The “broken rung” is a gap in the advancement cycle that stifles the promotion of women to senior leadership. For every 100 men promoted to a first-time manager position, only 72 women are. This should be getting much more press than the well-known and often used phrase “shatter the glass ceiling.” The “broken rung” is a bigger deal.

Red-teaming is designed to provide an independent, dissenting voice to challenge assumptions and anticipate potential threats, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities. The objective is to mitigate groupthink and overcome conformity by purposefully seeking to reach an opposite conclusion relative to a strategy or the prevailing wisdom. Do you red-team at your organization? Would you even know where to begin?

Success as a managing partner today requires some lofty attributes to help you and your firm perform at the highest levels. This blog shares four characteristics that are necessary to both gauge and achieve performance excellence as a managing partner.

Students today have several pathways to obtain experience and find their direction in the accounting world. Launching a career at a small vs. large CPA firm can affect the path one eventually follows. But don't automatically discount the small-firm experience. There are unique benefits to launching a career at a smaller firm.

While the certified public accountant (CPA) credential continues to be the accounting profession’s “gold standard,” you may want to consider one of the many add-on certificates to further foster your skill set and improve your value. This blog looks at a few of the options you can add to your CPA credential.