Comments on: Gen X Rules and Codgers Drool! http://www.markbaileyco.com/blog/practicemgmt/gen-x-rules-and-codgers-drool/ Turning the profession on its head. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:29:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mark Bailey http://www.markbaileyco.com/blog/practicemgmt/gen-x-rules-and-codgers-drool/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Mark Bailey Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:54:02 +0000 http://www.markbaileyco.com/blog/?p=113#comment-392 Great insight Shane. Because it's easier and safer we have propensity to 'follow last years work papers'. If we are going to foment change we must not fall into the trap of 'doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results' as Albert Einstein defined insanity. Nonetheless I'm confident the next generation of management can right the wrongs. Great insight Shane. Because it’s easier and safer we have propensity to ‘follow last years work papers’. If we are going to foment change we must not fall into the trap of ‘doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results’ as Albert Einstein defined insanity. Nonetheless I’m confident the next generation of management can right the wrongs.

]]> By: Shane Eloe http://www.markbaileyco.com/blog/practicemgmt/gen-x-rules-and-codgers-drool/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Shane Eloe Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:16:56 +0000 http://www.markbaileyco.com/blog/?p=113#comment-391 The accounting profession is quickly becoming made up of young professionals, but many of them have taken the mantle from the old gate keepers and will have an organization with young bodies and old thinking. When the new guardians take the helm, they need to make sure they are on the best possible course, rather than merely the course most traveled. The accounting profession is quickly becoming made up of young professionals, but many of them have taken the mantle from the old gate keepers and will have an organization with young bodies and old thinking.

When the new guardians take the helm, they need to make sure they are on the best possible course, rather than merely the course most traveled.

]]> By: Brett Hummel http://www.markbaileyco.com/blog/practicemgmt/gen-x-rules-and-codgers-drool/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Brett Hummel Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:47:53 +0000 http://www.markbaileyco.com/blog/?p=113#comment-389 The old ideas that accounting firms are stuffy and stodgy has gone quickly out the window. I saw a study just today highlighting how almost 50% of the accounting profession will be composed of Millennials over the next few years. As a result, many accounting firms have been moving rapidly to retain both Gen X and Gen Y talent. I know that Ernst & Young for example actually shows a sitcom to their young recruits parodying how Millennials and Baby Boomers cannot get along. The sitcom serves as a discussion point between them and the mentors they will receive upon joining the firm. So I am sure even greater changes will happen over the next couple of years. The old ideas that accounting firms are stuffy and stodgy has gone quickly out the window. I saw a study just today highlighting how almost 50% of the accounting profession will be composed of Millennials over the next few years. As a result, many accounting firms have been moving rapidly to retain both Gen X and Gen Y talent.

I know that Ernst & Young for example actually shows a sitcom to their young recruits parodying how Millennials and Baby Boomers cannot get along. The sitcom serves as a discussion point between them and the mentors they will receive upon joining the firm. So I am sure even greater changes will happen over the next couple of years.

]]> By: Troy http://www.markbaileyco.com/blog/practicemgmt/gen-x-rules-and-codgers-drool/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Troy Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:59:48 +0000 http://www.markbaileyco.com/blog/?p=113#comment-387 Are you kidding? Your insights and mentoring are forming the future! I'd be happy to have you. Like George Bernard Shaw said... We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. Are you kidding? Your insights and mentoring are forming the future! I’d be happy to have you. Like George Bernard Shaw said… We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

]]> By: Lea http://www.markbaileyco.com/blog/practicemgmt/gen-x-rules-and-codgers-drool/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Lea Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:46:23 +0000 http://www.markbaileyco.com/blog/?p=113#comment-385 Hey Mark, you can hang out and provide your thoughts at our firm any time. Hey Mark, you can hang out and provide your thoughts at our firm any time.

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