Carla McCall, CPA, CGMA, managing partner of the firm AAFCPAs, began her one-year term as AICPA chair in May. In this JofA podcast episode, she said that “whirlwind” was a good description of the ...

2025 is set to be a year of big changes for many of us. The United States has a new/returning administration. Employees at several large companies are being called back to the office five days a week ...

Given the hectic pace of change in most organizations, my client conversations about leading change have evolved. Where clients once called me for advice about leading through a specific change, now ...

Photo courtesy of Leon Speakers. The hyper-charged, technology-forward mindset of the roaring 2020s has given businesses and individuals challenges and opportunities to consider. Ironically, this is ...

How would you describe your workplace culture? Is it “rise and grind?” Or more “wellness Wednesdays?” Recently, CEOs at large U.S. companies like AT&T and Amazon have been extolling the virtues of ...

Only 45 percent of employees know what’s expected of them at work, according to Gallup’s latest research on workplace engagement. At the same time, an entrepreneur named Nell Wulfhart is charging ...

If you’re like most Americans, you’ll spend one-third of your life working. And that doesn’t account for commuting time, which averages 26 minutes each way, or nearly an hour a day. When you spend all ...

As hybrid work environments continue to multiply, they’ve spawned a workplace trend called “hot-desking” in which employees have communal rather than assigned desks. “This trend gained momentum ...

Twice each month, executives at the dating app company Hinge gather for a team meeting. But rather than dive into discussions about metrics or revenue, they begin by simply talking. For the first 30 ...

When teenagers go swimming, they sometimes like to see who can make the biggest splash. A favorite launch protocol is the belly flop. What the belly flop lacks in grace and elegance it makes up for in ...

I’ve been authoring business articles for decades, but this one is a first. I’m writing from bed, recovering from a nasty case of influenza A. I guess there’s a first time for everything, but not all ...

Based on its most recent data for the third quarter of 2025, Fidelity puts the average 401 (k) savings rate at 14.2% of ...