Finance Leadership & Development

Professional accountants need to respond to the continually changing expectations of their organizations, the financial markets, and society. In addition, many accountants aspire to finance leadership roles, such as chief financial officer (CFO). As a result, they must fulfill their traditional responsibilities, while increasing their support of strategic and operational decision-making. Through education, life-long learning, and development, they must acquire the right mixture of skills, experiences, and attitudes, including leadership, strategy, business, management, and interpersonal skills. Read More

Competent and Versatile: How Professional Accountants in Business Drive Sustainable Success
August 1, 2011 - IFAC

The PAIB Committee published this paper to support the global accountancy profession in responding to changing expectations of society, financial markets, and organizations, and promotes the value of professional accountants in business to their organizations.

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Coaching vs. Mentoring
September 7, 2016 - Accounting Today

What human resources professionals at top-performing CPA firms have to say.

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Developing a Winning Mindset
August 16, 2016 - CGMA Magazine

An Olympic gold medalist explains a multipronged approach for accessing the power of the mind to defuse pressure and fuel success.

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Attracting & Retaining Finance Personnel in the Public Sector
August 16, 2016 - Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants

This report identifies the stakeholders and methods they can employ alone or in concert with others, especially professional accountancy organizations, to attract and retain finance personnel in the public sector.

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The Trueblood Case Studies
August 10, 2016 - Deloitte

Trueblood cases are available to everyone as PDFs. Topics include: earnings quality, financial instruments, consolidations, derivatives, and more.

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#WhatIReallyReallyWant
August 10, 2016 - The Global Goals for Sustainable Development

In 2015 world leaders promised to put girls and women first when they signed up to the Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty, fix climate change and tackle inequalities. Using the #WhatIReallyReallyWant hashtag, share a photo of yourself holding up what YOU really, really want for girls and women.

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An Accounting Giant on Keeping Millennial Employees Happy
August 10, 2016 - Bloomberg

Bloomberg interviews EY CEO, Mark Weinberger, on how EY keeps millennial workers happy.

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