by Rob Pillans | Sep 14, 2021 | Articles
Have you ever stopped to ponder this question? Two things have prompted me to do so: The obvious impact of COVID which has found people working in different physical spaces to where they might normally work; and Renovations at home mean I am temporarily out of my much...
by Rob Pillans | Aug 18, 2021 | Articles
As an accounting firm coach, consultant and mentor I am privy to many shareholder agreements. Some incorporate a form of long service or sabbatical leave for owners on some sort of a cycle. Good idea. I’ve recently had a client try the idea of what they ended up...
by Rob Pillans | Aug 18, 2021 | Articles
Video You might have noticed you can’t zoom your camera natively in Zoom or Teams. Sometimes you just want to zoom in or out a bit to get the right look on the screen. This might include zooming in to remove a few stray items in your room from being visible to others....
by Rob Pillans | Feb 16, 2021 | Articles
In my role as an accounting firm coach, consultant and mentor I like to find examples in other industries to help accountants run better accounting firms. It might surprise you that air traffic controllers provide some great examples! I occasionally sit near the...
by Rob Pillans | Jul 21, 2020 | Articles, Business Strategy
The title of this article was the title of a webinar recently hosted by CAANZ, in which father and son Richard and Daniel Susskind shared some insights from their research on the future of the professions and more recently, the impact that COVID-19 is having....