Helping clients become leaders of their own enterprises with Susan Bryant

Episode notes

Susan Bryant is the Principal of MB Group, a public accounting firm headquartered in Plano, TX. Susan and her team are dedicated to transforming businesses by maturing their finance function. In this episode, Susan shares her journey to public accounting, leadership insights, and the secret recipe that consistently delivers financial success for her clients. Together, they discuss: The return of live, in-person events (2:00) How Susan got into accounting (2:45) Susan's first job as a bank teller (4:10) Taking a pay cut from banking to public accounting (4:30) Learning the practice of public accounting on the job (5:20) Joining MB Group (8:24) Susan's take on the definition of leadership (9:30) How COVID differentiated businesses with solid financial advisors (12:26) Industries that thrived during the pandemic (14:25) The future of hybrid work and talent (15:20) Implementing technology to modernize the firm (18:57) Strategic planning for clients (21:49) How the MB Group helped ZigZag Stripe thrive during COVID (26:19) Celebrating clients' most successful moments (29:01)

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