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Creating More Fun Working Conditions

Strategy Driven

Founder and CEO Morag Barrett says, “Having fun is infectious. In fact, we work pretty much every Saturday from January through April 15th,” said an associate with Horovitz, Rudoy & Rogan, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania CPA firm. They mean it. It immediately breaks down barriers and connects people—clients and associates.

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

The CEO’s principal aim therefore is not necessarily to judiciously allocate financial capital but to allocate precious scientific and human resources to the most promising projects and to pull back and redeploy those resources in a timely manner when the prospects of specific projects dim.

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The Timeless Strategic Value of Unrealistic Goals

Harvard Business Review

I did my chartered accountancy degree in India (the equivalent of a CPA), got my doctorate in accounting at HBS, and was teaching financial and managerial accounting at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business when I read the "Strategic Intent" article. HBR's 90th Anniversary: Why Management Matters. It's an evergreen idea. More >>.

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Leaders Can Be Human Too: In Praise of Touchy-Feely

Terry Starbucker

He liked hiring young accountants (I happened to be a CPA at a large firm at the time) because of their bottom-line savvy and buttoned-down approach to looking at a business. People that could match his style of leadership: autocratic and one-way, with a large helping of fear. Cheers and Regards!

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Mark Timm, CEO of Ziglar Family. Michael Levitt, CEO of BreakfastLeadership.com. I adore my CPA and bookkeeper and we strive to be generous with what we have. Alinka Rutkowska, CEO of Leaders Press. Kevin Kruse, CEO of LEADx.org. Discover a healthy leadership habit of @MichaelHyatt at Click To Tweet.

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44 Content Marketing Agencies Defined by 65 Marketers

Miles Anthony Smith

They somehow manage to engage with their audience consistently by constantly putting out articles, infographics, or anything of value, not just in content marketing but also in sales. According to Noah Kagan, the CEO of SUMO , Sujan is half-mad scientist and half content master. 3) That your intern can manage your content strategy.

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A Board Member’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending

Harvard Business Review

According to the 2015 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability, half of the companies in the S&P 500 Index disclose some or all of their contributions of corporate funds to candidates, parties, and committees or have policies not to make such contributions.