Tom Barry’s blog series, “OWNING the New Normal: Innovators Creating the Way Forward,” focuses on business leaders exploring the current and evolving business environment. The discussion will revolve around recognizing that leaders must innovate and pivot to “own” the future and move forward. There is no greater opportunity to really be a leader than during a pandem [...]

Originally published in CPA Practice Advisor The last year has come with unprecedented challenges but also brought great opportunities for innovation and growth. For small to mid-sized accounting firms, the workplace of the future will continue to evolve and look different than the past. How firms respond will become either a permanent setback or setup for long ter [...]

Originally published in INSIDE Public Accounting Difficult times bring out the best in people. Necessity is the mother of invention. There is no education like adversity. While these maxims might be cliché, their insights ring true. There is no going back to how companies operated pre-pandemic: long commutes, a typical 9-to-5 workday, daily face-to-face interaction [...]

Originally published in Risk Management Magazine There is no way around it—in the current environment, organizations cannot prevent social and political views from being shared in the workplace. Especially after the events of 2020, from politics to police violence to the pandemic, the lines between work and social discussions have increasingly blurred. This is not n [...]

Originally published in Chief Executive Magazine As the boundaries between work and home continue to blur, how companies respond to social and political issues is more important than ever. Employees are taking note of their employer’s stance on key issues and subsequent actions, and creating an environment of trust, support and psychological safety can help leaders p [...]

Originally posted in HR News. Due to the pandemic, the workplace climate has changed considerably. Discussing politics and social issues at work are part of the new normal. Conversations and efforts surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion are at the forefront in many organizations. Political and social issues — such as police brutality, the pandemic and climate c [...]

Originally posted by Training Magazine. Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) are more than guidelines, programs or quotas. Empowering all employees is part of building an inclusive company. Diverse teams bring forth innovation, which makes a business competitive and successful. Los Angeles-headquartered accounting and advisory firm GHJ’s multicult [...]

The world of work shifted in 2020. Many employers were forced to shift to remote work, and many employees learned the benefits of flexible schedules. But in the years since, as employees gradually returned to the office, things did not return to “normal.” Zippia reports that 74 percent of U.S. companies are using or plan to use a permanent hybrid work model. In an ev [...]

Tom Barry, partner, wrote the article “Changes in Private Company Reporting” in the April 2014 edition of the Long Haul Newsletter Historically, accounting standards have not differentiated between public and privately held companies when it came to financial reporting. What was right for a Fortune 500 publicly traded company applied to every business, large [...]

GHJ Managing Partner Tom Barry will discuss how culture drives the accounting profession at the Winning Ways Conference on 11/14/23 in Chicago. Tom will participate in a panel discussion about how managing partners can shape firm culture from a top-down perspective. He will be joined by MarksNelson Advisory Managing Partner Josh Beck and Sassetti, LLC Managing Partne [...]