Becoming a Change Agent for Accountants with Aprio’s Mike Maksymiw

Change Agent and Executive Director of Aprio Firm Foundation Mike Maksymiw joins me to discuss his journey of becoming a Change Agent, the core problems in accounting, and how he helps CPA firms free up their time.

Show Notes

Mike Maksymiw is a Change Agent for the accounting profession and the Executive Director and Leader of Aprio Firm Foundation where he shares resources, coaching, and networking opportunities with small and midsized CPA firms.

Mike’s focus is on impacting the progress on key issues facing the profession, including women/family initiatives, DEI, work-life harmony, and value rather than time. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Accounting Automation:

• The benefits of joining a leadership academy.
• How Mike became a Change Agent for accountants.
• The difference between production skills and leadership skills.
• Ways a career coach can help you make decisions.
• The power of networking when looking for a new job.
• The core problems in accounting.
• Common strategies accounting firms use to free up time.
• How to decide which clients to focus your energy on.

Resources:

• Aprio
• AICPA Leadership Academy
• The Big Leap
• EQ vs. IQ
• Delivering Happiness
• The Happiness Project
• NxtStep

Connecting with Mike Maksymiw:

• LinkedIn
• Email

Connecting with the host:

• Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

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