Dates and location
Hours
Dates and location
Hours
Description
This event is scheduled and hosted for CPA London, Waterloo-Wellington assigned members ONLY.
One might assume that being an accountant is all about numbers, mastering financial analysis and having a deep understanding of accounting principles but accountants are discovering more and more there is a need for polished people skills that contribute greatly to strong communication and relationship outcomes.
While having excellent technical expertise may open the door, mastery of soft skills such as communication, empathy, adaptability, and collaboration propels professionals to new heights of success. Utilizing soft skills in your daily interactions can be an effective way to distinguish yourself from others and effective people skills will impress your colleagues and may lead to better things in your career.
Key Takeaways
Upon completion, learners will:
- Understand the rationale for the gradual decline of the priority of soft skills training.
- Learn if soft skills are naturally acquired or learnable throughout life.
- Discover the top twelve soft skills required in the accounting profession.
- Embrace seven compelling reasons for making the acquisition of soft skills a career priority.
Who Will Benefit
This course highlights and reiterates the benefits of accounting professionals to recognizing the professional importance and career advantages of embracing and utilizing soft skills in their daily interactions with higher ups, colleagues, and clients. Perfect for accountants that wish to deepen their appreciation of how people skills do in fact, make for success in their daily interactions and leads to greater career success and satisfaction.
How to Access the Event
An email reminder of this event will be sent out 24 hours prior to the event. If you have not yet received the reminder 4 hours prior to the event, please do not hesitate to reach out. Please check your Junk and Spam folders and ensure membernetwork@cpaontario.ca has been added to your safe addresses.
Speaker(s)
Michael Lewis is Managing Director of Michael Lewis Training, Motivation and Development, a London, Ontario-based training, and development firm that was founded in 1994 and specializes in developing and delivering personal and professional development presentations, seminars, webinars, workshops, and teambuilding facilitation to a wide range of clients. Born in 1961, He graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a B.A. in 1983, began a career in training in the corporate world, and eventually started his own training and development firm. Michael Lewis is a very experienced and popular speaker and trainer. He has spoken and/or presented workshops, seminars, webinars, and team-building sessions over 6300 times to over 741 different clients. And like so many speakers and trainers, he has pivoted himself to delivering live and recorded webinars and virtual presentations. He has spoken and presented seminars and workshops to countless CPAs over the past 30 years at various associations and conferences…and he has come to really know our profession and the various challenges we face daily…and then offer solutions that work!