Learn critical skills required to become a high-performing, future-ready and all-around successful leader. This event will empower you to form new habits for effective leadership and communicate better with your team.
DESIGNED FOR
Early career professionals who want to build leadership skills and increase their value to their employers
BENEFITS
Learn the power skills necessary for effective, transformational, future-ready leadership. Discover how to be an inclusive leader by letting go of control and giving team members the chance to try new tasks, be creative, innovate and develop better processes. Identify how to build on new habits that were developed during the pandemic and envision the future of accounting.
HIGHLIGHTS
This conference is being hosted by the Massachusetts Society of CPAs.
Monday, December 13
8:25-8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:30-9:40 a.m.
Unmute Yourself: Igniting Intentional Leadership
Rachel Druckenmiller, MS, UNMUTED
In times of so much change and continued uncertainty, we can become reactive in our interactions with colleagues and clients, communicating less effectively. By tapping into the brain science of leadership, we can become more effective, connected, high-performing leaders. Identify the power skills necessary for effective, transformational, future-ready leadership and learn how to become more self-aware to be a better leader who effectively engages and connects with team members and clients. Discover the power of curiosity to build trust, competence and confidence and catalyze growth.
9:40-9:50 a.m.
Break
9:50-11 a.m.
Seven Sins of Delegation
Renee Moelders, Convergence Coaching
Discuss leadership ideas, examine how to let go of control and give team members the chance to try new tasks, be creative, innovate and develop better processes through those new approaches.
11:00-11:10 a.m.
Break
11:10 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
The Art of Query
Renee Moelders, Convergence Coaching
When we ask the right questions, we uncover strategic opportunities that drive value for others. This exercise-based session will focus on the benefits of listening more and talking less and will help you develop the ability to ask the right questions at the right time. Leave this session with the tools you need to be a better coach to your people and advisor to your clients.
12:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Tuesday, December 14
8:25-8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:30-9:30 a.m.
Where We Go from Here
Samantha Mansfield, Samantha Mansfield, LLC
Explore how to build on new habits that were developed during the pandemic and envision the future of accounting. Identify emerging services resulting from the interaction between accounting professionals and their clients (internal or external) and discuss the growth of advanced technology and the impact it can have on future accounting functions.
9:30-9:40 a.m.
Break
9:40-10:40 a.m.
Inclusive Leadership
Susie Silver, The Diversity Movement
This session will discuss the traits of an inclusive leader with a focus on inclusive language and provide real-world examples and actionable tips on how to create a more inclusive workplace.
10:40-10:50 a.m.
Break
10:50-11:50 a.m.
Conversation Skills for CPAs
Roger Grannis, GannisGroup
Whether interacting with clients, meeting people at networking events or communicating with leadership, conversation skills have a direct impact on client satisfaction, workplace harmony and business performance. Examine communication skills that will boost CPAs’ conversation skills and confidence.
11:50 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
Roundtables/Networking Opportunity
12:50 p.m.
Closing Remarks
COURSE LEVEL
Basic