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 Buol Ruszczyk speaks with Claire Costin (University of Portland) and Steph Mason (DePaul University), two professors who are reshaping accounting education and research with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Both bring deep real-world experience, Claire from nonprofit auditing and Steph from the Big Four
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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Just in time for Girl Scout cookie season, we talk to Jessica McClain, the organizations newly-appointed CFO. On this episode, Jessica and Bonnie talk about the importance of “belonging” in the workplace. Research shows that at least 64% of people feel the need to hide some aspect of their identity from their co-workers. Trying to
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Just in time for Girl Scout cookie season, we talk to Jessica McClain, the organizations newly-appointed CFO. On this episode, Jessica and Bonnie talk about the importance of “belonging” in the workplace. Research shows that at least 64% of people feel the need to hide some aspect of their identity from their co-workers. Trying to
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On this episode, we talk about why so many women are “people pleasers” and have such a hard time saying no when needed. We dive into how to identify our boundaries and literally practice saying “no” until we are comfortable doing so. We then expand on that conversation to discuss what firm leaders can do
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On this episode of MOVE Like This, we talk to Amy Yip, author and keynote speaker, about why so many women are “people pleasers” and have such a hard time saying no when needed. We dive into how to identify our boundaries and literally practice saying “no” until we are comfortable doing so. We then
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