Leadership beyond control means empowering others to succeed and, of course, eating last.Accounting ARCWith Byron Patrick and Donny ShimamotoCenter for Accounting TransformationThis episode of Accounting ARC offers a candid discussion on leadership with Byron Patrick, CEO and founder of VERIFYiQ, and vice president of Client Success at The B3 Method Institute.SHOW NOTES here | MORE Accounting ARC: In-Person Conferences Still Essential | Non-Accountants in Accounting: A Game-Changer for the Profession | Rubik Yeriazarian: Smaller Firms Offer Big Opportunities for Rapid Skill Development in Forensic Accounting | Accounting ARC | AI Will Steal Your Job. And That’s a Good Thing | Accounting ARC | The Right Kind of Lazy: Innovative Approaches to Streamlining Workflows | Accounting ARC Alongside host Donny Shimamoto, founder of IntrapriseTechKnowlogies and the Center for Accounting Transformation, Patrick challenges traditional notions of leading a company. "People think you don’t answer to anyone, but that’s not true," he says, explaining that CEOs must remain accountable to the organization’s owners and the company’s future. Leadership, when done well, is about service.