{"id":9017,"date":"2010-10-07t16:49:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-07t20:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=9017"},"modified":"2017-01-04t11:17:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04t16:17:44","slug":"qa-jennifer-wilson-on-creating-a-great-place-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2010\/10\/07\/qa-jennifer-wilson-on-creating-a-great-place-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"q&a: jennifer wilson on creating a great place to work"},"content":{"rendered":"
thanks to the economic bust, the staffing crisis for cpa firms seems to have evaporated.<\/strong><\/p>\n so here\u2019s the question: does creating a \u201cgreat place to work\u201d still mean anything these days?<\/p>\n jennifer lee wilson<\/strong> yes, i believe the concept of building a “great place to work” still means a lot. just the other day, i was training up-and-coming leaders at a firm that is striving to be a great place to work. <\/em><\/p>\n by having me there, the firm was letting their people know they are committed to investing in developing them — regardless of the economic condition. <\/em><\/p>\n they were encouraging their people to explore different ways of leading and managing, with the hope that those people would apply new ideas to drive change in the firm. <\/em><\/p>\n they also offered their people a very positive work environment, great facility, up-to-date technology, flexibility programs, kitchens stocked with healthy snacks and more benefits that told their people that they are important and valued. <\/em><\/p>\n this firm understands that people are the foundation of any great business — and a professional service business’ greatest asset is the ingenuity, engagement and talent of its people. <\/em><\/p>\n being a great place to work attracts and retains the best and the brightest in any economic cycle…but being a great place to work is most important in a down cycle<\/em>.<\/p>\n jennifer wilson is a co-founder and partner of convergencecoaching llc, a national leadership and marketing consulting firm dedicated to cpa and it firms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" thanks to the economic bust, the staffing crisis for cpa firms seems to have evaporated. so here\u2019s the question: does creating a \u201cgreat place to work\u201d still mean anything these days? jennifer lee wilson convergence coaching llc yes, i believe … continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1908,5,2287],"tags":[102,93,585],"class_list":["post-9017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-management","category-outlook","category-seven-keys","tag-hr","tag-management","tag-seven-keys"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nconvergence coaching llc<\/a><\/p>\n