Articles by Richard S

Continuing education is key to staying relevant in your career

February 21, 2012

“If you don’t like change you will dislike irrelevance even more.” I don’t know who originally said this but we discussed this quote at one of our E.B. Lane leadership meetings recently. What happens if we put the term irrelevant …

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What keeps E.B. Lane CFO Richard Skufza up at night?

December 5, 2011

“What keeps you up at night or makes you get up in the morning?” These are the questions that are asked of the Phoenix Business Journal’s CFO Advisory Board. The members of this Advisory Board are: Karen Abraham, Blue Cross …

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EBLu: Class is in session.

June 4, 2010

As a Certified Public Accountant (CPA,) I am required to renew my license every two years. Like thousands of CPAs across the country, it comes down to the wire and I struggle to obtain the hours I need to meet Continuing Professional Education (CPE) requirements.

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The Best Thing About Being a CPA.

October 9, 2009

I sometimes refer to myself as the frustrated jock-turned-accountant. I always had aspirations to become a coach or physical education teacher, but I was warned that there was no money in that field. So I set my sights in another direction.

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