Audit 501: Personality Styles - Improving Your Interactions
2.00 Credits
Member Price $89
Non-Member Price $109
Overview
Personality Styles - Adapting to Different Types of Personalities for Improved Relationships and Interactions provides guidance for effectively adapting to various personality styles. Every individual has a dominant personality style, which includes relevant strengths and weaknesses. Effective interactions require individuals to adapt behaviors to complement, balance or counteract the traits of others. Note: This course is recommended as a part of a 8-hour audit skills curriculum for managers, while it is also appropriate for anyone who has responsibilities for interacting with 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
- Defining primary personality style characteristics
- Determining your own primary personality style and the style of others
- Effectively adapting for improving interactions with various personality styles
- Leveraging strengths and minimizing the negative impact of personality weaknesses
- Applying personality style analysis to real-life situations involving clients, staff, peers and superiors
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
Accountants with responsibilities for effectively interacting with others
Objectives
After attending this presentation, you will be able to...
- Recognize four primary personality styles, including relative strengths and weaknesses
- Identify what traits you and others demonstrate
- List factors to consider to more effectively communicate and otherwise interact with others
- Recall best practices for modifying personal behaviors in appropriate circumstances to result in better situational outcomes with others
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Jennifer Louis, Business Learning Institute
Jennifer F. Louis, CPA, has more than 18 years of experience in designing and instructing high-quality training programs. In 2003 she formed Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, serving organizations by providing training services on a project-specific or parttime basis.
Most recently, Ms. Louis was executive vice president / director of trainingServices at AuditWatch, Inc., a premier training and consulting firm serving the audit profession. She began her career at AuditWatch as vice president of product development. Before joining AuditWatch, Ms. Louis was the financial/operational audit manager at AARP.
Ms. Louis also was an audit manager for Deloitte & Touche LLP. During her years at Deloitte & Touche’s Washington D.C. office, she was a frequent local and national instructor. She also served as an
instructor for the firm’s national “Train the Trainers” program.
Non-Member Price $109
Member Price $89