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CPD for Accountants

I recently stumbled across a new site, cpdwise.com, which can provide us accountants with all things CPD online.  cpdwise.com is the brainchild of Diarmuid O'Donovan, FCCA , who serves on the International Assembly of the ACCA.  Most of the professional accountancy bodies now allow flexibility in the types of learning that constitute CPD (check out my article, CPD - banish the fear), and cpdwise can offer e-learning which can flexibly, efficiently and economically fill this gap. Diarmuid recognises that while many of the accountancy professional bodies and many of our employers offer some CPD learning opportunities, for most accountants, their learning needs will not, and cannot, be met wholly from these sources.

Check out cpdwise.com to satisfy your CPD requirements, the e-learning way.  And remember that you can also email me at [email protected] for bespoke one to one or group coaching on specific CPD needs.  Here are a few examples of topics on which I have coached accountants:

• Communication skills.  Assertiveness.  Managing conflict
• Performance enhancement. Skills audit. Confidence building.
• Career planning
• Work-life balance. Time management
• Leadership skills.  Team building
• Change management

Any Accountants for the Dragon's Den?

Being a bit of an entrepreneur myself, I received this invitation to apply to the Dragon's Den.  I'm not going for it this time round, but what about you, my fellow accountants? I'd love to see the accounting profession represented a bit more robustly on one of these businessy competitive TV shows.  And come to think of it, I don't think I've seen an accountant participating on The Apprentice, to date, either.  Well, whatever your tipple, Dragon's Den or The Apprentice, lets put a call out for the accountants. Come on down. First up, the Dragon's Den.  Read on for details on how to enter....

Accountants, let's audit our image

Accountants, I'm sure you know how that first impression is absolutely crucial.  You know what they say; people make up their mind about you within seconds of seeing you for the first time.  OK, first impressions can be undone, but it takes time, energy and money.  Why go through all that hassle when you can get it right first time?  That's why over the coming weeks I'm working with specialist image consultants, ALTER EGO.  As I go through my own personal image audit, we don't you share my journey, pick up the tips and techniques that I learn along the way. And learn some of the image consultancy trade secrets from ALTER EGO themselves.

If you can't wait that long then find out more about ALTER EGO now.  More info unfolds below.