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CPAs are expected to maintain a level of competence to meet the profession’s technical and ethical standards, and provide valuable services to the public, employers and clients. Based on the AICPA Competency Framework: Assurance, these learning resources are designed to help you understand the knowledge and skills necessary to perform high-quality compilation, review, attest, and audit engagements. You’ll also find resources here to support your advisory and consulting engagements.
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How to get—and keep—the best administrative staff
This article presents tips on finding and hiring excellent administrative personnel and keeping them happy once hired.
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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
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 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
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
Collision course to collaboration
This article describes how blind dates, chance encounters, and creative onboarding built one company’s culture of ideas.
Article Team building Intermediate
If appraisals need a tune-up, then what’s next
Traditional employee performance appraisals are being called outdated and arbitrary. This article describes how to turn them into useful conversations.
Article Coaching & mentoring Intermediate
4 steps to start a reverse mentoring program
This article discusses how organizations can motivate and engage newer employees, and build the knowledge of established ones, through reverse mentoring.
Article Coaching & mentoring Foundational
6 key traits of business leaders with global ambitions
This article discusses six key traits that business leaders need to embody to convert diversity into insights that drive financial performance:
Article Team building Intermediate
The business case for diversity and inclusion at CPA firms
This article discusses several reasons why diversity and inclusion make good business sense for CPA firms.
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A coaching approach to line management
The coaching techniques in this article can help fulfill employees need for feedback and develop staff.
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