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Developing a Growth Mindset for Effective CPA Leadership
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Developing a Growth Mindset for Effective CPA Leadership
Leadership in accounting and professional services requires more than technical expertise and compliance knowledge. CPAs are often expected to lead teams, influence clients, and navigate complex decisions in high-pressure environments without formal authority or clear precedent. This course explores leadership as a professional practice and helps CPAs develop a strong leadership identity grounded in values, purpose, and vision.
Participants will learn how leadership identity shapes daily behavior, decision-making, and credibility in audit, tax, advisory, and client-facing roles. Through practical reflection and real-world professional scenarios, CPAs will examine how values guide ethical judgment, how purpose sustains resilience under pressure, and how vision helps connect day-to-day work to long-term impact. The course emphasizes intentional leadership habits, self-reflection, and adaptability, enabling CPAs to lead with clarity, consistency, and authenticity. By the end of the course, participants will be better equipped to build trust, influence others, and demonstrate leadership through their actions, not just their title.
Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Leadership in accounting and professional services requires more than technical expertise and compliance knowledge. CPAs are often expected to lead teams, influence clients, and navigate complex decisions in high-pressure environments without formal authority or clear precedent. This course explores leadership as a professional practice and helps CPAs develop a strong leadership identity grounded in values, purpose, and vision.
Participants will learn how leadership identity shapes daily behavior, decision-making, and credibility in audit, tax, advisory, and client-facing roles. Through practical reflection and real-world professional scenarios, CPAs will examine how values guide ethical judgment, how purpose sustains resilience under pressure, and how vision helps connect day-to-day work to long-term impact. The course emphasizes intentional leadership habits, self-reflection, and adaptability, enabling CPAs to lead with clarity, consistency, and authenticity. By the end of the course, participants will be better equipped to build trust, influence others, and demonstrate leadership through their actions, not just their title.
Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify the core elements of leadership identity
- Recognize how daily behaviors and decision-making influence credibility, trust, and professional presence
- Determine how values-based leadership supports ethical judgment and consistency in client-facing and team-based work
- Identify how purpose and vision enhance resilience, focus, and long-term professional impact
- Recognize strategies for adapting leadership behavior in fluid, ambiguous, and evolving accounting and professional services settings
Course Number:
CC36
NASBA Field of Study:
Business Management and Organization
Level:
Intermediate
Author/Instructor:
Colten Christensen
Publication Date:
February 2026
CPE Credits:
1
Prerequisites:
None
Advanced Preparation:
None
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