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The Cost of Losing Talent: The Accounting MOVE Project Research Study
The 2025 Accounting MOVE Project (MOVE), in collaboration and partnership with the Center for Accounting Transformation, CPA Trendlines, Moss Adams, and Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance (AFWA), is launching a groundbreaking study to uncover the real cost of losing talent—and why true teamwork and ERGs might be key to team resilience and growth. The Accounting MOVE Project is the only annual benchmarking research and advocacy report that equips accounting and advisory firms to detect, develop and drive competitive advantages from people initiatives and trends.
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