In this episode of MOVE Like This, host Bonnie speaks with Carrie Steffen about what she’s seeing from her new role as CEO of the Iowa Society of CPAs. After 25 years advising firms on growth and marketing, Carrie stepped into the CEO role in 2025 with responsibility for member engagement, education, and legislative advocacy. One […]
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In this episode of MOVE Like This, Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk is joined by Kristi Epp, Tax Partner, and Amber Schrock, Advisory Partner and Las Vegas Market Leader at Frazier & Deeter, for a candid conversation about how accounting firms are evolving, and what leaders must rethink to keep their people engaged. Kristi and Amber share
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In this episode of MOVE Like This, employment attorney Aislinn Sroczynski breaks down what many leaders are struggling to navigate: how to maintain meaningful DEI efforts without exposing the organization to unnecessary legal risk. Despite the noise in today’s politically charged environment, Sroczynski stresses that the legal foundation supporting DEI has not changed. Core federal
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In the latest episode of MOVE Like This, host Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk talks with Sarah Elliott, CPA-turned-leadership coach and co-founder of Intend2Lead, about what effective leadership looks like in accounting today. Drawing on her firm’s Conscious Leader model, mindset → skill set → habits, Sarah describes how today’s most impactful leaders are human-centric. They empower
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In a recent episode of MOVE Like This, Bonnie sat down with Stacie Kwaiser, CEO of Rehmann, to explore how the firm has built and sustained a culture of belonging over nearly three decades of her leadership journey. From her early days in public accounting at Coopers & Lybrand to becoming CEO of a 1,100-person
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In this episode of Move Like This, Bonnie speaks with Dan Hood, editor-in-chief of Accounting Today, about the sweeping changes reshaping the profession. From accelerating technology and the rise of advisory services to demographic shifts, ESG, and evolving expectations of work, Dan emphasizes that it’s not any one factor but the collision of all of
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On the latest MOVE Like This, host Bonnie spoke with Alice Grey Harrison of AGH Consulting about the people side of firm transformation. With more than three decades of experience in strategic communications and change management for the accounting sector, Alice Grey helps firms manage M&A, private equity, leadership transitions, and system rollouts by focusing
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In this episode of MOVE Like This, Bonnie sits down with Jeremy Vokt, managing partner at Bland & Associates, to discuss the firm’s transformation into Nebraska’s first ESOP-owned CPA firm. Since its early days as a 17-person firm in 2006, Bland has grown to 130 employees by blending traditional accounting with specialized government consulting in
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In this episode of MOVE Like This, host Bonnie talks with Cass Bailey, CEO of Slice Communications, about how professional services firms can communicate their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) values with intention and clarity. Drawing from her background in PR, internal messaging, and crisis communications, Cass shares strategies for navigating today’s complex social and
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In this episode of MOVE Like This, host Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk sits down with Jim Wallace, CEO of BPM, to discuss how the firm has deeply embedded diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) into its strategy and culture. Wallace shares how BPM’s guiding principle, “Because People Matter,” drives everything from leadership development to employee engagement—and
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