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Advisory for everyone: Why consulting expertise isn’t just for partners anymore
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Advisory demand is growing. But for most firms, the ability to deliver is still limited to one or two senior professionals. When every complex client question has to flow through a partner, capacity hits a ceiling, consistency suffers, and the whole model stops scaling. What if your partners could share that expertise across the entire team?

In this webcast, our panel of practitioners will discuss:
  • Why the partner bottleneck is one of the most common growth limitations in tax and advisory firms
  • How to democratize advisory skills so any team member can answer client questions with confidence
  • What it actually takes for junior and mid-level staff to act as trusted advisors
  • How AI and workflow tools like Ready to Advise can act as a real-time support layer for your whole team
  • Real client scenarios that show what democratized advisory looks like in practice
Our panelists will share a broad range of perspectives, from an early-career staffer still building their foundation to a CPA managing partner with over 35 years in practice.

Register today to get a clearer vision of your firm's advisory potential.

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*CPE credit is not offered for this webinar.

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Speaker
Ethan Brown
Accountant at GarciaHasler LLC. Recently graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management from the University of North Georgia and is currently pursuing a Master of Professional Accountancy at the University of Georgia. He intends to sit for the CPA exam. He assists with the preparation of monthly financial statements for accounting clients and aspires to become a trusted advisor while helping grow the firm's Accounting Services Practice.
Speaker
Jim Hasler
Licensed CPA for over 35 years, and a partner at GarciaHasler, LLC since 2010. He has experience with tax planning and preparation, business advisory, small business accounting, and operational issues.  Jim’s firm was recently honored to be recognized as the Advisory Accelerator LUCA Award winner by Thomson Reuters. When not serving clients, Jim enjoys time with his family, traveling, and riding horses.
Speaker
Chris Papin
Licensed attorney, a certified public accountant, and a life, accident, and health insurance producer. He received a Bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Oklahoma in 2004 and a Master's degree in accounting from the University of Oklahoma in 2005.
Speaker
Chris LaGrutta
Accountant in Charge and Lead of Advisory Services at Papin CPA. Chris is an accomplished public accountant with nearly a decade dedicated to the industry. He specializes in tax planning & compliance and serves as a trusted tax & business advisor to our clients. In his spare time Chris enjoys cooking and photography.
Speaker
Mucki Sobania
Solutions Consultant Manager at Thomson Reuters where she works in the Tax, Audit & Accounting Professionals segment demonstrating their suite of products that aid in the growth and transformation of tax and accounting firms. In her current role, Mucki continues to look for opportunities to help firms scale to being “Advisory Centric” in their client relationships as they grow their practices.

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