Professional skills courses
In today's dynamic business world, an accountant's success hinges on more than just technical expertise. Elevate your career with our professional skills CPD courses. From sharpening your communication and negotiation abilities to mastering time management and conflict resolution, our CPD will transform you into a well-rounded, successful professional.
Ethics: Dilemmas and Threats
FREE 1-hr CPD module. Understanding right from wrong is only a small part of the ethics equation. As an accounting professional, when you notice anything inappropriate, you have to know how to respond and - most importantly - to actually do something about it.
Crisis Management and Business Continuity
When a crisis hits, we need to ensure that our organisation is prepared for it. In this course, we look at how to keep a business afloat during a crisis, how to effectively communicate with your colleagues, and how to manage the aftermath. Resilience is key!
Hybrid Working
This course shares best-practice guidance about hybrid working for individuals, teams, and managers. From running hybrid meetings to recruitment and team management, you'll explore the skills and tools that enable you and your team to work at your best no matter where you are.
Career Progression Pathway: Trusted Advisor
As a finance business partner you are a trusted advisor in your organisation. To be effective, you need credibility and influence, to be articulate and proactive, and to have a thorough understanding of how your business can create value.
Mental Wellbeing: Avoiding Burnout
Mental health issues affect more than half of all accountants and account for the majority of days lost due to ill health. This course offers practical ways to help us maintain our own mental health and help to create a happy and accepting work environment.
Ethics in Action: What Would You Do?
Ethics can be a grey area. This course uses case studies and scenarios to equip you with the necessary tools to recognise potential ethical dilemmas and determine the best approach to them, in line with the ethical framework you adhere to as an accountant.
Critical Thinking for Accountants
Critical thinking is becoming increasingly important for accountants, as businesses look to you to provide insight, analysis and proposals to improve your, or your clients' business. This course explores critical thinking techniques and provides practical advice on how to use them to benefit the organisations you work with.
Becoming a Diversity and Inclusion Champion
A diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace is something that employees want and employers benefit from. This course looks at equality, diversity and inclusion broadly, and offers practical ways that you can promote a healthy and happy work environment.
Persuasive Writing
Being able to influence business conversations and strategic decisions, is an increasingly important skill for accountants. This course explains how to use the written word to get people on board with new ideas and innovative ways of thinking, and build deeper connections and networks with colleagues and clients.
The Trusted Business Advisor
These days your clients are looking for more from their accountants, they want a trusted business advisor. This course looks at the processes, steps and technology that enable you to understand your clients' businesses, build stronger relationships and add real value.