- Maryland was the third state to recognize public accounting by enacting a law establishing certified public accountants in 1900.
- The Maryland Association of CPAs was established in 1901 to unite CPAs in the state and adhere to high professional standards.
- Maryland was one of the first states to enact mandatory continuing professional education (CPE) for CPAs to keep up with changes.
Slidedeck for New CPA Swearing-in Ceremony held in cooperation with the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation to recognize newly licensed CPAs in Maryland.
This includes some fun facts about the history of the CPA Profession in Maryland.
This is our sixth year hosting this event and featured Barry Melancon, CPA Chairman of the AICPA, Liz Gantnier, CPA member of the State Board, and Michael Vorgetts, Commissioner of Occupational & Professional Licensing of the DLLR who administered the oath.
Presentation at the Maryland Association of CPAs Chesapeake Tax Conference on September 27th by MACPA CEO, Tom Hood, CPA. Covers the latest updates on federal and state tax changes and laws facing Certified Public Accountants.
Gallup research shows 70% of the American workforce is disengaged. They say that mission and purpose driven organizations experience higher rates, but what can we do to make that higher? The answer lies in a highly sophisticated management technique called #MBSN or management by sticky notes.
Tom Hood, CEO of the MACPA and Business Learning Institute shares the why and how of MBSN in this special session on "collaboration made easy. Particpation and collaboration leads to engagement which increases trust (7 X according to Gallup) and ultimately yields to the holy grail of engaged people who give you their discretionary effort.
Tom provides exempts of how they have used this at the Maryland Association of CPAs and in their strategic planning work. They used this to design and facilitate the grassroots future forums during the CPA Horizons 2025 project.
Presentation by Skip Falatko & Thomas Hood to the XBRL US Conference in Nashville.
Maryland Association of CPAs case study on how we standardized our financial data down to the transaction level using XBRL GL. We were able to streamline our internal financial reporting, creating drill down financial statements and automating export to our KPI Analysis system across two different systems. The result? faster data for management decision making, increased accuracy, and freeing up finance team for more analysis and less checking of data.
Slidedeck for New CPA Swearing-in Ceremony held in cooperation with the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation to recognize newly licensed CPAs in Maryland.
This includes some fun facts about the history of the CPA Profession in Maryland.
This is our sixth year hosting this event and featured Barry Melancon, CPA Chairman of the AICPA, Liz Gantnier, CPA member of the State Board, and Michael Vorgetts, Commissioner of Occupational & Professional Licensing of the DLLR who administered the oath.
Presentation at the Maryland Association of CPAs Chesapeake Tax Conference on September 27th by MACPA CEO, Tom Hood, CPA. Covers the latest updates on federal and state tax changes and laws facing Certified Public Accountants.
Gallup research shows 70% of the American workforce is disengaged. They say that mission and purpose driven organizations experience higher rates, but what can we do to make that higher? The answer lies in a highly sophisticated management technique called #MBSN or management by sticky notes.
Tom Hood, CEO of the MACPA and Business Learning Institute shares the why and how of MBSN in this special session on "collaboration made easy. Particpation and collaboration leads to engagement which increases trust (7 X according to Gallup) and ultimately yields to the holy grail of engaged people who give you their discretionary effort.
Tom provides exempts of how they have used this at the Maryland Association of CPAs and in their strategic planning work. They used this to design and facilitate the grassroots future forums during the CPA Horizons 2025 project.
Presentation by Skip Falatko & Thomas Hood to the XBRL US Conference in Nashville.
Maryland Association of CPAs case study on how we standardized our financial data down to the transaction level using XBRL GL. We were able to streamline our internal financial reporting, creating drill down financial statements and automating export to our KPI Analysis system across two different systems. The result? faster data for management decision making, increased accuracy, and freeing up finance team for more analysis and less checking of data.
Annual event hosted by the Maryland Association of CPAs to celebrate the newly licensed CPAs in Maryland. The Acting Commissioner of Occupational & Professional Licensing, Michael Vorgetts administered an oath committing CPAs to protecting the public interest. Members of the State Board of Public Accountancy were on hand to recognize the accomplishments of these new CPAs.
Ever wonder why you pay so much local and excise taxes when you rent a car while traveling? It is because the large national rental car companies stopped supporting state rental car associations according to a Wall Street Journal article in November, 2005. The article said, “The flurry of taxation is partly due to the fact that the rental-car industry's trade association was dissolved in June, leaving it with no effective lobby. The industry is notoriously fractious, making it harder for companies to jointly combat tax increases.” This led to some 44 rental-car tax proposals in various states up from only three the year before they abandoned their support of their associations. This played out again in the Maryland legislature during the sales tax flurry in 2007 when the legislature passed new taxes on computer services and landscapers. They both were not represented by associations.
MACPA has been advocating for Maryland CPAs since the passage of the first Accountancy laws in 1900. We work at the federal, state, and state board of accountant levels to pass proactive legislation that enhances the ability of CPAs to work and practice in Maryland and to stop bad bills that will inhibit the ability of CPAs to work and practice in Maryland.
This year we are facing a significant challenge as we face an election predicted to cause over 40% turnover in the 188 seats in Maryland's General Assembly along with a new governor, attorney general and most likely a new secretary of the DLLR that oversees our state board of public accountancy.
This presentation is a call to action for our members and firms to support these efforts and ensure another decade of positive impact.
Update to Maryland CPA Firms covering the latest developments & issues facing CPA Firms. This meeting covered the special session and 2012 session of the Maryland General Assembly and updates on other issues like generations, leadership & success planning, talent, and technology. Put on by the Maryland Association of CPAs
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.
Fall, 2009 1st draft Professional Issues Update for CPAs - focusing on Top 5 Trends: Economy, Regulations/Standards, Globalization, Workforce, Technology
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.
What does a career in accounting (CPA) offer? What are the major trends and issues facing CPAs today? This special session for accounting students was presented to Salisbury University's students from Beta Alpha Psi and IMA campus chapters.
Tom Hood, CEO of Maryland Association of CPAs provides these special updates on the CPA Profession to their members. This is the latest developments in the CPA Profession featuring the latest developments in trends and issue in the legislative & regulatory areas. Covering the latest from the IRS, FASB, IASB, and the State of Maryland.
Special Accounting Major presentation on a career in accounting and the job outlook for becoming a CPA.
This special session was in conjunction with the NABA Baltimore Chapter and the Tomorrow's CPA student group of MACPA.
This session featured six universities in Maryland - Towson University (host), Morgan, UMUC, University of Baltimore, Stevenson University, and University of Maryland.
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.
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Top 10 reasons and resources for CPA Firms from State CPA Associations. Presentation to the AAA National Practice Management Conference in New Orleans by Tom Hood, CPA, Past President of national CPA-SEA (State Execustives Association) and President of the Maryland Association of CPAs
MACPA Professional Issues Update - Spring 2009 edition. Preso covers major trends affecting the CPA profession including the economic crisis, globalization, regulation/standards, technology, workforce, and Maryland legislative & regulatory developments
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.
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.
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3) Inspiring workplace – flexible and inclusive
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Social;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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New CPA - Welcome to the Profession - MACPA
1. Welcome to the CPA Profession!
Congratulations New CPAs!
November 1, 2012
BWI Hilton Hotel
The Maryland Association of CPAs
www.macpa.org
2. We believe in CPAs! Period.
And we believe in you!
Congratulations!
3. “Let your future be lit with
the knowledge of the
past.”
- Sakichi Toyoda, Founder, Toyoda Automatic Loom
Works, predecessor to Toyota Motor Company
4. Maryland CPA Facts
Tonight marks the fifth year of our official
swearing-in ceremony developed in
cooperation with the Maryland
Department of Labor Licensing &
Regulation
5. Maryland CPA Facts
Welcome Secretary of the DLLR, Leonard Howie III
On September 17, 2012,
Governor Martin O'Malley
named Leonard James Howie,
III as Secretary of the
Maryland Department of
Labor, Licensing & Regulation
(DLLR).
6. Maryland CPA Facts
Welcome Harry Loleas, Commissioner of Occupational &
Professional Licensing who will administer the oath
Pictured left to right – Dennis Gring, Ray Speciale & Harry Loleas
7. Maryland CPA Facts
Welcome Michael Vorgetts, Deputy Commissioner of
Occupational & Professional Licensing
Michael Vorgetts joined the Division of
Occupational and Professional Licensing in
August 2012 to serve as Deputy Commissioner
after four years with the Maryland Department
of Legislative Services. In his capacity with
Legislative Services, Michael conducted fiscal and
policy analysis on issues related to DLLR
8. Maryland CPA Facts
Maryland State Board of Public Accountants
Chair - Thomas J. Tim Murphy, CPA, Industry Member (Prince
George's County)
Mac N. Claxton, CPA, Industry Member (Prince George's County)
Elizabeth S. Gantnier, CPA, Industry Member (Frederick County)
Clifton B. Jeter, CPA, Industry Member (Montgomery County)
Ella H. Pierce, Consumer Member (Baltimore City)
Naomi B. Powell, Consumer Member (Prince George's County)
Raymond C. Speciale, Esq., CPA, Education Member (Frederick
County)
Dennis L. Gring, Executive Director
Linda Rhew, Administrative Officer
9. Maryland CPA Facts
Maryland is
reporting record
#s of CPA Exam
candidates CPE
Exam passers
Source: Maryland State
Board of Public
Accountancy
10. Maryland CPA Facts
Associations have their
roots in the First
Amendment of the US
Constitution that allowed
for:
• freedom of speech
• to peaceably assemble
• to petition the
Government for a
redress of grievances
Source: Newseum in Washington DC
11. Maryland CPA Facts
Two Marylanders are credited with
the formation of the CPA
Profession in the United States:
Edward C. Cockey as the first
president of the AICPA and Henry
Harney as the source of the
concept of a Certified Public
Accountant.
Source : MACPA History Book
12. Maryland CPA Facts
A profession has three major attributes
1. A distinct and evolving body of knowledge
2. A commitment to the public interest – licensed by the
government
3. A code of conduct and ethics
13. Maryland CPA Facts
The CPA Examination
The 1900 Exam
The 2012 Exam
1. Practical Accounting
1. Auditing Attestation
2. Theory of Accounts
(AUD)
3. Auditing
2. Business Environment
4. Commercial Law
Concepts (BEC)
5. Commercial 3. Financial Accounting
Arithmetic
Reporting (FAR)
4. Regulation (REG)
14. Maryland CPA Facts
Maryland was the third state in the U.S.
to recognize the public interest of
accounting and financial reporting by
enacting a law that established and
regulated the practice of the profession
of PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT.
On April 10, 1900, Governor John Smith
signed into law Chapter 719 establishing
the (Certified) Public Accounting
designation
15. Maryland CPA Facts
The Maryland Association of CPAs, Inc.
was established on February 12, 1901 for
the purpose of uniting CPAs across
Maryland and enabling them to conform
to the high standards of the CPA
profession.
16. Maryland CPA Facts
We updated our mission
and purpose in 2000
(and logo in 2011) to
reflect the changing
world of the CPA
Profession and our
Association.
17. Maryland CPA Facts
We will help CPAs compete and thrive in a
rapidly changing environment by:
• Connecting them to their profession, each other, and the
business community.
• Protecting and promoting the CPA license and brand.
• Achieving career success through technical excellence,
thought leadership, best-in-class professional
development, and being their trusted filter for
information.
18. Maryland CPA Facts
Associations were a “uniquely American institution”
first observed by the French political philosopher in
1835 when he noted:
“From then on, they are no longer isolated
men, but a power one sees from a far, whose
actions serve as an example; a power that
speaks, and to which one listens.”
– Alexis de Tocqueville
19. CPAs in record attendance at CPA Day in Annapolis
Nowhere is this more evident than in our advocacy efforts at
the State Board of Public Accountancy and in Annapolis for
our Legislature…
CPA Day in Annapolis January 16, 2013
20. History
of
CPA
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560
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Maryland
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to
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for
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21. Maryland CPA Facts
Maryland was one of the first states to enact a law requiring
mandator y Continuing Professional Education (CPE),
recognizing the public interest of CPAs keeping up with
changes in standards and law. This has turned into a core
value of lifelong learning for CPAs.
22. And continues to be modernized to meet the demands of the
Profession and the changing world we live in…
A Bill SB 128
Maryland Senate
Maryland Governor
Law
From State Board
House passes bill
signs into law
Maryland State Board of
Public Accountancy
Clarify thru regulations
And enforce the law
23. Maryland CPA Facts
In 1924, Maryland was the first state to enact
a law restricting the practice of public
accountancy to licensed CPAs and
recognizing the important role CPAs
would play in the growing commerce and
industrial sectors of the Maryland
economy.
This would resurface with the advent of
Accounting Review services in a 1981
Attorney General Opinion allowing non-
CPAs to offer reviews and compilations in
the State of Maryland, only to be reversed
by legislation sponsored by MACPA the
State Board in 2010 reverting back to the
original intent of the 1924 law.
24. Maryland CPA Facts
More than 100 MACPA members call our senators and we
defeat the amendment!
25. Maryland CPA Facts
“A large field for the ladies”
MACPA was one of the first
organizations to recognize
the importance of women in
the CPA profession with the
admittance in 1909 of two
members, Elsa Doetsch and
Florence Hooper.
The Maryland BAR would
not admit women until 1946
Source: MACPA History Book
26. Maryland CPA Facts
Maryland continues to be a leader in the CPA
Profession and recognized as an innovator.
27. Maryland CPA Facts
Maryland continues to be a leader in the CPA
Profession and recognized as an innovator.
28. Maryland CPA Facts
Last year MACPA led the CPA Horizons 2025 Project
for the AICPA using our i2a: Insight to Action strategic
thinking system to design and facilitate over 30 future
forums with 1,000 CPAs to create a vision for the
Profession in 2025.
29. Maryland CPA Facts
MACPA’s CEO was
named as the fourth
most influential
person in the
Accounting
Profession among the
Top 100 list by
Accounting Today
Magazine. It was
Tom’s eighth year on
the list.
30. Maryland CPA Facts
MACPA members have a competitive
edge with 24 hours of free CPE and the
best learning resources in the CPA
Profession
31. Maryland CPA Facts
MACPA can help you maximize your career trajectory
through our Business Learning Institute’s leadership
proficiency training.
http://cpa.tc/thebounce
32. Maryland CPA Facts
“Association members earn
higher salaries, like their
jobs more, and are happier
people, on average, than
those that do not join
associations.”
- Where the Winners Meet:
Why Happier, More Successful
People Gravitate Toward
Associations Study by William
E. Smith
33. Association by Seth Godin
Who you hang out with determines what
you dream about and what you collide with.
And the collisions and the dreams lead to
your changes.
And the changes are what you become.
Change the outcome by changing your
circle.
34. There is an old adage that says,
you can tell a lot about a person from the company they
keep.”
We hope you will choose to “associate” with us. Best
wishes for a successful career as a CPA!
The Maryland Association of CPAs
www.macpa.org