The best leaders pull up those behind them — which has never been a more critical trait than in today's talent-restricted market — and the 2023 Top 100 People are exemplars of that, supporting and boosting up the next generation.
Many of the Top 100 People bring this positivity into their ideas for improving the much-discussed pipeline problem, suggesting the profession should promote the many opportunities it offers, and combat the outdated, negative notions of long hours and tedious compliance work. Accounting needs better storytellers, several of the T100 lamented, to better promote how many different possibilities exist within the profession.
Right now, the thought leaders and agents of change on our list of Top 100 People are those essential storytellers, pushing the profession forward during a time of unprecedented change.
As with every year, it is difficult to narrow the list to just 100, so we focused on those who have been influential over the last six months and are projected to continue that influence over the next six. Even then, the list can never be comprehensive.
With that said, the 2023 Top 100 Most Influential People do inspire confidence in accounting's future.
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