Audit 503: Management - Being a Balanced Leader-Manager
2.00 Credits
Member Price $89
Non-Member Price $109
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
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