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Success Leaves Clues: Career Strategies for New Professionals (4091628B)

 
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Discover everything you never learned in college and what it really takes to thrive in the accounting profession. Presented by leading thinkers in the profession and founders of VeraSage Institute, Ronald J. Baker and Daniel D. Morris, the course provides unique observations about the future of the profession, along with what every emerging CPA needs to know now to thrive in the future.

Date:Thursday, November 05, 2009
Time:8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (Registration at 7:30 AM)
Facility:Golden Gate University, San Francisco
Area:San Francisco
CPE Credit:8.0 CPE (Continuing Professional Education)
Instructor: Daniel D. Morris , CPA
Developer:VeraSage Institute
NASBA Subject Area:Personal Development
Delivery:Group Live
Course Level:Beginning
Fee:$315 CalCPA Members, $415 Nonmembers
Coupon Fee:$0
VP Fee:$0

Objectives:
  • Learn how to be a true professional - a technician who cares
    • Develop traits necessary for success:
    • Problem solving skills: formulating hypotheses and bringing order to chaos from information overload;
      • Learn risk-taking, creativity, flexibility and independent thinking;
      • How to apply judgment rather than "checklist" solutions;
      • Build your leadership skills;
      • Understand how to make the transition from providing clients with deliverables to creating value; and
      • Gain an appreciation for how your colleagues learn.

    Major Topics:
    The tectonic shift taking place in the economy--the transition from manual and service workers to knowledge workers
  • Characteristics successful CPAs have in common
  • How do CPA firms create wealth for clients?
  • Presents and defines the three types of Intellectual Capital: Human Capital; Structural Capital; and Social Capital, as well as negative forms of each
  • Believe it or not, the U.S. Army as an example of a knowledge organization; utilizing After Action Reviews
  • No firm is an island--leveraging social capital and social media to create wealth and solutions for clients
  • Leaders are readers--suggested reading will be discussed
  • The importance of having mentors, whether you know them or not
  • The art of rainmaking
  • Creating your own destiny--developing a personal career plan
  • Education never stops--life-long learning
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    Designed for:
    Any emerging professional determined to succeed in today's knowledge economy.

    Prerequisite:
    None

    Advanced Preparation:
    None


     
     
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