Today's competitive environment requires you to “lead” your company or management team through diverse and often complex scenarios. Learn the importance of “sound” leadership skills within your organization and how to identify and eliminate “roadblocks” to successful leadership.
During the course we will address “common” workforce issues by using “real-life” leadership scenarios to reinforce the concepts. The session will explore the difference between a leader and a manager as well as how to best handle workplace diversity which arises from the differences in “gender, generations, and ethnicity.”
This on-demand course will also cover effective leadership skill-building techniques, communications, public speaking, negotiations, and personal marketing. Additionally, leadership styles, the psychology of leadership, and ethical thought in leadership will be reviewed.
Publication Date: September 2018
Designed For
CPAs, CFO/controllers, department managers, and staff accountants that manage other people in providing accounting, tax or consulting services to businesses.
Topics Covered
- Effective leadership skill-building techniques
- Communications
- Public speaking
- Negotiations
- Personal marketing
- Leadership styles
- Psychology of leadership
- Ethical thought in leadership
Learning Objectives
- Identify effective leadership vs. "managership" principles
- Recognize sound principles of leadership and common roadblocks
- Recognize effective leadership skill-building techniques, including communications, public speaking, negotiations, personal marketing, and real human issues
- Differentiate theories of leadership including trait, skills, style, pshychodynamic, and strategic
- Identify and apply the leadership concepts through case analyses and personal application
- Recognize how to best consider candidates based on leadership skills
- Differentiate leadership types
- Recognize characteristics of various leadership styles
Level
Basic
Instructional Method
Self-Study
NASBA Field of Study
Personnel/HR (2 hours)
Program Prerequisites
None
Advance Preparation
None
Instructor
David Osburn
David L. Osburn is the founder of Osburn & Associates, LLC, a Business Training and Contract CFO Firm that provides seminars, webinars, and keynote speeches for bankers, CPAs, credit managers, attorneys, and business owners on topics such as Banking/Finance/Credit, Negotiation Skills, Marketing, and Management Issues.
Mr. Osburn’s Contract CFO clients include medical practitioners, financial institutions, law firms, CPA firms, architects, real estate developers, and contractors.
His extensive professional background of over 30 years encompasses 21 years as a Business Trainer/ Contract CFO and 16 years as a bank commercial lender including the position of Vice President/Senior Banking Officer. His banking credentials include loan underwriting, loan “work-out”, management, and business development.
Mr. Osburn has been an adjunct college professor for over 30 years including the College of Southern Nevada.
He holds an MBA from Utah State University, a BS in Finance from Brigham Young University, and is a graduate of the ABA National Commercial Lending School held at the University of Oklahoma.
Additionally, Mr. Osburn holds the professional designation of Certified Credit & Risk Analyst (CCRA) as granted by the National Association of Credit Management (NACM).