The 2023 Top 100 People: Fixing the pipeline problem

The talent shortage is currently the biggest challenge in accounting — as the 2023 Top 100 Most Influential People have all attested. But how would this year’s top leaders and innovators recommend the profession remedy the this urgent issue?

We asked the T100: “How would you fix the pipeline problem of too few people entering the profession?” Their responses ranged from better messaging and branding of the job — including the broader opportunities afforded today’s CPAs — to better use of supporting technology, to changing CPA licensure requirements, among many other ideas.

(To see the full responses of all the candidates for the Top 100, click here. And to read what other important issues the T100 identified, click here.)