Few financial professionals even consider the importance of building their executive presence and then they wonder why they don't have a seat or a voice at the executive boardroom table. In this series of six modules, you will learn how to elevate your own executive presence and achieve high levels of influence, leadership and make a strategic contribution inside your organization.
Publication Date: April 2021
Topics Covered
- Confidence
- Relationship Building
- Communication Skills
- Credible Leadership
- Personal Branding
Learning Objectives
- Recognize how to elevate your level of personal presence and confidence to deliver information with executive command
- Recognize how to establish strategic people networks across the organization and externally through stronger, deeper relationship building
- Recognize how to speak and write with precision, clarity, and persuasion to convey important financial insights to those able to act and respond
- Identify how to recruit, retain, and develop a strong team of financial professionals increasing the capabilities and capacity of the finance function to support the business
- Recognize how to strengthen your personal brand and consistently deliver on that brand promise each and every day
- Identify how to strengthen your personal brand and consistently deliver on that brand promise each and every day
- Identify behavior that is most likely to be displayed when you are feeling powerful
- Identify the most appropriate way to initiate discussion when meeting someone for the first time
- Describe which intelligence helps you best manage office politics
- Identify how illustration of how leadership differs from management
- Recognize how appearance matters to your personal brand
Level
Basic
Instructional Method
Self-Study
NASBA Field of Study
Personnel/HR (5 hours)
Program Prerequisites
None
Advance Preparation
None
Instructors
Blair Cook
Blair Cook CPA, CA CPA (Ill) MBA, is a many time and active financial executive, corporate director, author, speaker, and thought leader. His educational videos of accounting and finance have million of views on YouTube. He has keynoted and spoken at national conferences from New York to Toronto. He also co-hosts CPA Canada’s podcast series “CPA Success Podcast.” He works with real businesses experimenting with theories and best practices to share his experiences and stories with others of what works, what doesn’t, and what was learned. He is the author of The Illiterate Executive: An Executive’s Handbook for Mastering Financial Acumen.
Jennifer Ross Nicholson
Jen is a dynamic financial professional with over 25 years of experience in public practice, academia, government and industry. Jen is currently serving on the Board of the Nova Scotia Utilities and Review Board. Jen is the co-host of CPA Canada’s podcast series “CPA Success Podcast.” Jen brings to the classroom a broad skill set and experience in all key facets of an organization including operations management, strategic planning, business development, finance, accounting, investor relations, human resources, and project management. Jen has a passion for making finance more attainable, whether it’s working to articulate strategy in a financial context, bringing clarity to financial communication or teaching accounting to university students. Jen’s career epitomizes the diverse experiences and roles that CPAs play in industry – from financial to operational leadership.