Silver Surfing: Riding the Wave of Business Successions
The “silver tsunami” of retiring business owners presents a golden opportunity for sellers and buyers of established companies.
Professional Services
Characteristics of Leadership: Micromanaging
Throughout 2026, this series on effective leadership interviews knowledgeable Alaskans and shares their methods of aligning values with ethical conduct. This month’s topic: when micromanagers carry too much of the load.
Tax Changes for Individual Contractors, Charitable Donors
Some non-employee compensation (1099-NEC) and miscellaneous payment (1099-MISC) situations demand careful attention from independent contractors or other freelance workers, and from businesses that pay them.
Characteristics of Leadership: Corruption
Throughout 2026, this series on effective leadership interviews knowledgeable Alaskans and shares their methods of aligning values with ethical conduct. This month’s topic: when corruption spreads beyond one bad apple and spoils the whole organization.
Don’t Promote Them. Talk to Them.
Pay matters, but conversations keep people. Brian Walch explains how to build a “Career Compass” to retain your team.
KPMG Promotes Audit Manager
The only “Big Four” accounting firm with a presence in Alaska, KPMG, promoted Jim Henderson to Audit Manager.