Audit 503: Management - Being a Balanced Leader-Manager

Overview

Management Skills - Exhibiting Traits of a Balanced Leader-Manager provides tips and techniques for striking the right balance between managing individuals and engagement teams and leading the overall strategic direction of a firm. Short-term profitability and long-term viability are important objectives of any successful organization. Note: This course is recommended as a part of a 16-hour audit skills curriculum for managers, while it is also appropriate for anyone who has responsibilities for leading or managing others. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Highlights

The major topics covered in this course include:

• Differentiating between managing and leading, while highlighting the importance of each
• Assessing your own natural management and leadership style
• Adapting management and leadership styles to the specific circumstances
• Becoming a catalyst for positive change
• Overcoming barriers to successfully managing and leading
• Successfully engaging in difficult conversations to minimize performance issues and conflict

Prerequisites

Experience supervising others

Designed For

Accountants with both short-term management and long-term leadership responsibilities

Objectives

After attending this presentation, you will be able to...

• Distinguish the difference between short-term management and long-term leadership
• Identify how to strike the right balance between leading individuals and teams towards both short-term and long-term objectives
• Determine how to adapt your own natural behaviors to enhance the likelihood of overall success for individuals and teams

Preparation

None