The Accounting Influencers Podcast explores accountancy as a preferred profession or career choice plus better talent retention for accounting firms - Accounting Influencers Podcast

Episode 47

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9th Nov 2021

Why Are So Many Professionals Leaving or Not Even Entering Accounting?

Episode 47. In today's news episode, The Accounting Influencers Podcast explores accountancy as a preferred profession or career choice plus better talent retention for accounting firms.

Key takeaways include:

▶ What leads accounting firm leaders and firm partners to view their staff as 'worker ants'

▶ Why financial and emotional investment in employees is so low in accounting practices

▶ What looking after your staff makes them want to do in an accounting practice

▶ What makes many younger accountants doubt their future and place in the accounting profession

▶ Are there really more accounting professionals leaving the profession than there are coming into it?

▶ Why the talent shortage in accounting and finance is only acute in some parts of the world

▶ How technology and outsourcing play their part in harnessing the human capital in an accounting firm

▶ How to keep accounting talent in the profession if they are looking elsewhere or not being looked after where they are

▶ Where the blame right lie for accountants leaking out of or not wanting to come into the accountancy profession

▶ How loss of good accounting talent is worsened by the inability of many accountancy practices to recruit new talent

▶ How numbers-oriented individuals and accounting graduates have so many career options now outside of accountancy practices

▶ The difference between an accounting practice and an accounting business

▶ How the Big 4 firms cast a net over the highest quality accounting talent, then spit the rest out for other firms to fight over

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About the Podcast

Accounting Influencers Podcast
Host Rob Brown shows accounting professionals and leaders how to be more influential, grow their personal brand and be more authoritative, relevant and high profile in their roles..
The Accounting Influencers Podcast, hosted by Rob Brown, is a must-listen for accounting professionals looking to strengthen their leadership presence, stay informed on disruptive forces in accounting and build credibility within their firms. Geared toward firm leaders, managers, partners and influencers, the show covers key topics like career development, influence, personal branding and interpreting the evolving trends impacting the accounting world. Rob brings his expertise to each episode, offering insights and guidance on how to grow your personal brand and stay strategically important in a rapidly changing profession. Whether you're aiming to influence within your firm or expand your reputation outside of it, this international podcast offers practical advice and forward-thinking insights that will keep you informed and prepared for the future.
Accounting leadership
Executive presence for accountants
Building influence in accounting
Accounting industry trends
Personal branding for accountants
Accounting firm strategy
Accounting business models
Leadership in accounting firms
Talent management in accounting
Authority in accounting profession
Career development for accountants
Accounting firm growth strategies
Influencers in accounting
Accounting firm management
Disruptive forces in accounting
Accounting leadership strategies
Accounting career success
Accounting firm decision-makers
Accounting business trends
Building credibility in accounting

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Rob Brown

Rob Brown hosts the multiple accounting podcast and chair conferences, panels and events globally for the accounting and fintech profession. He is co-founder of Accounting Influencers Roundtable (AIR) which helps vendors, experts and influencers serve the accounting and finance world. He is a dynamic speaker and accomplished expert on trust, reputation, employer brand, talent, career development, succession, gen z/generations, employee advocacy and executive presence. Rob is author of the bestselling book Build Your Reputation (Wiley) and his TEDx talk ‘The Personal Brand of You’ has been viewed 400,000 times on YouTube. He is a stroke survivor, has epilepsy, is a committed Christian and has a black belt in kickboxing. He is based in Nottingham UK, home of Robin Hood, plays chess and backgammon, loves orange chocolate and is allergic to grapefruit.