july2021 - 4

FROM THE EDITOR
Getting Back to Work
WFH? HYBRID? OLD Normal? What will your office look like going forward? McKinsey &
Company surveyed 5,043 full time employees who work in government or corporate jobs
during December, 2020, and January, 2021, asking about preferences for getting back
to work. While the results might not seem startling to us now, since we've spent over
a year in lock-down, just imagine if we had seen results like this a year and a half ago.
For people who have the option
A 2019 Harvard study on workof
working from home (or some
other location of choice), 63% of U.S.
survey participants indicated they
would prefer to work from home
three or more days per week. Worldwide
the number is 53%. More than
a quarter (27%) of U.S. participants
said they will consider switching
jobs if work returns to fully on-site.
Pre-pandemic, working from home
wasn't even on the table as an
option for improving the workplace.
A Gensler survey conducted
in 2019 focused on workplace
effectiveness and reported findings
about co-working
spaces,
private spaces within the office
environment, workplace amenities
such as focus rooms, work cafes,
breakrooms, lounges, tech-free
zones. " A workplace that offers a
great experience has become a key
factor in the war for talent, " states
the survey, as it discusses desires
among workers for more diverse
working areas within the office.
CPA
Art Director: Rhonda Cousin
Site Manager: Lester Craft
Production Manager: Patricia Brown
Marketing Manager: Judy Corey
Audience Development
Manager: Courtney Wethal
place wellness found that employees
want onsite gyms, meditation
rooms, standing desks. Nowhere
is there mention of the option of
working from home.
Remember when we liked working
with one another in the same
location? What will your workspace
look like in the year or years ahead?
It seems the primary thing holding
us back from going all-in on
working-from-wherever-you-want
(WFWYW) is technology. Zoom
and Slack and Teams and other
programs stepped up their games
during the pandemic and allowed
us all to at least communicate with
co-workers and clients/customers.
But what about really working
together?
We need collaboration tools that
will provide the same experience
that we get when we walk around
the corner to a colleague's office and
ask, " So, what do you think about
this? " We want to park ourselves on
Today's Technology for Tomorrow's Firm
NSA
Published by Endeavor Business Media, LLC
1233 Janesville Ave. | Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 | 920-563-6388 | 800-547-7377
VOLUME 31, NUMBER 6
Publisher: Barry Strobel
Editor-in-Chief: Gail Perry, CPA
Managing Editor: Isaac M. O'Bannon
Contributors: Ken Berry, J.D.
Jim Boomer, CPA.CITP
Kristy Short
Randy Johnston
Roman H. Kepczyk, CPA.CITP
Paul McDonald
Amy Vetter, CPA.CITP, CGMA
Becky Livingston
Garrett Wagner, CPA.CITP
Richard D. Alaniz, J.D.
Mary Girsch-Bock
Editorial Advisory Board:
Jim Bourke, CPA.CITP, CGMA, CFF
Jim Boomer, CPA.CITP, CGMA, MBA
Bob Cedergren, CPA.CITP, CGMA, CISA
Randy Johnston, MCS
Greg LaFollette, CPA.CITP, CGMA
Donny Shimamoto, CPA.CITP, CGMA
Doug Sleeter
Sandra Wiley, PHR, SPHR
ENDEAVOR BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC
CEO: Chris Ferrell
CRO/CMO: June Griffin
CFO: William Nurthen
COO: Patrick Rains
Chief Administrative and
Legal Officer: Tracy Kane
EVP/Group Publisher: Lester Craft
Subscription Customer Service
877-382-9187; 847-559-7598
Circ.CPA@omeda.com
PO Box 3257, Northbrook IL 60065-3257
Article reprints: Brett Petillo
Wright's Media 877-652-5295, ext. 118
bpetillo@wrightsmedia.com
List Rentals: Michael Costantino
402-836-6266
michael.costantino@infogroup.com
Kevin Collopy, 402-836-6265
kevin.collopy@infogroup.com
GAIL PERRY, CPA
Editor-in-Chief
gail.perry@cpapracticeadvisor.com
@gperrycpa
the chair in a co-worker's space and
have an in-person brainstorming
session. We want to grab an empty
conference room at a moment's
notice and connect with one
another while the ideas are fresh
and flowing - not schedule a call
three days from now and hope the
internet connection is sufficient to
last for the entire discussion.
And really, who isn't weary of
hearing, " You're on mute " on every
Today's Technology for Tomorrow's Firm
Practice Advisor (USPS 017-576), (ISSN 2160-8725 print; ISSN
2160-8733 online) is published four times per year (April,
June, August and December) by Endeavor Business Media
LLC incorporating two editions known as CPA Practice
Advisor and NSA Practice Advisor. Periodicals postage paid
at Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 and additional mailing offices.
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Practice Advisor,
PO Box 3257, Northbrook, IL 60065-3257. Canada Post
PM40612608. Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to:
Practice Advisor, PO Box 25542, London, ON N6C 6B2.
Subscriptions: Individual subscriptions are available
without charge in the U.S. to qualified subscribers.
Publisher reserves the right to reject non-qualified
subscriptions. Subscription prices: The basic annual rate
is $3, based on qualifying associations of 10,000 or more
public accountants that may also subscribe for all their
public accountant members (certain restrictive covenants
apply) for a basic subscription rate of $9 per member for
a three-year subscription. One year subscription for all
others: USA - $37; CAN $64+Tax GST; INT'L $91 GST. All
subscriptions payable in U.S. funds, drawn on U.S. bank.
Canadian GST#842773848. Back issue $10 prepaid, if
single group call? If we're going
to consider a future that includes
WFWYW (I thought it was my own
acronym, but the Twitterverse
already beat me to it), we need state
of the art communication tools. As
a veteran WFHer, I look forward to
the future choices our techno-gurus
will provide. ■
- Gail Perry, Editor-in-Chief
available. Printed in the USA. Copyright 2021 Endeavor
Business Media LLC.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recordings
or any information storage or retrieval system, without
permission from the publisher.
Endeavor Business Media LLC does not assume and hereby
disclaims any liability to any person or company for any
loss or damage caused by errors or omissions in the
material herein, regardless of whether such errors result
from negligence, accident or any other cause whatsoever.
The views and opinions in the articles herein are not to be
taken as official expressions of the publishers, unless so
stated. The publishers do not warrant, either expressly or
by implication, the factual accuracy of the articles herein,
nor do they so warrant any views or opinions offered by
the authors of said articles.
The opinions given by contributing authors are their own
and are not the opinions of our staff. All trademarks used
are the property of their respective owner.
4 JULY 2021 ■ www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com
http://www.endeavorbusinessmedia.com http://www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com
july2021

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of july2021
