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3 Ways CFOs Can Drive a Cohesive Company Culture

June 08, 2023

Here’s how CFOs can use their unique skill set to play an active role in strengthening company culture.

  • business and industry
  • career resources
  • practice management

AI won't take your job, But someone using AI might

June 07, 2023

ChatGPT is the latest in a very long line of artificial intelligence (AI) advancements to result in much scaremongering.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • technology and cybersecurity

Tactics to manage and resolve workplace conflict

June 07, 2023

Framing conversations, using emotional intelligence, and bringing in a mediator if needed can help resolve business workplace conflict.

  • business and industry
  • practice management

Accounting giants join AI investment rush

June 06, 2023

Thanks to the hoopla surrounding ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, private and public investors are caught up in a funding frenzy recently characterised by the FT as “the latest Californian gold rush”.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • technology and cybersecurity

Carlton Helming Published in 'Journal of Corporate Renewal'

June 04, 2023

Carlton Helming, founding principal of Helming & Company, P.C., recently wrote the cover story "Finding Profit in a Failing Business Requires Dedication to Change" for the Turnaround Management Association's Journal of Corporate Renewal. The organization has 57,000 members internationally.

  • member news

Leadership on LinkedIn: Pathways and Pratfalls

June 02, 2023

With LinkedIn dominating the professional social media landscape, leaders who want to establish a brand must take heed of the pitfalls.

  • business and industry
  • career resources
  • practice management
  • technology and cybersecurity

Can ChatGPT answer your clients' questions?

June 01, 2023

AI such as ChatGPT is changing the world as we know it. As a practitioner, can it help you better serve your clients, support your staff, and prepare you and your practice for the future? Let's first take a look at what ChatGPT is as we attempt to answer these questions. We will then provide an example of a conversation between this powerful AI chatbot and a hypothetical client and let you be the judge.

  • accounting and auditing
  • technology and cybersecurity
  • federal tax

Whittlesey Named "Best Accountant or CPA" in Best of Hartford Readers' Poll

May 30, 2023

Founded in Hartford in 1961, Whittlesey is the largest Connecticut-based CPA and consulting firm. Recognized as a “Best of the Best Accounting Firm” by Inside Public Accounting, Whittlesey offers a comprehensive array of advisory, audit, client accounting services, tax, cybersecurity, and technology services to a broad range of businesses and individuals.

  • member news

5 DE&I Strategies for Small Businesses

May 26, 2023

Here’s how small businesses can implement diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to strengthen their culture and continue to evolve.

  • business and industry
  • diversity
  • practice management

Anthony Cirone Elected to Union Savings Bank Board

May 25, 2023

Anthony W. Cirone, Jr., CPA and managing partner of CironeFriedberg, LLP, has been elected to the Board of Trustees at Union Savings Bank, headquartered in Danbury, Conn.

  • member news

4 ways CFOs can maximise the benefits of predictive analytics

May 24, 2023

Achieving maximum value from predictive analytics requires a robust strategy and a model with a human-centric design that is also appropriate to the business.

  • business and industry
  • technology and cybersecurity

61% of Managers Say Exec Leaders Hold Them Back From Innovation: Weekly Stat

May 24, 2023

Many finance leaders have a hands-on approach to leadership, but most managers believe it impedes their ability to innovate.

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • technology and cybersecurity

Coalition Including CPAs Calls Attention to New Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Requirements

May 22, 2023

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) joined a coalition of organizations who have come together to make taxpayers and practitioners aware of the new Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirement. BOI is an anti-money laundering initiative enacted through the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) in 2021, which mandates that BOI information is reported to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

  • business and industry
  • practice management
  • advocacy - federal
  • boi

How Connecticut changed during COVID, in 10 charts

May 21, 2023

On May 10, exactly three years and two months after Gov. Ned Lamont declared a public health emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he declared it over.

  • business and industry
  • coronavirus
  • practice management
  • advocacy - state

AICPA releases expanded plan for addressing CPA pipeline challenges

May 17, 2023

The AICPA released an expanded plan Thursday focused on boosting the profession's talent pipeline. The detailed plan features input from a significant set of stakeholders and calls for those stakeholders to work together to increase the number of accounting graduates and the number of graduates who obtain CPA licensure.

  • business and industry
  • career resources
  • personal financial planning

Why private companies need a plan for ESG reporting, assurance

May 17, 2023

A midnight rummage through your refrigerator won't result in the discovery of something manufactured by Southwire alongside your favorite brand of cheese, but that cheese might not smell so appetizing without Southwire.

  • accounting and auditing
  • business and industry
  • practice management

CTCPA's Accounting Scholarship Foundation Awards 20 Scholarships

May 15, 2023

CTCPA Announced its Accounting Scholarship Foundation's (ASF) scholarship winners and will hold a Recognition Reception for those individuals on Thursday, June 1.

  • member news
  • press room

Bradley Kronstat of Guilford Honored with CPA Society Leadership Award

May 12, 2023

The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CTCPA) honored Bradley D. Kronstat, CPA of Guilford with the 2023 Jack Brooks Leadership Award recently at the CTCPA Annual Meeting.

  • member news
  • press room

Connecticut Society of CPAs Elects 2023-2024 Leadership

May 12, 2023

The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CTCPA) has elected and installed its Board of Directors for the 2023-2024 activity year.

  • member news
  • press room

70% of Gen Z Employees Would Switch Jobs for Better Tech: Weekly Stat

May 10, 2023

CFOs who want to retain Gen Z employees — a group that will make up more than a quarter of the workforce by 2025 — should embrace technology.

  • business and industry
  • career resources
  • practice management