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.