Firm Management

February 19, 2018 

I resigned recently from the role as a VP on a NASDAQ listed company. We spent our lives forecasting. Wall Street wanted to know exactly what we were going to do the next quarter and year and preferably the next ten years! They were ruthless.

February 16, 2018 

Through a variety of innovative initiatives that stand out from the crowd, staff experience a tangible and meaningful approach to the term “work-life balance” at MaloneBailey. These initiatives, among others, have landed MaloneBailey a spot on ...

February 14, 2018 

As a member of the Board of Directors, Caleca will support and impact the enrichment, growth and success of the St. Louis community. Caleca has had a lifelong passion for sports, which he has carried into adulthood by teaching many ...

February 14, 2018 

Many companies have not performed a formal cyber risk assessment, which makes it difficult to develop an appropriate response to those risks. What kind of data is being protected? What cyber threats will the client face? Every dollar spent on ...

February 13, 2018 

Bankers driving Lyft. Software engineers launching businesses on Amazon. Marketing professionals picking up consulting projects. Welcome to the gig economy. Where employees have a side hustle, or three, and others have left the paycheck-to-paycheck lifestyle of Corporate America for the project-to-project grind. According to Investopedia, the gig economy is defined as an economy where temporary,...…

February 13, 2018 

Over the last two to three years we have watched pundits and consultants promote ideas around emerging technologies. Some of the claims are ludicrous, loony, and ill-informed. Others are trying to position, parlay and learn. You’ve seen this column ...

Randy Johnston

February 12, 2018 

Working with millennials can be challenging, but all in all, they have some really good ideas, and it is good to shake this industry up a little bit here and there.

February 12, 2018 

If tax professionals are still scrambling to decipher tax reform and the various code sections of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, how do small business clients and individual taxpayers feel with all this uncertainty? What can we, as their trusted advisors, do...

February 9, 2018 

Has your firm started the transformation to advisory services? If not, in the not so distant future you will be too behind to catch up. That sounds harsh, but it’s better to face the reality that soon the gap will be so wide that your options for ...

Arianna Campbell

February 8, 2018 

Innovation even affects your ability to hire the best and brightest to your team. An overwhelming majority (87 percent) of professionals in a Robert Half survey said they pay attention to a potential employer’s reputation for being innovative.

Paul McDonald

February 8, 2018 

Launched in September 2017 with corporate offices in Santa Barbara, CA., The W Source helps female professionals grow their businesses by establishing networking groups of 20-25 professionals in local areas and offering proprietary tools and ...

February 6, 2018 

The days of thinking that “process” is something that only low-level staff and administrative staff work on are over. Those days should’ve been over ten years ago, but they’re definitely over today. In future-ready firms, process is a core strategic ...

Dustin Hostetler