Being consistently ethical is a challenge. Most of us have had to make tough choices. This session will discuss real world cases involving thorny ethical dilemmas and how to resolve them. Being ethical is not the same as complying with the law and ethical issues are not always black and...
With each new crisis, surviving organizations revise their risk management plans, often modeling situations which look like the one just past. Whatever crisis troubles your organization next, it is not likely to be another pandemic, but may resemble some other crisis from the distant past. ...
Implementing ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) is sure to have a major impact on your balance sheet and potentially on your business as well. This course is a one-stop shop for what you need to know about the upcoming changes to lease accounting. In this course, we will review how to measure...
The course explores the challenges of the current economic trends and analyzes their impact on you as the financial executive in areas of human resource management; credit markets and banking; risk management and pandemic style disruptions; cash flow planning strategies; debt and equity mix...
This year practitioners need to keep abreast of tax changes affecting pass-through entities used by their business clients and employers, and this enlightening course delivers that information. You will learn invaluable strategies, techniques, innovative tax-planning concepts, income-generating...
Breaking the Wall of blind acceptance; avoiding Habitual complacency and Yoking the dots between cause and effect.
Information is becoming more digitized, and electronic audit evidence is on the rise. With this trend, the use of SOC 1r reports in financial statement audits will become more prevalent. As a financial statement auditor (user auditor), you must obtain an understanding of the essential...
This course explores the ethical principles included in the Code of Professional Conduct that address emerging practice issues created by new technologies. Consider the how technologies could impact audit quality and the integrity of the financial systems and whether they create a need for CPAs...
This course describes the various forms of workplace bullying. It addresses abusive bosses, and bullying between co-workers. It explains both how to avoid bullying and how to respond to it in others. The session delves into behaviors that could be considered abusive and focuses on...
Blockchain and other emerging technologies will affect every industry and profession. For example, some products have already implemented machine learning and artificial intelligence to help you be more effective. Further, process automation tools are now available for small and mid-sized...
Does your firm have interest in expanding its’ services beyond traditional CPA services? Do you have staff with the expertise to compete against non-CPA firms? Welcome to a course that will lead you through the maze of creating a successful Consulting Business Practice for your CPA...
Good people believe everyone else is just like them. They cannot imagine someone could con them or their company and have no guilt or remorse about what they have done. Lack of guilt and empathy are key traits of a psychopath. Most of us envision psychopaths to be cold-blooded serial killers...
Performing engagements in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS or “Yellow Book”) requires additional reporting, ethics, and performance requirements. This course will identify and review the guidance found in the Yellow Book and analyze the...
How to pay for the cost of long-term care remains a primary concern for most clients over the age of 50. Explore clients' motivations, misconceptions and objections to purchasing long-term care insurance, and a look at the latest long-term care solutions, including hybrids. This event may...
Managing the Employee Life-cycle Series provides an overview of everything that you should know in managing your most important asset ... your people. Each part will cover current best practices that are aligned with the stages of the employee life-cycle which includes attracting the...
Companies often offer stock options as an additional form of compensation to attract and retain the best talent. Used appropriately, stock options can generate significant wealth. Yet many employees are unfamiliar with how stock options work and why options serve as a valuable opportunity for...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 has had a tremendous impact on commercial real estate, including liberalizing the depreciation provisions. This premium webinar will take an in-depth look at the current rules that tax practitioners will need to advise their clients on and will include a number...
The new field of Positive Psychology offers many methods and ideas for helping people be happier, healthier, and better at what they do. Nowadays, the ability to be at your best and get clients to enjoy working with you is critical to growing your business or getting ahead. ...
Interview-style session, moderated by Toby Groves, Ph.D. with John Hall & Steve Biskie. This is a session replay from "The Explorers Conference 2020: Exploring the New World of Governance, Audit, Leadership and Change". In this program we'll address how to replace outdated theories on...
A well-organized chart of accounts supports robust responsibility reporting, makes it easy to answer "what if?" questions and helps eliminate data entry errors. However, many organizations cling to the primitive practices of a half-century ago that impose barriers to developing budgets,...
