PCPS UPDATE.

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Don't miss "Strategy Sunday"

On at least one Sunday in October, NFL quarterbacks won't be the only ones studying the Xs and Os of a successful game plan. Participants in a Sunday kick-off session of the PCPS Forum on Staffing Issues, to be held in Las Vegas on October 24-26, also will be going on the offensive. "Strategy Sunday: The Pre-Game Show," will be free for PCPS members and will cover a broad range of essential management issues.

One session, "Play Hard, Work Hard" by Gary Shamis of Saltz Shamis & Goldfarb in Cleveland, will examine how CPAs can add value to their services and discuss methods for developing "service champions." In "Thinking Like a Coach--Getting Staff to Think Like Business People" Bruce Malott of Meyners & Co. in Albuquerque, New Mexico, will discuss how firm owners can better communicate their vision to the staff. Also that day, Richard Brehler of Plante & Moran in Southfield, Michigan, will lead a session called "Rookies vs. Veterans," on balancing staff and firm development.

These and other sessions will be held prior to the main session of the staffing forum at Caesars Palace, which will address the challenges CPA firms face in hiring and retaining top people. We encourage you to attend both the forum and the Sunday sessions to hear from some of the most innovative CPAs in the profession.

MAP network for midsize firms

The first MAP network for midsize firms will be held Thursday through Friday, December 2-3, in Dallas. To help you share valuable knowledge with your peers, the PCPS management of an accounting practice (MAP) committee has organized MAP networks for firms with 10-24 AICPA members. The networks will include no more than 30 CPA participants who will meet twice annually.

These midsize networks are organized in a way that is similar to the AICPA's practice advisory group B committee (for firms with 50 or more AICPA members, excluding the five largest firms) and the MAP committee large firm network (for firms with 25-49 AICPA members).

The networks will provide forums for in-depth practice management discussions...