If you don’t have the time to complete an MBA degree but still want to understand the key concepts, then this course is for you. This course is designed for managers, professionals and business owners who want to develop a broad perspective to deal more effectively in today’s rapidly changing and increasingly complex business environment. Learn the key elements and components of a traditional MBA while looking strategically at an organization from a holistic perspective to improve business planning and decision-making. You will also learn to recognize how different business processes drive results as well as identify the effective use of key performance indicators to motivate, measure, evaluate and improve results.
DESIGNED FOR
CPAs, corporate finance teams, business leaders and other financial professionals.
BENEFITS
- Recognize how to communicate with the different types of personality styles effectively
- Recognize the value of using charts in financial presentations
- Demonstrate how to write more effectively with increased clarity and stronger impact
- Recognize why social media is good for business, how to get started, and what to share
- Stand in front of an audience, project confidence and knowledge, all the while making a connection and capturing your audience’s imagination to be powerful and persuasive
HIGHLIGHTS
- Communication in the Workplace – Characteristics, Strengths and Weaknesses of Personality Styles, Connecting with Personality Styles, Audience Demographics
- Networking – Building a Stronger Professional Network – Types of Networks, Types of Influential People, Building Your Network, Clique versus entrepreneurial networks, Volunteerism
- Powerful Presentation Skills – Using visualization, Practice is essential, Positive energy, Slide count calculation, A speech versus an experience, Fear of questions, Know your audience, Communication styles, Turn off the adrenaline, The power of a pause
- Presenting Numbers for Impact – Presentation tips, Providing context with your numbers, Tables and charts, Using visuals, Formatting your information, WIFM
- Success with Social Media – Forms of Social Media, Business Benefits, Getting Started in Social Media
- The Art of Effective Writing – Formatting words for readability, Making your point, Active versus passive writing, Choosing words for understandability, Using emoticons and punctuation, Bad writing examples
COURSE LEVEL
Basic
PREREQUISITES
None
ADVANCE PREPARATION
None
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Course materials are distributed electronically. To access the materials visit
njcpa.org/MyEvents. Download to your laptop or tablet prior to the seminar, handouts are added as received.
Help Feed Those in Need- The NJCPA Emerging Leaders Council is hosting a Food Drive to benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Please bring your nonperishable items and canned goods to this event. Peanut butter and tuna fish are always needed.