The report profiles two accounting firms, Eide Bailly and Mauldin and Jenkins, which both launched formal learning plans to achieve business and organizational objectives.

According to the profile, Eide Bailly’s concept of “One Firm” is designed to provide consistent messaging and quality education to its staff and partners. The collaborative culture is judged to have boosted the firm’s bottom line, exceeding its growth goal of 15 percent.

At Mauldin & Jenkins, a firm-wide learning curriculum has resulted in structure and cost control, greater accountability, higher quality training, and more effective staff evaluations The report highlights the importance of implementing a learning strategy and fostering a growth culture by investing in employees’ non-technical skills and also outlines steps firms should take to develop a successful learning curriculum.

The report is available for download for free at tax.thomsonreuters.com/checkpoint/creating-a-learning-vision-for-your-firm.