By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: July 22, 2026 | 26-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer A CPA firm performance review should evaluate four separate things: the results an employee delivered, the capabilities the person can demonstrate consistently, the quality of professional
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By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: July 22, 2026 | 24-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer An accounting firm mentoring program should help employees interpret experience, develop professional judgment, navigate career decisions, build relationships, and prepare for greater responsibility—without making the mentor
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: July 20, 2026 | 24-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Accounting managers should hand off work when another employee can own a clearly defined outcome within approved authority; review work when risk or development requires independent
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: July 17, 2026 | 24-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Scenario-based training helps accounting staff build judgment before client work by placing them inside realistic decisions, incomplete information, competing priorities, client reactions, and escalation moments—without putting
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: July 16, 2026 | 23-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer An accounting manager onboarding plan should help a new or promoted manager understand the role, transfer client and team responsibility, establish operating rhythms, assess staff capability,
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