In the September 3, 2021 Leadership Lunch Chat, Jennifer Wilson and Amy Vetter talk about a variety of change initiatives including creating capacity, automation, and remote work. They encourage viewers to visualize their firm the positive outcomes change and disruption brings like automating tasks to create capacity in your firm, becoming a beacon for talent [...]
Ok, I have to come clean. I have been triangulating and think it is time we had an honest conversation about remote work and your administrative team. During the pandemic, firms moved their people to remote work but in many cases, remote work applied to “everyone but the admin team.” And, because I am a [...]
For Immediate Release: Bellevue, NE, December 16, 2020 – ConvergenceCoaching®, a completely remote national leadership and management consulting firm that works exclusively with accounting firms, has announced the release of their 2020 ConvergenceCoaching Anytime, Anywhere Work™ (ATAWW) Survey Results Summary today. In its fifth edition, the ATAWW Survey examines the adoption of flexible work practices in accounting firms across [...]
In this episode, Jennifer Wilson and Renee Moelders come together to discuss the early findings of our 2020 Anytime, Anywhere Work™ (ATAWW) Survey, where we studied the remote and flexible work practices of accounting firms across the country, in light of the pandemic. In 2020, we saw the rush to remote for the health and [...]
Various sources have stated that technology adoption accelerated by years in a matter of a few months during 2020. Most firms have known there was untapped potential in the technology available, but resistance to change and lack of prioritization delayed implementation. Progressive firms that implemented cloud solutions were able to transition to remote work without [...]
The pandemic has shifted most traditional presentations to an online format. Many firms are offering webinars for clients, delivering proposals to groups through video conferencing and holding internal training remotely. Remote presentations yield great opportunities for reaching a larger audience and sharing ideas and knowledge. At ConvergenceCoaching, we have been facilitating remote presentations since our [...]
With the current COVID-19 crisis brewing and firms being encouraged to implement social distancing, organizations around the country are scrambling to shift their employees to work remotely. Your firm may not feel fully ready, but regardless, you may have to also take this step. Your building management may force you to close your office, or [...]
More Results from our 2015 Anytime, Anywhere Survey We are enormous proponents of anytime, anywhere work programs. This past spring, we conducted our 2015 Anytime, Anywhere Work Survey and began publishing the results in an ongoing blog series (read the “big picture” results here and the benefits firms are realizing with flex here). In the [...]
Firms Continue To Migrate AWAY From Time and Place. In early June, we launched our 2015 Anytime, Anywhere Work Survey to collect information about the adoption of flexible work initiatives within public accounting firms. We asked firms to submit only one response per firm and were amazed to see a 57% increase in participation this [...]
Our Leadership Development Program for Seniors and Supervisors™ (LDP-SS) kicks off this Friday, December 1st! Register your leaders and give the gift of career growth and learning AND save $50 on each participant you register!
