Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
2.00 Credits
Member Price $125
Non-Member Price $149
Overview
Organizations must be intentional in cultivating environments where diverse team members can thrive, feel empowered to make recommendations and take chances. Initiatives to help leaders, both men and women, identify unconscious bias will benefit the morale and increase the retention and advancement of diverse leaders. The instructor will use various scenarios and their own lessons learned as a STEM leader as well as a finance leader.
Highlights
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
Professionals in leadership roles
Objectives
- Identify and develop a business case for diversity initiatives
- Identify techniques to counter unconscious bias
- Identity skills needed to take a seat at the Executive table
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Jennifer Elder, Business Learning Institute
Jennifer Elder, CPA, CMA, CIA, CFF, CGMA is an executive coach who helps smart professionals transform from technically talented to strategically savvy. As a keynote speaker and trainer, she has presented her engaging and highly interactive sessions to over 15,000 people in all 50 states and 12 countries. Her clients include Home Depot, Campari, Experian, HP, Capgemini, and Oracle. She started her career in public accounting at a regional firm. She chaired the accounting department at a New Hampshire college and spent 15 years as a CFO in a variety of industries including homebuilding, technology, and insurance. In 2022, she received the Women Who Count award in education by the Accounting and Financial Women’s Alliance (AFWA). In 2018, Jennifer earned the designation of Certified Speaking Professional (CSP). Making her one of only 15 people worldwide who hold both the CPA and CSP designations. CPA Practice Advisor named her one of the Top 25 Women in Accounting in 2018. She received her BA from the University of Massachusetts and an MS in Organizational Management from Antioch University New England. She has been published by the Journal of Accountancy, FM Magazine, the National Association of Home Builders, Triple Pundit, and the Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance.
Michel Morley, Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC
Mike Morley, CPA is a CPA and a recognized authority in the field of finance with more than 25 years of experience in finance, including IFRS and SOX implementations, as well as internal controls and fraud detection projects. An entertaining and informative speaker, Mike is the author of IFRS Simplified, Sarbanes-Oxley Simplified, and Financial statement Analysis Simplified.
Non-Member Price $149
Member Price $125