Apple Growth Partners

Erica Ishida

Apple Growth Partners Begins 2022 with Forbes List, President’s Honor, SALT Expertise

While side hustles bring many rewards, turning that side hustle into a real business can bring even more. So, when is it time to legitimize a side hustle? Regardless of whether a person has been doing it for years, or has just started making money, they must report income earned even from hobbies on their tax return. Why not benefit the various tax advantages awarded to business owners?

Apple Growth Partners’ Response to the Ongoing Pandemic

Although transactional and transformational leadership are quite different approaches to leadership, comparing the two is not a question of good vs. bad or right vs. wrong. Both offer advantages in certain situations, and while you may naturally gravitate toward one style, understanding both and knowing when to utilize their strategies can make you an even stronger leader.

Leadership Styles: Transactional vs. Transformational

Although transactional and transformational leadership are quite different approaches to leadership, comparing the two is not a question of good vs. bad or right vs. wrong. Both offer advantages in certain situations, and while you may naturally gravitate toward one style, understanding both and knowing when to utilize their strategies can make you an even stronger leader.

Effective Feedback – Giving it, Asking for it, Receiving it

Providing feedback can be difficult, especially when you are concerned that it might not be well received. Similarly, asking for feedback can feel uncomfortable and cause some initial anxiety. However, feedback is an essential part of professional development that when given and received effectively can result in personal growth, improved performance, and strengthened relationships.

Practicing Authentic Leadership

It has become too common that we try to come off a certain way at work, or as leaders, feel pressure to “match” our personality to the role. As a result, we often feel depleted, begin losing interest in our work, and fail to genuinely connect with our teams.

Apple Growth Partners Positions for Growth by Naming Erica Ishida President/COO

CLEVELAND, Ohio – (April 21, 2021) – Apple Growth Partners (AGP), award-winning accounting and business advisory firm, has named Erica Ishida, MPOD, president and chief operating officer. Ishida joins chairman Chuck Mullen, CPA, CMA, MTax, CGMA, to execute the firm’s aggressive growth strategy.   Erica Ishida, MPOD, joined Apple Growth Partners in 2020, having previously …

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Ep84: Transitioning to a Work from Anywhere Culture – Part 2

Now fifth-time guest Erica Ishida returns to discuss in detail how leaders can pivot and execute a work from home culture in the wake of the pandemic. Recognizing the pandemic is still ongoing, Erica shares how leaders need to rethink the “where” to work that can be easily and safely completed at home. We discuss …

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