Training

In a smaller firm, should the owner of the firm be the "rainmaker?"

I don’t think that more than a quarter of the people who ever worked for me assumed “ownership” on what they worked on. The rest did their jobs well, delivered to us what we wanted, but we always needed to put that finishing touch on it.

The Institute of Management Accountants unveiled an exposure draft of its enhanced Management Accounting Competency Framework at the kickoff of its annual conference Sunday in Indianapolis.

A company that provides training to legal marijuana businesses and their bookkeepers has extended its reach to 26 states.

The fully-online resource includes video, downloadable tools and hands-on tutorials.

A few accountants recently called me to vent about being shorthanded and asked for suggestions on how they could get through tax season without turning down any business or dropping clients.

A training software provider has gone public with a lawsuit after a DHG employee published excerpts from some of its training materials on the firm’s website.

Inclusion is being celebrated at the World Economic Forum at Davos, and this is hardly surprising. Inclusivity and diversity have been staples of corporate life for many years now.

Ernst & Young has been reaching out to recruit and hire more people with disabilities, including workers on the autism spectrum.

Firm will train Illinois and Minnesota organizations in daily business development tactics.

Many public accounting firms and corporations have embraced mentoring as a tool for employee retention.

Financial Executives International has started a Leadership Master Class for CFOs and other aspiring finance execs.

There is no question there are different kinds of complexity for returns.

Newly-hired staff from consulting business Athens Partners will also serve as faculty.

55-acre campus will offer an Innovation Center, guest rooms, more.

The Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA) announced this week the launch of LEAD (Learn, Engage, Advocate, Drive), a new initiative looking give professionals the proper resources to develop into future leaders.

According to a 2011 Charles Schwab study, some 86 percent of teens claimed they want to learn money management in class before making a mistake in the real world. In response to this, H&R Block Budget Challenge will once again be rolling out sessions beginning Sept. 8 in high schools across the country.

Last week I wrote about my introduction to QuickBooks and how we took our entire staff to a training course for it. Today I am writing about training for the most basic software we use: Excel, Word and Adobe.