Tom Hood presented at a MACPA Town Hall on trends facing CPAs. He discussed how the economy, globalization, technology, regulations, and workforce are changing rapidly. CPAs must adapt by gaining new skills in areas like technology, risk management, and leadership. The profession is consolidating and standards are converging internationally. CPAs have an expanded role beyond accounting to provide services in areas like strategic planning and sustainability. Leadership requires qualities like vision, communication, and inspiration to navigate constant change.
Positioning You for Success in A VUCA World - members only Professional Issues Update in an interactive townhall format.
Welcome to the new normal or the "VUCA" world as it has been called. VUCA stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity. How can you position yourself for success in this VUCA world. Come hear MACPA CEO Tom Hood talk about how to deal with this VUCA world and how to keep your L>C. Tom will cover the latest trends and issues facing the CPA Profession including private company financial reporting, cloud computing, getting past the generational issues, CPA firm of the future and CFO of the future. Tom will cover the latest developments from Washington to Annapolis. Attendees will come away with a personalized action plan to ride the waves of change.
Federal it-cost-commission-report accelerating-the mission-july 21.2016 Daniel X. O'Neil
This is the work of the FEDERAL COMMISSION ON IT COST, OPPORTUNITY, STRATEGY AND TRANSPARENCY (IT COST): http://tbmcouncil.org/get-involved/it-cost-commission.html
Press release: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-report-uncovers-more-than-58-billion-in-potential-savings-from-us-government-technology-spending-300301925.html
To future-proof your tax function you want to ensure that you adapt to external changes in the tax landscape, such as global tax reform and the digital economy, and embrace the latest technologies so that you make the best use of your time and maximize insights into/value from data and processes to improve your overall operations. This gives rise to a tax transformation strategy or journey, which is the process of transforming a traditional, rather manually-oriented tax function to a data-driven, digitally-enabled tax function, aligned with your overall (global) tax strategy.
Positioning You for Success in A VUCA World - members only Professional Issues Update in an interactive townhall format.
Welcome to the new normal or the "VUCA" world as it has been called. VUCA stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity. How can you position yourself for success in this VUCA world. Come hear MACPA CEO Tom Hood talk about how to deal with this VUCA world and how to keep your L>C. Tom will cover the latest trends and issues facing the CPA Profession including private company financial reporting, cloud computing, getting past the generational issues, CPA firm of the future and CFO of the future. Tom will cover the latest developments from Washington to Annapolis. Attendees will come away with a personalized action plan to ride the waves of change.
Federal it-cost-commission-report accelerating-the mission-july 21.2016 Daniel X. O'Neil
This is the work of the FEDERAL COMMISSION ON IT COST, OPPORTUNITY, STRATEGY AND TRANSPARENCY (IT COST): http://tbmcouncil.org/get-involved/it-cost-commission.html
Press release: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-report-uncovers-more-than-58-billion-in-potential-savings-from-us-government-technology-spending-300301925.html
To future-proof your tax function you want to ensure that you adapt to external changes in the tax landscape, such as global tax reform and the digital economy, and embrace the latest technologies so that you make the best use of your time and maximize insights into/value from data and processes to improve your overall operations. This gives rise to a tax transformation strategy or journey, which is the process of transforming a traditional, rather manually-oriented tax function to a data-driven, digitally-enabled tax function, aligned with your overall (global) tax strategy.
The presentation enumerates creation of value through technology calling technology an innovation. It further throws a light on innovation in various fields such as science, technology etc. and then deals with the technolgoy missing in legal system. It explains how technology can create value in legal system with the help of examples.
In this session, we deal with the nuts and bolts of starting a company, including:
* How do you incorporate?
* What government agencies do you have to engage with (after all, they will want to tax all that money you are making)?
* How do you start off plugging yourself into your customer community?
Part of the MaRS CIBC Presents Entrepeneurship 101 lecture series: http://www.marsdd.com/ent101
Connecting Innovation - Virtual Networked Enterprises - Ken ThompsonUse8.net
Ken is an expert practitioner in the area of bioteaming, swarming, virtual enterprise networks, virtual professional communities and virtual teams and has published two landmark books: Bioteams: High Performance Teams Based on Nature's Best Designs and The Networked Enterprise: Competing for the future through Virtual Enterprise Networks.
This presentation highlights the vital role of Company Secretary in a company. It further explains the opportunities available to Company Seceretary to prove their capabilties.
Professional Issues Update / Town Hall update for CPAs in business, Industry, Government/NFP. Semi-annual update to help CPAs stay on top of the rapid changes in business and the CPA profession. Offered throughout the year as a member service - these popular programs are a place for CPAs to get current and share their latest issues and ideas to their professional home - the Maryland Association of CPAs.
What is the "New Normal" and what does it take to lead in turbulent times. This special presentation to the 2010 CCH User Conference explores the lates ttrends and issues and what it means to lead in the "new normal"
The presentation covers the six major trends faci
MACPA works to keep it's members "future ready" and to be able to thrive in this rapidly changing and complex world. This update given every six months in interactive "town hall" meetings covers the latest developments in four major areas: 1) Lookout post - the latest trends and issues facing business and the Profession; 2) Laws, regulations and standards; 3) What MACPA is doing about these issues as a membership organization; and 4) How to keep their L>C, rate of learning greater than the rate of change, or to help CPAs find their competitive edge.
The current batches of trends revives around the "shift change".
The presentation enumerates creation of value through technology calling technology an innovation. It further throws a light on innovation in various fields such as science, technology etc. and then deals with the technolgoy missing in legal system. It explains how technology can create value in legal system with the help of examples.
In this session, we deal with the nuts and bolts of starting a company, including:
* How do you incorporate?
* What government agencies do you have to engage with (after all, they will want to tax all that money you are making)?
* How do you start off plugging yourself into your customer community?
Part of the MaRS CIBC Presents Entrepeneurship 101 lecture series: http://www.marsdd.com/ent101
Connecting Innovation - Virtual Networked Enterprises - Ken ThompsonUse8.net
Ken is an expert practitioner in the area of bioteaming, swarming, virtual enterprise networks, virtual professional communities and virtual teams and has published two landmark books: Bioteams: High Performance Teams Based on Nature's Best Designs and The Networked Enterprise: Competing for the future through Virtual Enterprise Networks.
This presentation highlights the vital role of Company Secretary in a company. It further explains the opportunities available to Company Seceretary to prove their capabilties.
Professional Issues Update / Town Hall update for CPAs in business, Industry, Government/NFP. Semi-annual update to help CPAs stay on top of the rapid changes in business and the CPA profession. Offered throughout the year as a member service - these popular programs are a place for CPAs to get current and share their latest issues and ideas to their professional home - the Maryland Association of CPAs.
What is the "New Normal" and what does it take to lead in turbulent times. This special presentation to the 2010 CCH User Conference explores the lates ttrends and issues and what it means to lead in the "new normal"
The presentation covers the six major trends faci
MACPA works to keep it's members "future ready" and to be able to thrive in this rapidly changing and complex world. This update given every six months in interactive "town hall" meetings covers the latest developments in four major areas: 1) Lookout post - the latest trends and issues facing business and the Profession; 2) Laws, regulations and standards; 3) What MACPA is doing about these issues as a membership organization; and 4) How to keep their L>C, rate of learning greater than the rate of change, or to help CPAs find their competitive edge.
The current batches of trends revives around the "shift change".
MACPA Spring 2016 Professional Issues Update - Business & Industry EditionTom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
What are the latest trends and issues facing the CPA profession? What is the future of finance and accounting in an age of exponential change? What is the future of the profession and what is the MACPA doing about it?
Tom Hood, the second most influential person in the CPA Profession and CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs attempts to answer these questions and offer his perspective in this special update for MACPA members only focusing on CPAs in business industry, government and NFP.
The theme of the Northeast CPE Conference is "Today You Can See Tomorrow". Tom Hood is the opening presentation where he will focus on the forces affecting the CPA profession and set the context for the changing world of CPE (Continuing Professional Education). The theme is Leadership in the New Normal and how to lead in turbulent times.
Fall, 2009 1st draft Professional Issues Update for CPAs - focusing on Top 5 Trends: Economy, Regulations/Standards, Globalization, Workforce, Technology
MACPA Annual Meeting and Town Hall Professional Issues Update took place on June 18, 2015 at JHU in Rockville, MD. With a love audience of 165+ and another 200 via webcast it set a new record.
This includes the polls held during the session that identified the demographics, top challenges, and other key information from the membership.
Is accounting ripe for disruption? Despite some great bright spots, the profession was recently ranked as the second most likely to be disrupted by the Economist magazine.
Tom Hood talks about the shift change and the bright spots and challenges facing our CPA Profession in the future. He concludes with the skills needed to navigate and turn these disruptive threats into major opportunities.
The old 80's party tune from Timbuk 3 aptly describes the state of the accounting profession in 2014 - "The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades." Accounting was ranked as the third best career by a US News and World Report's Best Jobs issue in 2014. With an unemployment rate of half the national average (3%) and a growth rate of 13% for the next ten years according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics most recent report, demand for accounting professionals is at an all time high and projected to continue into the future.
This presentation covers the current state of the accounting profession and includes research about the future from the AICPA CPA Horizons 2025 Project.
For more information on strategic planning, curriculum development and training on the new skills (success skills) needed see our website at http://www.blionline.org
MACPA CEO Tom Hood, voted second most influential leader in the CPA Profession in Accounting Today’s 2013 list of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting (his ninth time on the list) sees five fundamental shifts facing accounting now – Leadership, Learning, Technology, Generations and Workplace. In a world of rapid change and increasing complexity, the winners will be those individuals and organizations who can keep their L>C², their rate of learning must be greater than the rate of change and greater than their competition. Tom’s updates are always popular for CPAs and include the latest trends and issues the profession is facing locally, nationally, and globally.
This presentation was given to Loyola University (Maryland) Accounting Alumni Circle on November 18, 2015. It includes our latest research in trends and issues facing the accounting and finance profession from the Business Learning Institute.
It also covers the programs and initiatives of the Maryland Association of CPAs in the context of Hard Trends and our work with world renowned futurist, Daniel Burrus.
Gov't Regulation
Demographics and Talent Pipeline
Technology
The exponential pace of change has created an environment best described as VUCA. To thrive in this new age of hyper-change and growing uncertainty, it is now an imperative to learn a new competency—how to accurately anticipate the future. The key to success in this fast-changing environment is to commit to changing before you are being forced to. This session will show how to anticipate these trends and move from being a crisis manager to an opportunity manager.
• Anticipate marketplace trends that will shape future markets
• Understand emerging innovation faster
• Identify opportunities
• Develop clear actionable steps to accelerate growth for the
organization and its customers
Learning the skill of anticipation and being proactive for CPAs, accounting and finance professionals
The future ready cpa are you ready for the challenge - PICPA Leadership Con...CPA.com
Increasing complexity in the future will continue to challenge individual CPAs, their firms and
their clients. CPA.com has partnered with the Institute for Global Futures in an effort to understand
the current state of the profession relative to being “future ready”. Come and learn how
to better anticipate change and adapt faster. Better preparedness to meet the challenges of the
future is critical to tomorrow’s success.
The future ready cpa – are you ready for the challenge nj showCPA.com
Increasing complexity in the future will continue to challenge individual CPAs, their firms and
their clients. CPA.com has partnered with the Institute for Global Futures in an effort to understand
the current state of the profession relative to being “future ready”. Come and learn how
to better anticipate change and adapt faster. Better preparedness to meet the challenges of the
future is critical to tomorrow’s success.
MACPA's semi-annual PIU series of Free four hour Professional Issues Updates for members. The Spring 2013 edition revolves around innovation and collaboration. This version covers the latest update from the Maryland General Assembly, Federal legislations, Accounting Standards, Cloud, generations in the workplace, and innovation.
These update hit over 20% of our membership annually reaching 2,000+ CPAs in all segments of our Profession - Public Accounting, CFOs, Controllers, GNFP, and more...
Keynote for the Boomer Technology Summit 2014. The Shift Change describes the five major "shifts" business is making in response to the perfect storm of the three mega-trends - technology, demographics, globalization.
Using the two-curves framework from the Institute for the Future as inspiration, Tom has applied the transformational change to the signals and trends happening in the marketplace today.
The challenge is to determine if and when you should lead your organization through the shift change, keeping in mind the risk of doing nothing or the RONI - return on not investing.
The key to thriving during the shift change is ROP - return on people and the #1 skill needed is collaboration.
In order to get your ROP, you need a systematic and strategic approach to your talent development which is exemplified in a training framework from the Business Learning Institute called the Bounce.
The Bounce covers the career trajectory of professionals as they move from technical proficiency to managing people and projects and ultimately organizations. The bounce speaks to the change in direction from technical mastery to acquiring competencies to lead others and leading organizations. It is about velocity and trajectory as you shift direction to the need for more “success skills” as you move up n your career. The Bounce includes the latest research on competencies from the AICPA through the CPA Horizons 2025 Project and the CGMA Competency framework.
It concludes with the five ways to thrive in the shift change: 1) Purpose and Vision, People, Collaboration and Engagement, Strategy & Alignment, Technology and RONI.
For more information contact BLI http://www.blionline.org
Special student presentation on a career in accounting and the job outlook for becoming a CPA.
MACPA CEO Tom Hood, voted second most influential leader in the CPA Profession in Accounting Today’s 2013 list of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting (his ninth time on the list) sees five fundamental shifts facing accounting now – Leadership, Learning, Technology, Generations and Workplace. In a world of rapid change and increasing complexity, the winners will be those individuals and organizations who can keep their L>C², their rate of learning must be greater than the rate of change and greater than their competition. Tom’s updates are always popular for CPAs and include the latest trends and issues the profession is facing locally, nationally, and globally.
Similar to MACPA Professional Issues Update - Fall 2010 Edition (20)
With talent recruitment and retention topping the list of issues facing CPA Firms along with partner alignment and succession planning issues, the stakes have never been higher for CPA Firms in their recruitment and retention strategies. BLI just announced the 'magnetic firm' framework and the 'big four' ways for firms to become talent magnets.
This presentation has the latest scores on the magnetic firm index which is averaging 67% or a D+ across CPA Firms.
The four categories for a magnetic firm are:
1) Purpose driven workplace
2) Culture of growth (Career Development)
3) Inspiring workplace – flexible and inclusive
4) Great leadership – trust & transparent
Visit us at www.blionline.org
Future of Learning - innovative new learning formats for accounting and finan...Tom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
MACPA and the Business Learning Institute release the first nano-learning course for CPAs, accounting and finance professionals that meets the new CPE standards.
NASBA and the AICPA approved the revisions to the Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs (Standards) effective September 1, 2016. Among the most significant changes to the Standards is the addition of two new instructional delivery methods: nano learning and blended learning.
The Maryland Association of CPAs and its Business Learning Institute believe that Learning is THE only competitive advantage in this rapidly changing world. They have been on the forefront of learning for the past ten years. Since passing nano-learning in 2015 at the Maryland State Board of Public Accounting, they have been integrating new formats of learning to make learning continuous, engaging and ultimately transformative. The Anticipatory Organization: Accounting and Finance Edition is THE First nano-learning program in North America for accounting and finance professionals. Winner of the Accounting Today 2016 Product of the Year in the learning category. This program combines nano learning format (three to four minute single concept videos) with rapid application exercises to accelerate learning of complex competencies in less times than traditional CPE / CPD programs.
MACPA and its Business Learning Institute have pioneered new methods of learning including second life (CPA Island), remote collaboration via the ThinkTank platform, participation engagement via conferences.io and their #MBSN Management by Sticky Notes collaboration process.
Here are five ways we are changing up learning:
Social;
Mobile / nano, or “Just When You Need It” learning;
Cloud: In what we call the four Cs of talent development, the AICPA Navigator allows us to offer Competencies, Career Path, and a Curriculum on a Cloud-based learning platform that allows firms and companies to move their talent development to a strategic and systematic approach;
Collaborative: MBSN (Management By Sticky Notes), Conferences.io, and the ThinkTank Collaboration platform are highly engaging ways of increasing learning through involvement (see our post on LinkedIn);
Competency-based learning: With our Bounce framework (which maps BLI programs to the new CGMA Competency framework) and our new program to develop a special self-directed action learning program to build a competency around anticipation and strategic thinking.
Impact of Firm Wide Adoption - The Anticipatory Organization Accounting and F...Tom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
This is the first accelerated learning system for accounting and finance professionals featuring nano-learning and rapid application tools. The Business Learning Institute and the Maryland Association of CPAs customized the learning system with a co-creation group working with Daniel Burrus. Accounting Today Magazine recognized this learning system as a 2016 Top Product in Learning.
This presentation covers the experience of firm-wide adoption of the Anticipatory Organization: Accounting and Finance Edition at several major organizations with focus on the first firm to adopt this for their entire firm. Joey Havens, Executive Partner of HORNE, LLP a Top 50 CPA Firm outlines the reasons he made the AOAF learning system a cornerstone of his Growth Mindset and implemented it across his entire workforce of almost 400 people. he also explains why he thinks an "anticipatory skill set is essential for today's accounting and finance professionals.
The Anticipatory Organization™ Model, created and developed by Daniel Burrus of Burrus Research, Inc., has changed how many of the world’s most successful businesses plan their future and accelerate growth. Now, Daniel Burrus is bringing what he calls the greatest missing competency – the ability to anticipate change – to CPAs, CFOs, controllers and management accountants. This model represents a new way of thinking, planning, and acting – a paradigm shift that’s required in a world of accelerating change, competition, and uncertainty.
This innovative learning system will jump start your ability to anticipate and learn critical competencies like strategic thinking, external awareness, vision, continuous learning, innovation, creativity, problem solving, prioritization, business acumen, decisiveness, influencing/persuading, emotional intelligence, consensus building, collaboration, inspiration, risk management, and immediately apply it to your own situation at work.
For more information visit our website http://www.blionline.org/ao
What do next generation leaders say they need to be 'future ready'? This report is from 200+ next generation leaders attending the #AICPA_EDGE Conference in Las Vegas in August, 2016.
Next Gen leaders will be called to lead in a different environment than many leaders of the past. These times of exponential change will require a different skill set. They will be leading in transformational and adaptive times which require new skills and new practices.
This report highlights top challenges, top skills, insights from the session and more.
These polls were integrated during a presentation on "The Future Ready CPA" where we covered the 5 C's - Context, Certainty, Capacity, Competency, and Core Purpose & Values.
We are living in “exponential times” where the size, scale and scope of change is incredible. That means there are incredible opportunities for those who can see through the fog of uncertainty and anticipate what’s next. The biggest opportunity is to harness the wisdom of our older generations with the fresh perspectives of the tech-savvy younger generations. The next generation of leaders is enthusiastically ready to have a seat at the table. The future is not created; the future is co- created. Let’s get to work!
“Everyone keeps telling accountants that they need to change their focus from the historic and the backward-looking, and to start being proactive and offering future-focused advice – but no one tells them how. The beauty of the Anticipatory Organization program is that it actually gives you a set of tools to harness the hard trends that are shaping the future, and use them to create new value for your firm and your clients.” - Daniel Hood, Editor-in-Chief of Accounting Today (when recognizing AOAF as a 2016 Top Product in Learning
The competency of “anticipation” actually includes a number of competencies included in many of the top companies of today.
Across these models, you'll see a common theme of “strategic thinking," "innovation" and “leading change."
Many of these organizations build (and validate) fantastic competency models and know what they want people to do.
The top five skills and competencies identified for CPAs, accounting and finance professionals are:
1. Strategic and critical thinking;
2. Communication;
3. Anticipating and serving evolving needs;
4. Inspiring and motivating others;
5. Collaboration and mobilizing consensus
The beauty of the Anticipatory Organization model is that it offers a clear process that makes highly-abstract leadership competencies attainable and trainable. Using nano-leanring in very short 3-4 minute single concept videos (imagine a series of shirt Ted Talks) with rapid application exercises to immediately apply the concepts to the job, and visual job aids to reinforce and remember the learning. Add a team implementation and collaboration guide and you can create a shared language and culture of being anticipatory and proactive.
If an organization wants to make "strategic thinking" or "innovation" a core competency, we can provide clear, trainable activities that can be targeted to a wide range of learners (from individual contributors to senior leadership). We provide the bridge between the competency model and the desired observable behaviors.
For more information visit www.blionline.org/ao or contact Tom Hood tom@blionline.org
Will your firm thrive or just survive? Anticipation - The critical competency...Tom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
Today, the world of professional education, and accordingly the accounting profession, is migrating toward a competencies-based learning approach. But what are the most critical competencies for practitioners and firms to thrive in today’s ever changing, fast paced business environment?
Research from the Business Learning Institute identified the Top 5 Competencies for CPAs, accounting and financial professionals as:
1. Strategic & Critical Thinking
2. Communication
3. Anticipating and serving evolving needs
4. Inspiring and motivating others
5. Collaboration and mobilizing consensus
In addition, research from CPA.COM shows that only 8% of CPAs are future ready. Future Ready is the Is the capacity to be ANTICIPATORY (aware, predictive and adaptive) of emerging technology and trends in business, demographics, and the social environment impacting your organization and industry.
Together this group of skills and competencies have been researched with a leading global futurist who has put together an innovative learning system, the Anticipatory Organization: Accounting and Finance Edition which is being used to transform firm cultures to build and enhance proactive business advisor skills.
Most of us wish we had the power to predict future trends, and would benefit by learning tactics to do so. Daniel Burrus is one of the world’s leading technology forecasters and innovation experts and the featured keynoter speaker at this year’s DCPA16. He is globally recognized for his exceptional 30+ year record of accurately predicting how technological, social, and business forces converge to create untapped opportunities.
Joey Havens, Executive Partner at Horne, LLP (A top 50 CPA Firm) discusses how he has used the Anticipatory Organization as a foundational learning system throughout his firm. He is requiring his whole firm of 400+ professionals to take this and running collaboration sessions by practice areas to create group learning and a shared language around anticipatory thinking that is being applied inside the firm and outside with clients.
This presentation is from the July 20th, 2016 webcast by CPA.COM. CPA.com President and CEO, Erik Asgeirsson as he discusses the critical Anticipatory competency with Daniel Burrus, HORNE LLP executive partner Joey Havens and the CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs and the Business Learning Institute, Tom Hood.
For more information http://www.blionline.org/ao
You will learn:
Why anticipation is the critical competency for today's accounting and finance professionals
The difference between hard trends and soft trends
Why it is important to identify trend types
Use cases of how these skills are being used in the profession
How this learning system can be used as a foundational skill set to help CPAs and accounting professionals be more proactive business advisors.
It May be Time to Reinvent Your Firm - CPAFMA National Practice Management Co...Tom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
What is the accounting professionals' role in creating a culture of innovation? How are CPA Firms innovating? Reinventing themselves? Creating magnetic cultures?
Studies are showing a growing expectation for accounting professionals to lead these initiatives. In this session we will discuss tactics to foster innovation in your firms, technology's role and advising clients to do the same through tools you provide.
This session covers the latest research from the Business Learning Institute (BLI) about what it takes to create a magnetic firm culture and scores the latest issues facing CPA firms, top skills needed, and an innovation index.
From a session at the CPAFMA National Practice Management Conference in Baltimore in 2016.
For more information see www.blionline.org
Recent research says that the business environment for CPAs and their clients will be characterized by “unprecedented, massive and highly accelerated change” through 2025. To thrive in this new age of hyper-change and growing uncertainty, it is now an imperative to learn a new competency--how to accurately anticipate the future. The key to success in this fast-changing environment is to learn how to move from being reactive to proactive and flip from crisis manager to an opportunity manager. Tom will show how to explore new value added services and position their practices for success in a rapidly changing world.
Recent research from the AICPA says that the business environment for CPAs and their clients will be characterized by “unprecedented, massive and highly accelerated change” through 2025. To thrive in this new age of hyper-change and growing uncertainty, it is now an imperative to learn a new competency–how to accurately anticipate the future. This session will show how to anticipate these trends and move from being a crisis manager to an opportunity manager. At the end of the session participants will set actionable steps to elevate and accelerate their organization’s strategy.
VUCA stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity and describes the fast-arriving future we are living in. This inspirational session will talk about how leadership, culture, and talent management are changing in these exponential times. Participants thru an exercise to leave with a person action plan.
Learning Objective:
Understand emerging trends and issues facing business and CPA Profession.
Learn about how leadership is changing to lead change in rapidly changing times.
Develop an action plan to take back and apply the principles learned.
The #1 reason clients leave their CPAs is that they are receiving service instead of proactive advice. Tom will show how firms are exploring new value added services and position their practices for success in a rapidly changing world. He will discuss the major "shift change" and the trends shaping business today and give participants a framework to provide more proactive services and strategic advice and a plan to get started. But these services require new skills and approaches which is a big opportunity for firm HR and Learning Leaders.
Presentation to AGN International in San Diego #NARM16 for Managing Partners in MAP Track
How to Accelerate Growth, Innovation, and High Performance for CPAs, Account...Tom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
The # 1 challenge facing CPAs, Accounting and Finance Professionals is 'not enough time' who creates the equivalent of a gravitational pull of the past when it comes to changing their mindsets and thinking. How will we go from a historical perspective to a more future-focused, from rearview mirror to windshield and from being reactive to proactive?
Our latest research from the Business Learning Institute sows the critical competencies that will make a difference have not changed in the past seven years. What has changed is the gravitational pull has gotten worse as we enter what Josh Bersin calls the age of the 'overwhelmed employee'.
What we need is a new approach to learning these critical competencies. A blended approach that uses nano-learning nuggets (very short 2-3 minute single-concept videos), rapid application templates to apply each concept to the business, and a series of job aids and performance support tools to turn the learning into immediate on the job application. This is our award-winning Anticipatory Organization learning system by Burrus Research. In about one third of the time as traditional CPE, CPAs and accounting and finance professionals can learn the critical competencies of:
Anticipation; Strategic Thinking; External Awareness; Vision; Continuous Learning; Innovation ;Creativity; Problem Solving; Prioritization; Business Acumen; Decisiveness; Influencing/Persuading; Emotional Intelligence; Consensus Building; Collaboration; Inspiration; Risk Management; and Communication.
The Anticipatory Organization can support an entire cultural shift for an organization or team with the added implementation guide and collaboration tools. See more at http://www.blionline.org/ao
Our new MBA Express is another option to create or add a series of critical success skills to your technical training portfolio in on-site, on-line and on-demand learning formats. http://blionline.org/featured/8-hour-mba/
We believe we need new approaches and new tools to break the pull of the past and the inertia from 'overwhelmed employees'. These exciting new learning formats are one step in this direction.
Accounting Today Editor, Daniel Hood said this after selecting the Anticipatory Organization as a Top Product for 2016 in the Learning Category, “Everyone keeps telling accountants that they need to change their focus from the historic and the backward-looking, and to start being proactive and offering future-focused advice – but no one tells them how. The beauty of the Anticipatory Organization program is that it actually gives you a set of tools to harness the hard trends that are shaping the future, and use them to create new value for your firm and your clients.”
What does innovation look like in a CPA Firm? How are leading CPA firms creating a culture of innovation?
We are in a fast-paced world where growth/change is exponential not incremental. The CPA profession has been late adopters of change and “anticipation” is a missing skill set for many CPAs. We will soon be living in a world where global competition and automation will be performing basic accounting tasks currently being performed in our firms today. Tom Hood, Executive Director of the MACPA will lead a discussion on where accounting firms
fit into a rapidly changing world. Hood, along with Jim Powers, CEO of Crowe Horwath LLP and Bill Balhoff, Managing Director of Postlethwaite & Netterville will explore how firms can maintain their competitive edge through inNEWvation.
The CPA Vision 2011 is the report from the AICPA from a project to create a comprehensive grassroots vision for the future of the CPA Profession. The first profession to ever create a vision for itself. Using a volunteer team of CPAs and State CPA Society executives aided by a team from the AICPA and led by Jeannie Patton in 1997-1998.
Keynote for Beta Alpha Psi Atlantic Coast Regional Meeting
on March 18, 2016 in Towson, Maryland
What are the latest trends and issues facing accounting and business? What are the outlooks for careers in accounting, finance, information systems and business majors?
Tom Hood, CEO of the MACPA and Business Learning Institute covers this and career advice for accounting students in this inspirational keynote.
State of Accounting for Linked-in Influencer Series #MyIndustry
Big Waves of Change, Oceans of Opportunity
These big waves of change are the result of a “perfect storm” of sorts -- the convergence of three “hard trends” of exponential technological innovation, the demographic shift as baby boomers retire, and globalization. Key challenges facing accounting and finance professionals are automation and digital transformation, succession and talent shortages, a “brain drain” as experienced people retire, business model changes, and the increasingly VUCA world (that’s volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) in which we find ourselves.
Several recent studies (from WEF, Oxford, McKinsey and MIT) report that accounting, auditing and tax are among the occupations most at risk for complete automation within the next 20 years.
As a result, the accounting and finance profession is rapidly approaching what Andy Grove, retired CEO of Intel Corporation, described as a “strategic inflection point,” -- “a time in the life of a business when its fundamentals are about to change. That change can mean an opportunity to rise to new heights. But it may just as likely signal the beginning of the end.” This is where there are two major pathways: doing business as usual, or embracing and adapting to the new. At the moment these are fairly close together, but they will soon diverge into a growing gap between growth and success, or entropy and decline.
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf.” - Jon Kabat-Zinn
To take advantage of these oceans of opportunity, accounting and finance professionals will need to learn how to ride these big waves or risk being crushed by their frequency and force. The critical thing to know is that what got you here, won’t get you there. Business as usual simply won’t work.
Here are six ways to learn how to ride these big waves of change now and in the future:
1. Embrace digital: Learn how to elevate and accelerate your job using technology and to race with the machines, not against them.
2. Anticipate: Learn the critical competency of anticipation. Only those who constantly try to anticipate change will survive when change happens.
3. Collaborate: The collaboration curve is quickly replacing the experience curve. Who you know is replacing what you know.
4. Learning is the next competitive advantage: As Fast Company editor Robert Safian wrote, “the most important skill is the ability to acquire new skills.”
5. Protect the core: When everything is changing, it is important to know what should not change. Purpose and values for individuals and organizations should serve as that anchor or grounding.
6. Make time for the future. Your time and those of your people will be your number one challenge, and nothing will change if you are overwhelmed and too busy.
The hard trends are forming these big waves of disruption and change. Surf's Up - Are you ready?
What are the Top Competencies (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities) needed by CPAs, Accounting and Finance Professionals today?
The Business Learning Institute shares its latest research and correlates it with other leading global research (Conference Board, AICPA, CGMA, IFAC, CPA Canada, Burrus Research, Bersin by Deloitte). These skills were identified and then surveyed across over 1,000 finance and accounting professionals to identify the top five skills needed today.
In our survey work at the Business Learning Institute (http://www.blionline.org) we found that the top five skills ranked by survey respondents covered 75% or everyone's top five list, providing a great starting point for skills development and targeting in talent development.
1. Strategic and Critical Thinking
2. Communication
3. Anticipating and serving evolving needs
4. Inspiring and motivating others
5. Collaboration and mobilizing consensus
BLI also developed a framework, called The Bounce to describe the career trajectory of today's finance and accounting professional. The Bounce is the natural career trajectory for accounting and finance professionals. It talks about the process of acquiring technical mastery in the early career and beginning to supplement wit the critical skills (competencies) needed for long-term success. BLI has been leading the training and development of accounting and finance with these ‘success skills’ for eighteen years.
The Business Learning Institute (BLI) is the largest talent development and and learning provider to CPAs, accounting and finance professionals in the US. We bring our leading approach to ‘success skills’ and competency-based curriculums to the leading organizations, public companies and CPA firms all over North America.
We tend to think of “innovation” in terms of new technology – gadgets, hardware, new apps, and software. But true innovation more often comes in the form of new business models, workflows, service offerings, and office and staffing patterns. This session will center on those innovations that are significantly impacting our firms and our clients. You never know where innovation might sprout!
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A recent HBR special edition headline said "Got to war for talent", but how. BLI has developed a guidance and a six step process to give you new weapons to win in the war for talent.
Our Magnetic Firm framework outlines the critical elements of a magnetic culture and our six step Talent and Leadership Development framework show you how to develop a winning career and curriculum aligned to your overall firm strategy and objectives.
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In an effort to help our members be "future ready", MACPA has continued its tradition (since 2007) of holding four hour comprehensive professional issues updates for FREE all across the state of Maryland. Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA leads these engaging and participative sessions and covers the fast changing landscape of the accounting and CPA Profession. This year we added special guest from AICPA PCPS to discuss more resources for CPA firms and a special discussion of the AICPA-CIMA Joint Venture and the CGMA designation. Also included is the groundbreaking new learning system The Anticipatory Organization: Accounting and Finance Edition from Dan Burrus and customized with a group of accounting and finance professionals convened by MACPA and BLI.
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Contents of Memorandum of Association:
Name Clause: This clause states the name of the company, which should end with words like "Limited" or "Ltd." for a public limited company and "Private Limited" or "Pvt. Ltd." for a private limited company.
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Registered Office Clause: It specifies the location where the company's registered office is situated. This office is where all official communications and notices are sent.
Objective Clause: This clause delineates the main objectives for which the company is formed. It's important to define these objectives clearly, as the company cannot undertake activities beyond those mentioned in this clause.
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Liability Clause: It outlines the extent of liability of the company's members. In the case of companies limited by shares, the liability of members is limited to the amount unpaid on their shares. For companies limited by guarantee, members' liability is limited to the amount they undertake to contribute if the company is wound up.
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Capital Clause: This clause specifies the authorized capital of the company, i.e., the maximum amount of share capital the company is authorized to issue. It also mentions the division of this capital into shares and their respective nominal value.
Association Clause: It simply states that the subscribers wish to form a company and agree to become members of it, in accordance with the terms of the MOA.
Importance of Memorandum of Association:
Legal Requirement: The MOA is a legal requirement for the formation of a company. It must be filed with the Registrar of Companies during the incorporation process.
Constitutional Document: It serves as the company's constitutional document, defining its scope, powers, and limitations.
Protection of Members: It protects the interests of the company's members by clearly defining the objectives and limiting their liability.
External Communication: It provides clarity to external parties, such as investors, creditors, and regulatory authorities, regarding the company's objectives and powers.
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Binding Authority: The company and its members are bound by the provisions of the MOA. Any action taken beyond its scope may be considered ultra vires (beyond the powers) of the company and therefore void.
Amendment of MOA:
While the MOA lays down the company's fundamental principles, it is not entirely immutable. It can be amended, but only under specific circumstances and in compliance with legal procedures. Amendments typically require shareholder
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3. Are you an untouchable? We hope to help you become one… A Washington lawyer friend recently told me about layoffs at his firm. I asked him who was getting axed. He said it was interesting: lawyers who were used to just showing up and having work handed to them were the first to go because with the bursting of the credit bubble, that flow of work just isn’t there. But those who have the ability to imagine new services, new opportunities and new ways to recruit work were being retained. They are the new untouchables.
4. What is the # 1 reason leaders (and their organizations) fail? 4
6. You feel overwhelmed by the rapid and turbulent pace of change and uncertainties in business today
7. You need new skills and new approaches to ride these waves of change Photo: Pratt’s surfing page
8. You will learn to become a navigator of change using BLI's I2A - Insight to Action strategic thinking system
9. It’s not what you look at that matters, it is what you see – Henry David Thoreau “The faster you go, the further ahead you have to see.”
10. Latest trends and issues facing CPAs Economy Globalization Technology Cloud Social web & social media Workforce & demographics Regulations & standards Is this the perfect storm?
11. Welcome to the Re-Set economy! The fact of the matter is, this is not a normal downturn, this is a …fundamental re-SET! - Steve Ballmer – CEO Microsoft
12. How many of you think changes will slow down in the near term? “As it relates to science and technology, the rate of change in the next decade, is likely to be 4 to7 times faster than in the last decade. If it is 4x faster it would be like planning for 2010 in 1890, if it is 7x faster it would be like planning for 2010 in 1670.” -Expert on Education Panel, The Aspen Institute
14. 5 Forces of Globalization Growth of consumers in emerging economies Technologies that empower consumers & communities Increase in labor productivity in developed markets Shift of economic activity between and within regions Increasingly global markets for labor & talent
15. It is not either global or local, it is AND… Glocal
19. Technology & Web 2.0 By 2010, Millenials/Gen Y-erswill outnumber Baby Boomers.
20. Here are five major benefits that The Economist report says that social media has created: Trusted online venues where real people can meet up using their real identities. New ways for firms and organizations to reach their customers and those who influence them. Reduced friction in labor markets by allowing employers and prospective employees to find each other and connect. Faster information flow and communication inside companies and organizations. A "free and immensely powerful set of communication and collaboration tools to everyone on Earth who has access to a broadband internet connection."
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23. MACPA social media efforts featured in J of A and win 3rd place in Mobbies,Top 75 Biz blogs & Top 50 Acctg blogs MACPA won 2 out of top 10 Biz blogs in MD
24. Risk Management Educate & train your staff Set security & usage policies Restrict Access during certain times (if you have to) Monitor – using search & google alerts
28. These guys are retiring These are the new workers These are making the purchasing decisions Facebook Generation Email Generation
29. Generations Generation Gap? Or Generation Lap? “In 1997, young people for the first time were recognized by adults as being authorities on something truly revolutionary – digital technology, interactive media, and collaboration.” – Don Tapscott “Growing Up Digital” NGenophobia—the irrational and morbid fear of youth, especially with regards to their use of the Internet
30. Bottom Line: How to keep your star talent Engage your top performers Coach tomorrow’s leaders Manage your Millennials Think A M P Autonomy Mastery Purpose
32. The urge to merge? First wave – the public co consolidators Second wave – small practices unite 47,000 to 40,000 Third wave – super-regionals, national, global 2009 – 67 – 821,000,000
33. Top 10 Issues Facing CPAs 1. Economic Outlook 2. Tax 3. Business Operations 4. Implementation and Execution of Plans 5. New Business Development 6. Personal/Professional Development 7. Management and Leadership 8. Financial Regulatory Reform 9. Access to Financing and Credit 10 New Accounting Standards, IFRS Source: CPA Trendlines for AICPA Feb, 2010
34. Top Ten Issues for MFG Regulatory/Legislative (56) Private Company Leadership (47) Capital Markets Awareness / Recognition (34) Rethinking Business Model (25) Protect Audit/CPA Franchise (20) Risk Management (Audit efficiencies) (20) Leadership Development / Succession Planning (19) Global / International (Clients / IFRS / Branding) (17) Leveraging Technology & Social Media (17) MFG Issues specific forums / focus groups (8) 34
36. The (infra) Structure of the CPA Profession State Boards of Accountancy issue licenses and regulate CPAs
37. Where do major changes come from?Most changes come from regulators and standard setters Us – Associations MACPA & AICPA Them – Federal & State legislators Infrastructure OR New laws, regulations & regulators
38. Recent example – The Dodd – Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 Crisis hits news HR 4173 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 848 pages 533 regulations 60 studies 94 reports
49. Maryland enacted it in 2008MI RI CT *PA IA NE OH NV NJ UT IN IL DE CO WV CA VA KS AK MO KY MD NC DC TN AZ OK NM AR SC AL MS *GA TX LA FL CPA Mobility Enacted 46 PR CPA Mobility Enacted Only for Other Mobility States – GA, PA, MA Awaiting Governor Signature - 1 * GU U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS In Process CPA Mobility Legislation Pending - 2 42
50. An example of “us” - The 120/150 Hour CPA Exam Bill (HB 1137) Changes the requirements to sit for the CPA exam to allow you to sit for the Exam upon completion of 120 hours (and the requirements of section 1 & 3) and get licensed upon completion of the final 30 credit hours (and the requirements in group 2)
77. The Top Three Training Issues for Companies Training around soft skills (communication, critical thinking and problem solving abilities) Complexity of standards (fair value, risk management) Evolving regulatory framework (IFRS, Convergence, Private company standards) “we were surprised to see soft-skills deficiency to be a more pressing issue” Source: Grant Thornton – The evolving talent profile report
78. Five Qualities of Extraordinary Leaders Sight - Ability to see emerging patterns and shift perspective when necessary Insight - Ability to learn faster than the rate of change in your industry Create - Ability to think strategically and critically to gain insights that create new opportunities Communicate - Ability to collaborate inside and outside your organization and to build and sustain social networks of people engaged in the work Inspire – Ability to mobilize support and engage others to join you in ACTION LC
79. Our research shows three major skills: Strategic thinking Strengths-based leadership Network leadership
80. What possibilities do we see? Making sense of a changing & complex world What does it mean to us? What direction should we go? How is the world changing?
81. Leadership defined Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen Leadership is to deliver hope and inspiration to help people accomplish more than they thought possible
82. The only question for leaders Have I made you feel stronger and more capable? Source: Emmanuel Gobillot - LeaderShift
83. Leadership defined The four most important words for organizations are, “what do you think?”- Tom Peters
84. Tom Hood, CPA.CITP CEO Maryland Association of CPAs Business Learning Institute (443) 632-2301 E-mail tom@macpa.org Web http://www.macpa.org Blog http://www.cpasuccess.com Connect – Protect - Achieve
Editor's Notes
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In the latter part of 2008, we went through a strategic planning process for our members in business and industry and we came to embrace what we call the 1/3—2/3 slide. Tom Foard was involved with that process as a member of our Business & Industry Executive Committee.Through that exercise we concluded that our members in business and industry focus two-thirds of their time on responsibilities that are not the core competencies of the AICPA: our core is financial accounting and reporting, audit and tax.In order to meet the needs of our members in industry, we have identified four areas in the 2/3 side of this slide that we have to leverage or stretch our competencies. In areas such as strategic planning, ERM, Sustainability, and so forth.***Tom, would this be a good point to put in a poll and ask what percentage of time people spend on Non-Core Responsibilities, those things other than financial accounting & reporting, tax, and audit…. 75%, 66%, 50%, 25% ****