
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In a wide-ranging discussion, Kessler focuses on three urgent priorities for firm leaders.
Stewart Spiers: What Local Firms Can Do that the Big 4 Can’t | Big 4 Transparency
Faster, Leaner, Closer to the Client, and Two Hours to an Engagement Letter
Big 4 Transparency
With Dominic Piscopo, CPA
Efficiency Is the Wrong Goal for AI | ARC
Value, quality, and effectiveness—not cost savings—should define success.
Accounting ARC
With Liz Mason, Donny Shimamoto, and Byron Patrick
Center for Accounting Transformation
Sarah Petrone: Responsible Growth Starts with People | MOVE Like This
“We’re growing in a way that is strategic, and that we’re preparing our people to meet the demands of that growth.”
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MOVE Like This
With Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk
For CPA Trendlines Research
In this episode of MOVE Like This, Bonnie Ruszczyk sits down with Sarah Petrone, chief human resources officer at Clark Nuber, for a conversation about responsible growth, leadership pipelines, belonging, and what it truly means to build a firm where people want to stay for the long haul.
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With more than 20 years in human resources across eight industries, Petrone joined Clark Nuber after leading HR in a startup environment, intentionally seeking a stable yet innovative professional services firm. What she found was an organization that understands a fundamental truth of accounting: in professional services, people are the product. That reality shapes everything from growth strategy to succession planning. READ MORE →