Audit 503: Management - Being a Balanced Leader-Manager

Overview

Management Skills - Exhibiting Traits of a Balanced Leader-Manager provides tips and techniques for striking the right balance between managing individuals and engagement teams and leading the overall strategic direction of a firm. Short-term profitability and long-term viability are important objectives of any successful organization. Note: This course is recommended as a part of a 16-hour audit skills curriculum for managers, while it is also appropriate for anyone who has responsibilities for leading or managing others. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Highlights

The major topics covered in this course include:

• Differentiating between managing and leading, while highlighting the importance of each
• Assessing your own natural management and leadership style
• Adapting management and leadership styles to the specific circumstances
• Becoming a catalyst for positive change
• Overcoming barriers to successfully managing and leading
• Successfully engaging in difficult conversations to minimize performance issues and conflict

Prerequisites

Experience supervising others

Designed For

Accountants with both short-term management and long-term leadership responsibilities

Objectives

After attending this presentation, you will be able to...

• Distinguish the difference between short-term management and long-term leadership
• Identify how to strike the right balance between leading individuals and teams towards both short-term and long-term objectives
• Determine how to adapt your own natural behaviors to enhance the likelihood of overall success for individuals and teams

Preparation

None

Notice

This course is provided by a third-party vendor. Please note that login instructions will not be available in the ‘My Upcoming CPE’ section of the NESCPA website. Instead, the login instructions will be sent directly to you via email by CPA Crossings. Upon completing the course, your hours will be recorded in the ‘My CPE Tracker’ section of the NESCPA website.