Change Your Mindset
Welcome to Change Your Mindset (formerly known as Improv Is No Joke) where it is all about believing that strong communication skills are the best way in delivering your technical accounting knowledge and growing your business. The way of building stronger communication skills is by embracing the principles of applied improvisation. Your host is Peter Margaritis, CPA a.k.a. The Accidental Accountant, will interview financial professionals and business leaders to find their secret in building stronger relationships with their clients, customers, associates, and peers, all the while, growing their businesses.
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S2E21 - Gary Zeune | The Pros & The Cons: Why W...
We would like your feedback on today's podcast by answering this quick two-minute survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MS2T6P6. Thank you so much for your support. My guest today is a gentleman who knows more about fraud than just about...
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S2E20 - Jennifer Briggs | Indiana’s Competency-...
Jennifer Briggs is the CEO of the Indiana CPA Society, and we talked about a year ago about the State of Indiana’s House Bill 1467, which allows competency-based learning through professional development opportunities to qualify accountants for...
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S2E19 - Allen Lloyd, Boyd Search, & Chris Jenki...
Happy New Year, everyone! As I thought about 2019, I wanted to get off on the right foot – and I wanted to try something a little different. So today, I interview three wonderful guests at the same time. And you know what? It was a blast! Our...
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S2E18 - Karl Ahlrichs | Multitasking is a Myth
We, as humans, are not wired to multitask – but we’re also addicted to it! So today, we’re going to learn about why multitasking doesn’t work and then some strategies we can use to be more productive. I thought this would be a perfect episode...
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S2E17 - Stephanie Feger | Color Today Pretty
Stephanie Feger is a passionate communicator who believes that a shift in perspective can help people live truly fulfilling lives. After working in the public relations and marketing industry for over 15 years, she realized that happiness isn't...
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S2E16 - Carrie Sechel | You Have the Power to P...
Carrie Sechel is an entrepreneurial business consultant, speaker, and the bestselling author of BASE Jump: Finding Yourself in an Unfulfilling Professional World. Before creating her business, Carrie spent 18 years in public accounting, including...
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S2E15 - Sean Kenny | How PrepLink Plans to Tran...
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S2E14 - David Krebs | Making Tax Law Fun
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S2E13 - Kristen Rampe & Jason Lieu | Slide Deck...
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S2E12 - Courtney Kirschbaum | Give Humanity a S...
My guest today is Courtney Kirschbaum, who I had the pleasure of speaking with after her keynote address at the Georgia Society of CPAs’ Southeastern Accounting Show in Atlanta. Courtney’s keynote address was titled “The Beginning of the End or...
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S2E11 - Kate Colbert | Think Like a Marketer
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Rebekah Brown | The Rising Tide Lifts All Boats...
Rebekah Brown is the Director of Development for the Maryland Association of CPAs and the Business Learning Institute. Rebekah frequently presents to groups both locally and nationally on the future of the accounting profession and, as a certified...
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S2E9 - Byron Patrick | Staying Ahead of Technol...
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S2E8 - Owen Wyss | The Value of Volunteering (F...
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S2E7 - Cara Silletto | Why Your Employees Leave...
Cara Silletto is a retention guru who works with companies all around the country, in all different industries, to help them reduce employee turnover. To accomplish that, she bridges the generational gaps and helps managers be more effective in their...
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S2E6 - Jennie Scheel | How to Translate Account...
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S2E5 - Rich Stang and Brad Hoffman | The Future...
My guests today are Rich Stang and Brad Hoffman, who are partners in the Maryland accounting firm DeLeon & Stang – and it is not your average firm. I have included a case study on DeLeon & Stang in my upcoming book, Taking the Numb out...
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S2E4 - Dr. John Molidor | The Science Behind Br...
My guest today is Dr. John Molidor, a Professor of Psychiatry and Community Assistant Dean at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine as well as a past president of the National Speakers Association Board of Directors. John shares his...
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S2E3 - Eddie Turner | Facilitated Collaboration...
Collaboration is a buzzword in business today. Everyone talks about it. But how do you do it? Well, today’s guest, Eddie Turner, thinks he has the secret sauce to collaboration: “It should be facilitated – facilitated collaboration is...
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S2E2 - Michelle Sopp, Jennifer Oleksa, Chris Fl...
Today I sit down with four incredible guests – Michelle Sopp, Jennifer Oleksa, Chris Fleck, and Bret Johnson – to discuss our major takeaways from the 2018 National CPE Educators conference held earlier this year. If you are in the learning...
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S2E1 - Amy Vetter | The Future of Accounting: H...
This is an exciting time to be in the accounting profession – we are at a turning point, and the profession is recognizing that just counting beans is not going to get us into the next century (or even the next decade). We need to change our...
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Ep. 99 - A Very Special Announcement About the ...
Today I’m celebrating my 100th episode (because I technically started this show with episode 0) – and I have a special announcement for all of you. First, I’d like to thank all of the guests who have given their time and shared their...
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Ep. 98 - Scott Palmer | Improvisation in the Wo...
Scott Palmer is the Executive Director of Adult Education at Butler Technology and Career Development Schools, and he joins me to discuss how the principles of improvisation have helped him create a collaborative environment with his team, his...
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Ep. 97 - Kay Frances | Lighten Up & Stress Less...
Kay Frances is a motivational humorist who has shared her message to “lighten up, stress less and take care of ourselves” for over 30 years. Kay is “America’s Funniest Stressbuster” – and she even wrote the book on stress, The Funny Thing...
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Ep. 96 - Bob Pacanovsky | Develop a Black Tie M...
Bob Pacanovsky is what you might call a “Wow!” expert – with 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, primarily in the hospitality space, he has learned how create engagement, retention, and loyalty with customers, employees, and clients. Bob...
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