Becoming Better Tax and Audit Engagement Leaders—Part 2, A Foundation of Skills

CPE Credit: 2 hours

This webinar lays a foundation of skills that underpin the job responsibilities of engagement leaders in auditing, accounting and tax practices of CPA firms.

Topics Covered

• Common denominators for successful presentations and communications
• Improving presentation and communication skills
• Techniques for becoming more effective in completing a communications transaction
• Communications with CPA firm partners, staff assistants and other personnel
• Servant leadership
• Practical supervision and motivation strategies
• Characteristics of a good supervisor
• Successful on-the-job training
• Becoming better managers of time
• Effective delegation
• Handling confrontation and conflict

Learning Objectives:

• To make more effective presentations
• To understand basic communications skills
• To apply communications skills to the CPA firm environment
• To learn effective leadership skills to build people and profits
• To become better delegators to increase CPA firm profitability
• To handle confrontations with win-win results