Balancing work with family, avoiding burnout, and running a female-only firm, with Kylene O'Connor Carse

Accounting Leaders Podcast

English - November 04, 2021 03:07 - 31 minutes - 72.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Previous Episode: Accounting in rural New Zealand, the talent shortage, and what young accountants need to know, with Marilyn Davies

Next Episode: Knowing your purpose, educating, and building communities with Jason Blumer

Kylene O'Connor Carse from BWCO CPAs joins the Accounting Leaders Podcast this week to share her story with Stuart. In an honest chat, they discuss the challenges of constantly being busy and how to balance that when you also have a family. Kylene also talks about capacity planning, burnout, running a female-only firm, and even Peloton. Any accountant who has ever felt the pressure of deadlines and an always-growing workload will relate to this episode.

Together they discuss:

The story of BWCO CPAs and Kylene’s entry to accounting (1:40)Growing up with your clients (5:20)What it means to be a female-only firm (7:20)Being proud of who you are (9:40)Figuring out where you want to go and how you want to grow (10:00)Marchternity and being over-capacity (12:10)Avoiding burnout (16:20)Getting on the Peleton bike (19:20)Lessons from Jason Blumer and Thriveal (21:00)The pitfalls of Slack and Zoom (21:50)Raising kids when you own an accounting firm (23:20)Storms and changing tax deadlines (28:20)