Leadership
Professional development for Certified General Accountants and the business community
 

Leadership

Beyond the core technical competencies, what makes CGAs stand out from the crowd is their leadership skills. This is demonstrated by their ability to inspire, motivate, guide, encourage, and align teams, groups and individuals to achieve desirable outcomes.

 
 

Recommended Resources


May15
The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time
Ever feel burned out or overwhelmed? How often to you check your e-mail or texts inside and outside work? How often do you juggle multiple tasks? When was the last time you were truly focused on just one thing, or on one stream of thought?

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May15
How to Find the Perfect Job Applicant (or Look Like One)
How do you find out if the person you are interviewing is a real fit for your role and team? What if asking a candidate about what they are passionate about in their life and what their life's desires are can help to uncover that fit and whether this candidate will be able to commit wholeheartedly to the role and the organization.

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May15
How to Keep Your Cool During a Performance Review
It's not usually comfortable for most people to listen to feedback. How good are you at receiving and implementing feedback from a performance review? This article by Robert M. Galford is posted on Harvard Business Review's HBR Blog Network.

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May15
The Nine Elements of Highly Effective Employee Praise
How good is your manager at recognizing, praising, and rewarding hard work and achievements? How good are you at doing the same with your employees? Here are some tips for giving your employees and team members the recognition they deserve. This article by Jeff Haden is posted on the Inc.com site.

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May15
Do People Really Want You to Be Honest?
Do you ever bend the truth even just a little to try to protect people's feelings or to achieve a desired effect? Inside and outside business this happens all the time. What if honesty was more desirable and effective?

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CGA Learning Products


Jan1
Business Analytics, Part 2: Implementing Analytics in Your Organization — On Demand
This webcast will outline the ways in which you can successfully implement analytics within both your organization and with external stakeholders. It will help you properly assess your organizational readiness for analytical decision-making, and provide you with the tools and strategy for implementation, so you can use the data you collect most effectively.

CGA-Canada

Jan1
Business Analytics, Part 1: An Introduction to Analytical Thinking — On Demand
This webcast will introduce you to business analytics and show you how it can make your organization more successful. It will outline the fundamentals of analytics and the tools you need for implementation, so you can better leverage the data you gather in the many functional processes you face each day.

CGA-Canada

Jun28
Strategic Planning, Part 1: How to Prepare Your Organization for Success — Live June 28, 2012
This webcast addresses one of the fundamental challenges facing all businesses: How can we transform our decisions into successful long-term planning when we do not know what is going to happen down the road? In this session, Mark Hollingworth will provide key insights, techniques, and models that will help you better prepare for the future.

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Jan1
Team Building 2.0: The Five Strengths of a Team — On Demand
What is the real value of teambuilding and how can leaders build sustainable teamwork without clichés and unproductive exercises? This webcast clarifies what teambuilding is and why it matters to your organization. It will also outline some new techniques and strategies that you can immediately apply in your own workplace to improve teamwork and communication.

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Jan1
Strategic Decision-Making, Part 2: Effective Processes for Long-Term Organizational Success — On Demand
This session explores the many different conversation and decision-making processes, and suggests ways that each organization — and each individual — can improve their competency in this area. By better understanding these processes, you will be able to make more effective strategic decisions that can lead to greater long-term success.

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