Kimberly Ellison-Taylor has been in rooms most people never get access to. NASA. KPMG. Oracle. The chair of the AICPA. A founding member of CHIEF. She has watched the accounting profession talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion for decades, and she has a clear-eyed view of why the needle moves so slowly.

Kimberly joins host Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk to cut through the buzzwords and get into what firms actually need to do: remove the bias baked into hiring and promotion systems, build leaders who know how to create real belonging, and stop treating inclusion as a separate initiative from the talent strategy it actually is.

The talent shortage is not going to solve itself. Firms that continue ignoring who they are losing and why will find the problem getting harder to fix, not easier.

What you'll take away:

• Why the talent pipeline problem and the inclusion problem are the same problem
• How unconscious bias in hiring and promotions compounds over time
• What it means to lead inclusively in practice, not just in principle
• Why firms need to communicate clearly about fairness and anti-discrimination even when it feels uncomfortable
• How mentorship and professional networks change advancement outcomes for underrepresented professionals
• What it costs firms long-term to deprioritize workplace inclusion

Resources & Links

• Connect with Kimberly Ellison-Taylor on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-n-ellison-taylor-b1a13a2/
• Learn more about KET Solutions: https://ketsolutions.com
• Participate in the MOVE Project: https://accountingmoveproject.com

About MOVE Like This MOVE Like This is the podcast for accounting firm leaders building more equitable, competitive, and people-first firms. New episodes drop bi-weekly during survey season and monthly in the off-season. Hosted by Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk.

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