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‘Go before you’re ready’: Advice for leaders in all walks of life

7 days ago 25m 52s

To Jen Croneberger, it’s easy for many in society to spend a lot of time planning to do big things but not always carrying out those plans. Taking an “if/then response approach” to life prevents accomplishing big goals, and so Croneberger advis

Comfort in the uncomfortable: One-on-one meeting strategies that work

14 days ago 13m 53s

In the first part of a two-part podcast discussion, Hamza Khan detailed how he was affected by a severe case of burnout about 10 years ago. In this episode, Khan, an author and keynote speaker, shares more about his battle with burnout today

Working 9 to 9: One expert’s experience with severe burnout

21 days ago 17m 24s

Hamza Khan believes the four-day workweek to be “an inevitability.” It is the sort of workplace trend that could help to diminish burnout, which is the main topic of this JofA podcast episode with Khan, an author and entrepreneur. This episod

How to best tackle technology and the talent pipeline

28 days ago 16m 37s

Tom Hood, CPA/CITP, CGMA, executive vice president–Business Growth and Engagement at AICPA & CIMA, together as the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, has his finger on the pulse of the profession. He’s traveled al

The reasons economic sentiment about the coming year is on the rise

Mar 21st, 2024 10m 49s

Ken Witt, CPA, CGMA, AICPA & CIMA associate director–Management Accounting Research and Development, explains in this JofA podcast episode why finance decision-makers in the first-quarter Business & Industry Economic Outlook Survey are more

The CFO agenda: Hybrid work, cybersecurity, career development and more

Mar 15th, 2024 14m 21s

The AICPA & CIMA CFO Conference begins April 24 in Charleston, S.C. Sandy Sloyer, CPA, CGMA, and Misty Geer, CPA, CGMA are long-time members of the conference planning committee, and they joined the JofA podcast to discuss how priorities h

Clearing up BOI confusion and other tax advocacy updates

Mar 14th, 2024 14m 47s

Melanie Lauridsen, vice president–Tax Policy & Advocacy for the AICPA, returns as a guest on the JofA podcast to update listeners on the focus areas of tax advocacy. Her team is paying close attention to employee retention credit claims, be

Why are there fewer accountants? What the research says

Mar 7th, 2024 21m 28s

The factors contributing to a decline in the accounting talent pool are many, and so are the strategies to address the issue. In this podcast episode, Sue Coffey, CPA, CGMA, AICPA & CIMA’s CEO–Public Accounting, explains what early research ha

Bubble trouble: How leaders can identify and escape their biases

Feb 29th, 2024 13m 5s

Wassia Kamon, CPA, was a featured speaker at the Future of Finance Summit in Orlando late last year, and she joined the JofA podcast from the event to discuss how leaders can overcome their own biases to be more inclusive. Kamon, vice pres

JofA roundtable: Why 2024 is shaping up as a big year for ‘people tech’

Feb 22nd, 2024 31m 55s

Bring together three of the top experts in the accounting technology space, and you’re bound to learn something (often, many things) new. That’s been the premise of the JofA Accounting Technology Roundtable since 2011. It held true again in 202

Tech roundtable: AI and automation go way beyond ChatGPT

Feb 21st, 2024 22m 28s

ChatGPT generates most of the headlines, but it’s only a small part of the big picture when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) in the accounting profession. What is the wider view on AI for accounting firms and finance departments, and ho

What it’s like to be a finance apprentice

Feb 15th, 2024 13m 5s

Darryl Bonner of Connecticut-based Liberty Bank is part of a pioneering finance apprenticeship program. He’s in the midst of a rotation through several departments at the bank, and he’s taking steps to receive the CGMA designation as well. Bo

Why accounting deserves STEM status, and how you can help

Feb 8th, 2024 16m 38s

The practice of accounting is increasingly tied to technology, the T in the acronym STEM (science, technology, engineering, math). That tie-in is one reason the AICPA is advocating for accounting to be federally recognized as a STEM education f

Super Bowl CFO Q&A: AI, risk management, enjoying the moment

Feb 6th, 2024 25m 47s

Dan Crumb, CPA (inactive), CGMA, is a repeat guest on the JofA podcast, because, as CFO and executive vice president of the Kansas City Chiefs, his team is back in the Super Bowl for the second year in a row and the fourth time in five seasons.

Explaining the role of ARSC and its decision tree

Feb 1st, 2024 14m 40s

Mike Westervelt, CPA, is chair of the AICPA Accounting and Review Services Committee (ARSC), and he joins this episode of the JofA podcast to discuss the committee’s role in assisting members. In 2023, ARSC released a decision tree to guide

ERC, BOI, e-signature relief: 3 focus areas for tax advocacy

Jan 25th, 2024 17m 6s

Melanie Lauridsen, vice president–Tax Policy & Advocacy for the AICPA, joins the JofA podcast to review 2023’s tax advocacy highlights and look ahead to key issues this year and beyond. Her team’s focus areas include the employee retention cred

The importance of targeting talent early, enthusiastically

Jan 18th, 2024 18m 25s

Jennifer Wilson is passionate about the accounting pipeline and the work being done by the National Pipeline Advisory Group (NPAG). Wilson, the CEO of Convergence Coaching and independent facilitator for NPAG, joined the JofA podcast this week

For all future bosses: A leader’s take on in-office work, AI, and more

Jan 11th, 2024 15m 31s

Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, CPA, CGMA, the founder and CEO of KET Solutions and a former AICPA board chair, is energized by people she met and words she heard at recent events. Ellison-Taylor recaps some of the highlights in this episode of the

Gen AI, business model transformation, and more with AICPA & CIMA CEO

Jan 4th, 2024 21m 19s

Barry Melancon, CPA, CGMA, the CEO of AICPA & CIMA, explains why the accounting profession has to embrace generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) instead of running from it. And that’s not all he’s talking about in this episode of the JofA

A Robert Half executive on the 2024 hiring outlook

Dec 21st, 2023 15m 9s

Steve Saah, executive director of the finance and accounting permanent placement practice at Robert Half, joined the JofA podcast last week at the Future of Finance Summit in Orlando, Fla. In the interview, he shares recent data that seems pos

Power of the peer group: Riding the wave of finance transformation

Dec 19th, 2023 18m 46s

The JofA podcast took a road trip last week to the Future of Finance Summit, catching up with several leaders on highlights from the event and reflections on its growth since the first event in Nashville, Tenn., in 2021. Tom Hood, CPA/CITP, CGM

Podcast part 1: Melancon on news and trends affecting CPAs

Dec 14th, 2023 22m

Barry Melancon, CPA, CGMA, the CEO of AICPA & CIMA, joins the show this week for the first part of a two-part conversation on the state of the profession and what CPA can expect in 2024 on several fronts. Melancon details concerns about a poten

The 2024 hiring plans of finance executives, plus their top challenges

Dec 7th, 2023 12m 2s

In the fourth-quarter results of the Business and Industry Economic Outlook Survey, CPA decision-makers remain pessimistic about both the global and U.S. economy, but less so about their own organizations. They also are showing a hesitance to

Hear all about it: What’s in the December JofA

Nov 30th, 2023 15m 25s

Jeff Drew, the JofA’s editor-in-chief, is the guest on today’s episode, taking listeners through some of the articles in the December issue, which goes live on Friday. Drew, a former JofA senior editor and manager with the AICPA’s Private Comp