Paths is a mobile learning and professional development app designed specifically for audit and tax professionals, from new associates through partners. Rather than relying primarily on traditional CPE courses or libraries of courses for professionals to search and complete, Paths starts with where someone is in their career and provides a structured development journey designed to build the knowledge and skills they need to progress.
Learning is organized into Voyages, Paths and Steps. Voyages align development to career stages, such as Audit or Tax Level 1, Level 2 and beyond. Within each Voyage, Paths organize related competencies into focused learning experiences, while Steps break learning into short, practical daily sessions designed to fit naturally into the workday. Professionals build consistent learning habits, track their progress and streaks, and earn NASBA-approved CPE along the way.
Paths is designed to address a broader challenge than CPE compliance. Accounting firms need to develop professionals continuously as they progress from learning foundational skills to managing engagements, leading teams, advising clients and ultimately becoming firm leaders. Paths creates a development framework spanning that entire career journey, combining technical knowledge with the practical and professional skills needed at each level.
Paths+ adds a personalized layer through group Coursechecks, career coaching, personalized learning recommendations and custom learning Paths, helping firms connect individual development with their own competency models, priorities and talent development needs.
Unlike traditional CPE courses and course-based learning platforms, Paths is not built around periodically finding and completing courses. It is built around continuous progression. Its mobile-first design, career-stage Voyages, short daily Steps and structured learning Paths turn professional development into an ongoing habit, while allowing professionals to earn CPE as part of that development rather than making CPE completion the primary objective.
