Erin Daiber, founder of Well Balanced Accountants, a coaching business specifically serving the accounting profession, joined us for this episode of Life In Accounting, the Where Accountants Go podcast.
Anything But Accounting
This episode started with a little surprise. Erin told the story of her early decisions that led her to want to become an accountant in the first place. Interestingly enough, her earliest career decision was that she wanted to become anything OTHER THAN and accountant! However, it was a very influential professor in an undergraduate course that told her she would make a good accountant, and that she had a natural talent for it, that convinced her to pursue accounting as a profession.
Coaching is Important
During the first few years of Erin’s accounting career, she realized how important good managers and mentors were to an individual’s development both in her own experience as well as through what she was seeing in the workplace. Some managers were exceptional, and some not so much. Through this experience, she decided to hire a coach to help with decisions about her own career, and eventually decided to pursue the same career path herself – that of a coach. After just a short time in the coaching business, she niched her business down further to specifically service those in her own profession… accounting. Now Well Balanced Accountants coaches individuals both looking to pass the CPA exam, as well as those looking to advance in their accounting careers.
CPA Exam Coaching
CPA exam coaching is only about half of what Well Balanced Accountants does, but we focused quite a bit on that service due to how important it is in the career of an accountant. Erin offers both online coaching programs, as well as one-on-one solutions. Most of their clients have struggled with the exam in the past and realize that they need to do something differently, and that is where Erin’s service comes in. It’s not a review course, and they don’t identify or partner with any one review course (although a review course is a great idea!!). Instead, they provide the motivation, accountability, and strategy that many examinees need in order to get through the exam successfully.
If you have struggled to pass the exam, or perhaps want to make sure you don’t struggle too much and get it out of the way quickly, make sure you check out their services at https://www.wellbalancedaccountants.com/ (and yes, if you mention “Where Accountants Go” and use their services, Erin will help to financially support our show – they appreciate the referrals)
I think you will enjoy this episode. Erin provides much needed services, and she thoroughly enjoys her career.
Until next time, have a great week! There’s more to come…
Mark Goldman CPA
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