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Financial accounting & reporting

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Financial professionals are facing unprecedented changes in financial accounting and reporting. Economic, regulatory, and global forces are demanding higher-quality reporting while standards are in continual flux. These learning resources are designed to help you understand the knowledge and skills needed in the areas of financial accounting and reporting to appropriately serve their employers or clients.

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7 Key Facts on the FASB’s Revenue Recognition Standard

The FASB has postponed the effective date of its revenue recognition standard, giving additional time to prepare for implementation. Learn seven facts about the new...

Article Revenue recognition Foundational

Building trust in the workplace

​Trust within an organization is essential to its success, but trust isn't a given. This article discusses a recent research report and provides tips to build trust.

Article Team building Intermediate

Got a few challenging clients?

This article shares steps you can take to minimize conflict or tension that arises due to miscommunication or other issues.

Article Client retention Foundational

5 phrases established leaders should never say again

This article explores phrases that frustrate and disappoint future leaders and offers alternatives.

Article Communication Foundational

Recruiting the best: What CPAs could learn from college coaches

Accounting recruiters can learn from college coaches, who build relationships with, and are identifying talent early. Learn more in this article.

Article Team building Advanced

How to Present to a Hostile Audience

This article shares some tips on giving a presentation to a tough crowd.

Article Communication Foundational

Introducing a New Era in XBRL Data

This blog post discusses the use of a technology called inline XBRL (iXBRL).

Article XBRL Foundational

8 tips for navigating office politics

This column offers strategies for evading political gaffes at work and for dealing with situations that often cannot be avoided.

Article Collaboration & partnering Foundational

How gamification can help engage Millennial employees

With a generation of tech-savvy Millennials flooding the workforce, gamification has become a hot topic as a management tool.

Article Motivating & inspiring Intermediate

How to reassure your staff in times of uncertainty

During uncertain times, communication gaps can be filled with rumour, undermining a leader's credibility and sapping morale. Here's how to get out in front of an issue.

Article Communication Intermediate

Nurturing the human element

This article discusses how PWC's global career progression framework and real-time feedback, is developing and retaining talent in the hopes of improving audit quality.

Article Talent retention Intermediate

Money isn’t everything: Nonfinancial rewards that retain the best workers

This article shares tips for implementing nonfinancial rewards and perks at your workplace.

Article Motivating & inspiring Intermediate