Senior tax and accounting leaders often hit a wall—not from lack of skill, but from isolation. This article explores how connection fuels growth, confidence, and resilience, and introduces the Meridian Leadership Collective, a confidential peer forum designed to help leaders strengthen influence, authenticity, and executive presence together.

Discover what actually happens inside a CPA leadership workshop. Through three real breakthrough moments, see how targeted leadership development solves retention challenges, drives advisory growth, and strengthens firm culture—while participants earn CPE credit and firms measure clear ROI within 30 days.

Growth rarely feels comfortable. This piece shows CPAs how to reframe nerves as useful energy, make friends with uncertainty, and choose stretch opportunities that build mastery. Practical, science-informed guidance to move from safe competence to trusted advisor without sacrificing standards.

Mentorship prepares CPAs, but sponsorship promotes them. Learn why firms must foster sponsorship to advance top talent and build their partner pipeline.

CPAs move from technical experts to leaders by making better decisions. Learn how judgment, risk assessment, and clarity prepare CPAs for partnership.

Honest feedback is one of the most underused leadership tools in CPA firms. This article offers practical, values-driven strategies for giving feedback that builds trust, sharpens performance, and strengthens your firm's next generation of leaders.

As a leadership coach and father, I wrote this letter to my son to remind him, and all of us, that who we are matters more than what we do. Discover how values-based leadership begins with authenticity, resilience, and purpose.

Discover why hybrid leadership, a blending of transactional clarity with transformational vision, is critical for CPA firms. Learn how this approach enhances employee engagement, accelerates innovation, and drives tangible business outcomes.