BDO Alliance Evolve 2026 Recap

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Alicia shares insights from BDO Evolve 2026, focusing on relationship-building and Gen Z in the workplace.

Alicia shares her experience at BDO Evolve 2026, covering the relationship-building mindset that changed how she approached the entire conference and a session on Gen Z in the workplace that has her rethinking how accounting firms onboard and develop new staff. She also reveals that Royal Wise took home a BDO Alliance Award for Growth Strategy and breaks down the positioning and pricing decisions behind that win, plus answers a live "stump the expert" question on how QuickBooks Online handles physical versus economic sales tax nexus. Sponsors: Aqqrue - http://uqb.promo/aqqrue Maxima.AI - http://uqb.promo/maxima (00:00) - Welcome Back From BDO (01:31) - Why Royal Wise Joined (03:07) - New Booth Big Upgrade (03:47) - BRN Summit Keynote (07:23) - Relationship Building Dinners (13:38) - Gen Z At Work Lessons (26:44) - Royal Wise Wins Award (31:53) - Ask Alicia Anything Stumper (35:43) - New Book And Classes (38:07) - Thanks And Sign Off LINKS BDO Evolve 2026: https://conference.bdoalliance.com/#section-schedule BDO Alliance: https://www.bdo.com/about/bdo-alliance-usa Buy Alicia's Book! http://royl.ws/conversion-book Alicia’s Upcoming Classes 4/28/26: Converting from QBDT to QBO…

People in this episode

Host: Alicia Katz Pollock

Topics covered

• BDO Evolve 2026
• Gen Z in the workplace
• accounting firms
• relationship building
• QuickBooks Online
• staff onboarding
• growth strategy

Keywords

• BDO Evolve 2026
• Gen Z
• accounting
• QuickBooks Online
• Royal Wise
• growth strategy
• staff onboarding

Sponsors

Aqqrue, Maxima.AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BDO Alliance, Royal Wise

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