Working in the software industry for more than a decade, I’ve heard all the reasons why firms resist change. But the one that baffles me the most is, “my partners don’t want to change.” 

It’s time for employers to acknowledge that employees face vastly different threats to their personal safety while traveling for work, depending on sexual orientation, gender, and age. More needs to be done to support them as they travel the globe on behalf of their companies.

For Sean Boyd, the best measurement for what goes on during tax season is not the usual. “One of my best marks was how many days I skied,” Boyd said during a session on hiring at the recent Thomson Reuters Synergy conference.

After accounting and bookkeeping, payroll is the service small business owners want most from their accountant—more than one in three put it at the top of their services wish list. This isn’t much of a surprise since they also told us they spend an average of 18 hours every month on payroll, but still feel uncertain about whether they’re getting things right.