Work-life balance

How to prioritize high-impact tasks and avoid burnout

Three-quarters of seniors described the 2024-2025 tax season as "somewhat" or "extremely" stressful, according to a Distinct survey.

A CAS practice is almost tailor-made for the needs and interests of today's young professionals.

The Zeigarnik Effect tells us that unfinished tasks occupy more space in the human brain than completed ones.

Those are daunting pay gaps for most organizations, but accounting leaders have other levers they can pull in order to hire and retain talent.

Highly engaged business units achieve higher profitability and higher well-being.

Staff recruitment, training, retention and work conditions are neglected, but should be top areas of concern.

Millennials and Gen Z are increasingly populating the accounting workplace, bringing different expectations, work styles and technological proficiencies.

By showcasing how accounting intersects with technologies like AI, the profession becomes more appealing to tech-savvy students.

The Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs released a report analyzing how firms can attract and retain talent amid the accountant shortage.

More firms are creating alternative paths for employees who want to excel, but who don't want to "sell their soul to the firm" in order to make partner.

Here are some life lessons I've learned from dusting myself off in sports, academics, and my accounting career.

The profession's most influential ponder whether personal and professional commitments can exist in harmony.

As part of this year's Top 100 Most Influential People survey, Accounting Today asked, "Do you feel you have work-life balance? If so, how have you achieved it?"

Al-Nesha Jones envisioned a better busy season, and made it happen at her ASE Group

By viewing time as a valuable asset — much like the financial assets you manage for clients — you can make better choices about how you invest your hours.

The accounting profession is grappling with both a shortage of talent and a generational shift in workplace expectations.

We've been talking about the burnout crisis for decades, but the talk needs to turn into action.

It's time for finance leaders to make some tough decisions about the future of accounting and finance functions.

There are advantages to an extended (but carefully scheduled) tax season.