MACPA's XBRL Project includes tagging our financial reporting dtata to XBRL GL and using that to populate KPI analysis speadsheets. Next steps include mapping to GAAP taxonomy, creating non-profit extensions, and possibly transmitting to govt'
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
Can XBRL be used by NFPs and small businesses to gain internal efficiences with their accounting and financial reporting functions?
The Maryland Association of CPAs recently set out to see for oursleves and using a set of tools from Altova were able to use XBRL successfully to map our financial data, moving it into KPI software, and believe it can be used to populate tax filings, produce on-line financial statements and much more.
The project was done with our Director of Finance, Skip Falatko, CPA and a college student intern, Tom Hood IV (Salisbury University) with inpsiration and coaching by Eric E. Cohen of PWC (and a founding member of XBRL).
This case study was produced by Altova after hearing about our use of XBRL GL to tag and embed XBRL into our general ledger and then map to our financial statements and the US GAAP taxonomy. From here we can map to IFRS, our KPI system, and much, much more.
and did we say that we did this with an accounting intern?
We do think it is a powerful new technology that can reshape the financial reporting supply chain much like barcodes transformed the mfg and distribution supply chains.
Case study published by Alova, an industry leader in XML software. The case study highlights XBRL work completed at the Maryland Association of CPA's and gives an in-depth technical breakdown of what was accomplished, using Altova tools. XBRL GL was extensively used in the MACPA case study and is a technology that we believe is underused yet provides the biggest advantage.
XBRL and the MACPA - Summit PresentationThomas Hood
Slides of a presentation given by myself and Skip Falatko of the MACPA. This presentation covers what XBRL is in broad terms as well as an in-depth look at how the MACPA is using XBRL to improve internal efficiencies as well as extend the U.S GAAP FR Taxonomy.
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
Can XBRL be used by NFPs and small businesses to gain internal efficiences with their accounting and financial reporting functions?
The Maryland Association of CPAs recently set out to see for oursleves and using a set of tools from Altova were able to use XBRL successfully to map our financial data, moving it into KPI software, and believe it can be used to populate tax filings, produce on-line financial statements and much more.
The project was done with our Director of Finance, Skip Falatko, CPA and a college student intern, Tom Hood IV (Salisbury University) with inpsiration and coaching by Eric E. Cohen of PWC (and a founding member of XBRL).
This case study was produced by Altova after hearing about our use of XBRL GL to tag and embed XBRL into our general ledger and then map to our financial statements and the US GAAP taxonomy. From here we can map to IFRS, our KPI system, and much, much more.
and did we say that we did this with an accounting intern?
We do think it is a powerful new technology that can reshape the financial reporting supply chain much like barcodes transformed the mfg and distribution supply chains.
Case study published by Alova, an industry leader in XML software. The case study highlights XBRL work completed at the Maryland Association of CPA's and gives an in-depth technical breakdown of what was accomplished, using Altova tools. XBRL GL was extensively used in the MACPA case study and is a technology that we believe is underused yet provides the biggest advantage.
XBRL and the MACPA - Summit PresentationThomas Hood
Slides of a presentation given by myself and Skip Falatko of the MACPA. This presentation covers what XBRL is in broad terms as well as an in-depth look at how the MACPA is using XBRL to improve internal efficiencies as well as extend the U.S GAAP FR Taxonomy.
Leading in the Age of Transformation is the theme of the Colorado Society of CPAs Leadership Council. This is the professional issues update to provide context from future trends and issues facing the CPA Profession.
For more information about that meeting contact Mary Medley, CEO of the COCPAs
The MACPA Town Hall / PIU events cover 10%+ of our membership reaching approximately 1,000 CPAs every six months in a four hour trends and issues update by MACPA’s CEO, Tom Hood.
In addition the slide deck is posted on Sllideshare where it was featured on the home page and received almost 4,000 views.
Plus social amplification by Tom Hood, Bills Sheridan and MACPA.
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.
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.
Your customers are implementing a procurement solution. Learn how to change beliefs, shift thinking, and drive conversations and change within your company to shift from operationally focused e-commerce to customer-centric digital commerce and help your company flourish. You'll also gain insights into how to get to the future and create a change organization.
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".
Top 5 Things Entrepreneurs Need to Know
Presentation by: Plamen Petkov, Vice-President, Ontario & Business Resources
Series of presentations from the MantraVision 2015 Event held on October 21st by Mantralogix Inc.
http://insights.mantralogix.com/mantravision-2015-event
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.
The time is now! MACPA task force supports creation of private company standards board, says GAAP exceptions and modifications are essential to meet the needs of private company users of financial statements and reduce overly complex and unnecessary accounting standards.
A panel of task force members presented their report, recommendtaions and analysis at the MACPA CPA Summit on June 3, 2011 at the BWI Hilton Hotel in Maryland.
The report was accepted and endorsed unaimously by the MACPA Board the day before.
What is XBRL? Is it just another compliance burden forced on public companies or a powerful new technology that can change the way financial information is produced and distributed?
The Maryland Association of CPAs recently set out to see for oursleves and this presentation includes our findings. We have seen efficiencies in accessing our financial data, moving it into KPI software, and believe it can be used to populate tax filings, produce on-line financial statements and much more.
We are also joined by Eric E. Cohen, PWC and one of the founders of XBRL for a global XBRL update including the SEC mandate and SBR projects around the world where XBRL is being used to dramatically reduce teh reporting and compliance burden by businesses to governments.
We do think it is a powerful new technology that can reshape the financial reporting supply chain much like barcodes transformed the mfg and distribution supply chains.
This presentation was produced by Skip Falatko, Tom Hood IV (Student Intern), and Eric E Cohen (PWC)
MACPA's CEO, Tom Hood opened the 2013 Government & Not-For-profit Conference with a briefing of the 2013 Professional Issues Update featuring the latest trends and issues facing CPAs. This special briefing focused on developments affecting Government and NFP CPAs. The MACPA Government & NFP Conference is an annual event attracting 500+ CPAs serving and working in GNFP.
Doing business in Canada: Where to Play and How to Win? Globalupside1
Watch leaders from Global Upside, Boast Capital and provincial representative from the Canadian government as they explore Canada’s accounting, HR, payroll and regulatory “must knows”. For more info contact us at: info@globalupside.com
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.
Leading in the Age of Transformation is the theme of the Colorado Society of CPAs Leadership Council. This is the professional issues update to provide context from future trends and issues facing the CPA Profession.
For more information about that meeting contact Mary Medley, CEO of the COCPAs
The MACPA Town Hall / PIU events cover 10%+ of our membership reaching approximately 1,000 CPAs every six months in a four hour trends and issues update by MACPA’s CEO, Tom Hood.
In addition the slide deck is posted on Sllideshare where it was featured on the home page and received almost 4,000 views.
Plus social amplification by Tom Hood, Bills Sheridan and MACPA.
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.
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.
Your customers are implementing a procurement solution. Learn how to change beliefs, shift thinking, and drive conversations and change within your company to shift from operationally focused e-commerce to customer-centric digital commerce and help your company flourish. You'll also gain insights into how to get to the future and create a change organization.
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".
Top 5 Things Entrepreneurs Need to Know
Presentation by: Plamen Petkov, Vice-President, Ontario & Business Resources
Series of presentations from the MantraVision 2015 Event held on October 21st by Mantralogix Inc.
http://insights.mantralogix.com/mantravision-2015-event
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.
The time is now! MACPA task force supports creation of private company standards board, says GAAP exceptions and modifications are essential to meet the needs of private company users of financial statements and reduce overly complex and unnecessary accounting standards.
A panel of task force members presented their report, recommendtaions and analysis at the MACPA CPA Summit on June 3, 2011 at the BWI Hilton Hotel in Maryland.
The report was accepted and endorsed unaimously by the MACPA Board the day before.
What is XBRL? Is it just another compliance burden forced on public companies or a powerful new technology that can change the way financial information is produced and distributed?
The Maryland Association of CPAs recently set out to see for oursleves and this presentation includes our findings. We have seen efficiencies in accessing our financial data, moving it into KPI software, and believe it can be used to populate tax filings, produce on-line financial statements and much more.
We are also joined by Eric E. Cohen, PWC and one of the founders of XBRL for a global XBRL update including the SEC mandate and SBR projects around the world where XBRL is being used to dramatically reduce teh reporting and compliance burden by businesses to governments.
We do think it is a powerful new technology that can reshape the financial reporting supply chain much like barcodes transformed the mfg and distribution supply chains.
This presentation was produced by Skip Falatko, Tom Hood IV (Student Intern), and Eric E Cohen (PWC)
MACPA's CEO, Tom Hood opened the 2013 Government & Not-For-profit Conference with a briefing of the 2013 Professional Issues Update featuring the latest trends and issues facing CPAs. This special briefing focused on developments affecting Government and NFP CPAs. The MACPA Government & NFP Conference is an annual event attracting 500+ CPAs serving and working in GNFP.
Doing business in Canada: Where to Play and How to Win? Globalupside1
Watch leaders from Global Upside, Boast Capital and provincial representative from the Canadian government as they explore Canada’s accounting, HR, payroll and regulatory “must knows”. For more info contact us at: info@globalupside.com
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
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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.
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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.
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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!
This session was produced for the DCPA15 Conference in Las Vegas.
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.
This presentation was developed and presented for the Digital CPA Conference in December #DCPA15
The Business Learning Institute can help you build your magnetic firm framework and strategic learning plan - contact us at http://www.blionline.org
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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2. Explore the sustainability implementation model, focusing on effective measures and reporting strategies to track and communicate sustainability efforts.
3. Identify and define best practices and critical success factors essential for achieving sustainability goals within organizations.
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