• Mark Koziel and Richard Muscio Find Common Ground

    accountant-debateMark Koziel and I (Richard Muscio) have had an ongoing series of opinion pieces stemming from my reaction to the CPA Horizons 2025 report. My initial article is here.

    I’m happy to report that Mark and I had a great conversation on Thursday, wherein we reached 3 interesting conclusions:

    First, while the CPA profession can no longer be defined by traditional services such as Income tax preparation and financial statement preparation, most consumers don’t know this because 90 % + of the CPA profession is very challenged by marketing.

    Second, the CPA profession will probably lose income tax preparation as a core service within the next 10 years, due to reasons like standardization of reporting forms and Optical Character Recognition Technology, but 90% + of the profession is behind the curve on adapting to this fact.

    Third, while technology is critical for efficiency and effectiveness purposes, it probably will never replace good old-fashioned face-to-face interaction with clients and referral sources, as “connection and collaboration” requires trust, and trust can only be built by spending time together.

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  • The Wrecking Crew Documentary

    Richard and Joe welcomed director and producer, Denny Tedesco. Mr. Tedesco is the son of the late American master session musician and renowned jazz and bebop guitarist, Tommy Tedesco, in The Wrecking Crew. When his father was diagnosed with terminal cancer, Denny decided that the world needed to hear the story of the studio musicians ...
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  • Neal Stehly and Health Care Reform

    The show welcomed a new sponsor, Marrs Maddocks & Associates A Division of HUB International Insurance Services Inc. Neal Stehly, executive Vice President, Benefits Division of sponsor is a native of San Diego. He attended the University of San Diego, earning a degree in political science. He has been in the the Employee Benefits field ...
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  • Building Trust and Resolving Conflicts

    This was the third and final segment of interviews with presenters from the 5th Annual Servant Leadership Institute’s National Conference. Richard first interviewed Steven M.R. Covey, who is one of the three keynote speakers of the conference. Mr. Covey has long been a thought leader on the topic of leadership. His book, The SPEED of ...
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  • Leaders Who Change the World Through Service

    This was the second part of the three part series on the Servant Leadership Institute’s 5th Annual Conference. Richard interviewed two of the keynote speakers, Ken Blanchard and Debbie Marriott Harrison. Mr. Blanchard has been at the forefront of molding American business leadership since 1979, when he and his wife founded, The Ken Blanchard Companies. Ms. ...
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