The Culture Conflicts:
Are Long-Standing Business Practices Damaging the Accounting and Finance Profession?

“Finding and retaining talent” continues to be one of the biggest challenges we hear from accounting firms. The CPA profession struggles with retaining young professionals, advancing women into leadership positions, and building succession plans for firms.

Why haven’t we solved these problems, even though we’ve talked about them for years? Do we really understand what’s behind these issues? What if they’re actually driven by our workplace cultures? 

In its 2018 INSIGHT Special Feature, the Illinois CPA Society asks the question: "Are long-standing business practices damaging the accounting and finance profession?"

We welcome your thoughts and insights on these very important issues impacting our profession.

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