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Want to innovate using gen AI? You can’t be passive about it

June 13, 2025

Generative AI use can enhance workforce creativity, but the value is more pronounced in employees with specific abilities, new research finds.

  • business and industry
  • technology and cybersecurity

5 ways for CFOs to address the accounting talent shortage

June 10, 2025

The accountant shortage isn’t going away, but CFOs can change how they compete for talent.

  • business and industry
  • pipeline

In assembling finance teams, Excel expertise still trumps AI skills

May 28, 2025

AI’s impact on finance will continue to deepen, but large staffing cuts are an unlikely result, according to a new Vena Solutions report.

  • business and industry
  • technology and cybersecurity

84% of companies see rising costs as their biggest benefits challenge

May 27, 2025

Costs displace talent management as the top benefits decision driver, according to new Lockton research.

  • business and industry
  • practice management

Display that CPA

May 27, 2025

If you possess the skill, smarts, and persistence to become a licensed CPA, that should be something to celebrate and declare in your business dealings.

  • business and industry
  • career resources
  • practice management
  • pipeline

What leaders need to know about a growing group of employees

May 27, 2025

Five years from now, Generation Z and Millennial employees are expected to comprise more than 70% of the global workforce.

  • business and industry
  • career resources
  • practice management

97% of accounting firms say they’re inefficient with technology

May 20, 2025

This is a red flag for CFOs who are outsourcing finance functions to firms that sell themselves as being forward-thinking or technology driven.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • technology and cybersecurity

Return to office or retain flexibility? The latest on the debate

May 20, 2025

Amid a trend of more in-office work, a series of surveys offer perspective on the state of the workplace and reveal how employees feel about their place in the debate.

  • business and industry
  • practice management

A majority of employees use AI tools, but few do so daily

May 12, 2025

Almost half of workers receive no education or training on the proper use of the tools.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • technology and cybersecurity

More companies get assurance on sustainability reporting

May 12, 2025

Approximately three-quarters of large global companies are receiving assurance services on their sustainability reporting, according to a new report.

  • accounting and auditing
  • business and industry

Accountant shortage puts CFOs in the ‘hot seat’

May 08, 2025

Worried about how to maintain finance-department operations, many look ahead to generative AI for an assist.

  • business and industry
  • technology and cybersecurity

Tackling ESG: 3 keys to getting internal audits in order

May 06, 2025

CFOs should keep these priority areas in mind as they undergo internal audits and look to set themselves up for long-term ESG reporting success.

  • accounting and auditing
  • business and industry

Experience gap: When digital transformation outpaces training

May 05, 2025

Employees are struggling to develop at work, and some fear being left behind by innovation.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • technology and cybersecurity

Robert Half: Five Early Career Challenges Facing the Class of 2025 - and How to Overcome Them

April 29, 2025

As the class of 2025 prepares to enter the workforce, new research from talent solutions and business consulting firm Robert Half highlights the challenges faced by early-career professionals and the strategies to overcome them.

  • business and industry
  • career resources
  • practice management

The Essential New Hire Onboarding Checklist for Employers

April 24, 2025

Bringing someone new onto the team is more than just handling forms and saying hello. It's your first real opportunity to show them what it means to be part of your organization — and to lay the groundwork for their long-term success and sense of belonging.

  • business and industry
  • career resources
  • practice management

Steps to prepare for tariff volatility and a possible restructuring wave

April 22, 2025

Businesses previously buoyed by easy credit and low interest rates now face tightening liquidity, higher borrowing costs and strained supply chains.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • advocacy - federal

CT could withhold driver’s licenses from tax delinquents

April 21, 2025

Faced with a slumping economy and likely big cuts in federal aid, state legislators are once again weighing whether to turn delinquent taxpayers over to collection agencies — and block renewal of their driver’s licenses or vehicle registrations.

  • business and industry
  • state tax
  • advocacy - state

Governor Lamont Launches Reporting Tool for Entities in Connecticut Impacted by Recent Federal Actions

April 16, 2025

Governor Ned Lamont announced that he is encouraging businesses, nonprofits, and municipalities in Connecticut that have been impacted by recent actions from the federal government to report that information to the state so that it can be compiled into a central database and provide state policymakers with a better understanding of how these directives are affecting various groups, geographical regions, and sectors of the economy.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • advocacy - state

Business advocacy group seeks destruction of millions of BOI records

April 14, 2025

A small business advocacy organization that sued over beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements asked the federal government to destroy BOI reports filed before the government dropped the requirement for domestic entities.

  • accounting and auditing
  • business and industry
  • advocacy - federal
  • boi

Financial Accounting Foundation Board of Trustees Seeks Nominations for Private Company Council Members

April 14, 2025

The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) today announced the Appointments Committee is seeking nominations for new members of the Private Company Council (PCC). New member terms will be for three years beginning January 1, 2026, and ending on December 31, 2028, with the possibility of reappointment to an additional three-year term.

  • business and industry
  • advocacy - federal