It has been just over one year since I officially took the role of Managing Partner. During this time, I have learned many lessons, faced many challenges and embraced even more opportunities. It has been the most professionally rewarding time of my career and a great year for GHJ. As I reflect back, there are several key ingredients that I am thankful for. Embracin [...]

“Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.” - Rumi Balance is hard for anyone pursuing a life worth living. Juggling professional and personal demands and dreams is perhaps the toughest life lesson. Especially today: the world has gotten faster and more demanding. Technology is both an enabler and a task master that elevates expectations for speed and multipl [...]

Campus recruitment season is upon us! The campus recruitment process for accounting and finance students has become increasingly competitive over the years. For students it is imperative that you prepare and “do your homework” before entering the On Campus Recruiting (OCR) season. Below are some tips and tricks to help you navigate through the OCR season. Utilize Y [...]

The U.S. Treasury released final Code Section 965 regulations on January 15, 2019, known as transition/repatriation tax, which clarify many unanswered questions and concerns. The clarifications are mixed with good and bad news. One of the clarifications, related to section 965(h) acceleration events, is very time sensitive. Background 2017 Tax Reform enacted a on [...]

In modern day, women make up nearly 50 percent of the U.S. workforce (according the United States Department of Labor). And while women have come a long way in the fight for equality and equal pay, there is still a social paradigm shift that needs to occur in how women are viewed in the workplace by others, as well as how they view themselves, especially when it com [...]

Change management is one of the toughest jobs a leader will encounter. To implement successful and sustainable change requires having a plan, effectively engaging your audience and measuring impact. But before any of that occurs, you need a business case. A business needs to answer questions, like: Why are we embarking on this initiative? What is the ROI? And what i [...]

I recently led an intimate roundtable discussion centered on how the #BeMore culture at GHJ has changed the way we think about our career growth at the firm. Our firm believes every day is a chance to #BeMore. Not do more. Not work more. Instead, we encourage one another to be the best we can be and enjoy life to the fullest. GHJ seeks to change the accounting profe [...]

As a female leader at GHJ, I feel so lucky we have amazing and strong women leaders. But of course, luck has nothing to do with it! GHJ is focused on women’s empowerment. As a result, we are enjoying the many benefits that come with so many strong female leaders. These leaders serve as role models, mentors and champions. It is easy to take them for granted. Many make [...]

Hi, my name is Kyle, and I feel very uncomfortable writing in the first person. This is pretty ironic considering I spend my time outside of work talking in the first person onstage doing stand-up comedy. Yes, an accountant is doing stand-up comedy. It’s 2017. Things don’t have to make sense anymore. Recently, I have been able to blend my passion for comedy with anoth [...]

Liam is 21 and has two weekly volunteer jobs: helping care for to-be-adopted cats and making/delivering lunch to Meals on Wheels clients. It is not so unusual, I guess, for a man to be so passionate about giving back to his community. Except this one thing about Liam: he was diagnosed with severe autism before age 2. He also happens to be my son. When Liam was diag [...]