Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA
Loyola UniversityApril 12, 2012
MACPA Professional Issues Update 2012 Student Edition
The Future
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30 Future Forums1,000 CPAs
Identified these top trends
What CPAs think about the future
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OUR GYROSCOPE!
In 1997, the CPA profession crowd-sourced its future with over 3,500 CPAs in the CPA Vision Project
That was re-validated in 2011 by 8,000+ CPAs
CPAs...Making
sense of a changing
and complex world.
CPAs...Making
sense of a changing
and complex world.
Our core purpose, our reason for being is
Here is what they said…
The DNA of the CPAValues & Competencies
• Leadership• Communication• Strategic Thinking• Collaboration & Synthesis• Technologically Savvy
Our Vision Statement for the future is:( mandates to ourselves for a successful future)
• Communicating the total picture with clarity and objectivity,
• Translating complex information into critical knowledge,
• Anticipating and creating opportunities, and
• Designing pathways that transform vision into reality.
CPAs are the trusted professionals who enablepeople and organizations to shape their future.Combining insight with integrity, CPAs deliver
value by:
The CPA Brand
The
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• Change• Complexity• Compliance• Convergence• Competition
MANAGING THE SEA CHANGE
Why MACPA?
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Connect – Connecting you to your Profession
Connecting the pipeline of CPAs
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http://www.facebook.com/TomorrowsCPA
StudentsCPA
Candidates
CPAs
Protect – Protecting the CPA License & Public Interest since 1901
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Private Company Standards
7,390 Comments!
Results – Legislature 2012
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Achieve – Achieving Success as a CPA
It really is about this...
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Wisdom from the MACPA Leadership Academy
According to these young professionals, the future is one in which CPAs:
● are proactive, flexible, adaptive and collaborative by nature;● have regained the trust of their clients and the public at large;● have successfully bridged the profession’s “leadership gap” by focusing on succession planning, personal growth, and generational cooperation;● have created the profession’s premier global industry standards and best practices;● have redefined the profession through work / life integration, collaboration, and a team-first approach; and● have earned a reputation as technological innovators.
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Achieve – Find Your Edge
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MANAGING THE SEA CHANGEBe the Captain of your own
ship!•Continuous Learning
•Competency•Collaboration=Career Success
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A leader’s job is to set context and provide hope and inspiration...
Tom Hood, CPA.CITPCEO
Maryland Association of CPAsBusiness Learning Institute
(443) 632-2301E-mail [email protected]
Web http://www.macpa.orgBlog http://www.cpasuccess.com
CONNECT – PROTECT - ACHIEVE
