Podcast appearances and mentions of wesley middleton

In this episode of our Strategy & Leadership Podcast, we spoke with Wesley Middleton, managing partner of MRZ, a certified public accounting firm in Houston, Texas. MRZ is a top 300 firm in the USA, and a top 25 firm in Houston. As a managing partner, Wesley has helped form an organization that is focused on growth and committed to culture – he even wrote a book about it: Violent Leadership: Be a Force for Change: Disrupt, Innovate. Learn about his best practices for leading strategy and fostering a culture of innovation. See the full post here: https://www.smestrategy.net/blog/how-to-develop-a-culture-of-success-and-innovation-interview-with-wesley-middleton Working on your strategic plan? Get your complete starter kit here: http://www.smestrategy.net/strategic-planning-starter-kit

Are you a CPA, attorney, or a partner in a professional services firm? Choinquecast thirteen showcases Wesley Middleton’s personal and professional journey in his book Violent Leadership. Unsatisfied with the practice and lifestyle found within the usual managerial-styled CPA firm, Middleton has pioneered a different kind of firm, a twenty-first century CPA firm, MRZ Financial, based on a leadership model suitable for any professional services group. Middleton is also the host of the Violent Leadership podcast, a member of the Royalwood Church band and a team leader of the church’s Men’s Group.

Wesley Middleton was young when he learned that he could play the piano by ear. He began to play in church and even picked up the trumpet when he was in high school. Now he’s followed in his father’s footsteps and plays the organ in his church’s band. They have several YouTube videos that he will share with others in the office so they can all see his passion for music. In this episode, Wesley and I talk about how his being in a band has made him a better leader at his firm. He’s learned to make sure that his instrument isn’t too overpowering, so the band can come together to build one sound – similar to his accounting firm coming together to have one voice to serve their clients. He also talks about how they try to get everyone in the firm to open up with how they have fun and where they go on vacation, because “there’s no question that everything we do outside the firm directly impacts how things are conducted inside the firm.”

Wesley Middleton, CPA, founder and managing partner of MiddletonRaines+Zapata, discusses his unique leadership style and how and why his firm does things differently.

Bob Wilcox and Mark Bretz review (1) THE TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO, by Wole Soyinka, at The Black Rep, (2) Rx, by Kate Fodor, at West End Players Guild, (3) CABARET, by J. Kander, F. Ebb & J. Masteroff, at Stray Dog Theatre, (4) LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR, by Neil Simon, at Hawthorne Players, (5) ONCE, by Enda Walsh, Glen Hansard, & Marketa Irglova, at the Fox, (6) VICTOR/VICTORIA, by B. Edwards, H. Mancini, L. Bricusse, & F. Wildhorn, at Family Musical Theater, (7) FALLING, by Deanna Jent, at Mustard Seed Theatre, (8) YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, by George F. Kaufman & Moss Hart, at Over Due Theatre Co., (9) A PATH FAR FROM HERE, by Taylor Gruenloh, at Tesseract Theatre Co., and (10) UNSORTED, by Wesley Middleton, at Metro Theater Co.