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11 Jun

Structured Training vs. Shadowing: Why the Accounting Industry’s Default Onboarding Method Is Quietly Bleeding Your Firm

By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | Skillability for Accounting Firms Last updated: 2026 | 14-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer The shadowing method — sitting a new hire next to a senior CPA to “learn by watching” — costs accounting firms approximately $9,500 per hire in lost billable

Experienced CPA explaining the shift from compliance-focused accounting to high-value advisory services in a modern accounting firm office, with tax planning software, financial reports, and professional staff working in the background.

09 Jun

How to Turn Order-Taking Tax Staff into High-Ticket Advisory Engines (Without the Recruiting Tax)

Accounting Firm Growth

By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | Skillability for Accounting Firms Most accounting firm owners are trapped in an expensive, defensive talent game. We look at our existing team and see compliance processors who require constant oversight. Then, when we want to expand our firm’s capacity to deliver lucrative advisory

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Structured Training vs. Shadowing: Why the Accounting Industry’s Default Onboarding Method Is Quietly Bleeding Your Firm

How to Turn Order-Taking Tax Staff into High-Ticket Advisory Engines (Without the Recruiting Tax)

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CPA firm management Archives - SkillAbility

Structured Training vs. Shadowing: Why the Accounting Industry’s Default Onboarding Method Is Quietly Bleeding Your Firm

How to Turn Order-Taking Tax Staff into High-Ticket Advisory Engines (Without the Recruiting Tax)

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