SMALL firms have an escalating employment retention problem. They spend months hiring talented Gen Z employees, workers born between 1997 and 2012, only to watch them walk out the door within a year or two. While it’s easy to resort to stereotypes such as this generation being entitled, flighty and professionally restless, that’s simply the wrong diagnosis. The numbers tell a more nuanced story. According to Randstad’s global survey of over 11,000 workers, Gen Z’s average tenure in the...

IT’S a well-worn truth that small business owners wear every hat in the office. The same applies to the small firm accountant. Unlike their counterparts in big accounting firms or the corporate finance departments of large enterprises, accountants in small practices rarely have the luxury of compartmentalization. They are the auditor, tax consultant, client counselor, HR officer, payroll officer, and sometimes even IT support — all before lunch. Taking on all these roles has a cost, and most...

IT has become a fundamental fact that the effects of climate change are no longer a distant threat — they are a yearly reality for...