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Free CPD: soft skills for leaders
  • Article
  • 13 Nov 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
If you’re in a leadership role, an aspiring CFO, or even a CFO looking to become CEO, having strong people skills is a top priority. ICAEW has a range of resources to boost your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours while raising your EQ.
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Free CPD: essential skills for people managers
  • Article
  • 13 Nov 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
People skills, such as the communication, empathy, flexibility and active listening, are essential for line managers wishing to lead happy, productive teams. Brush up on your soft skills with these free Continuous Professional Development (CPD) resources.
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Free CPD: communication and influencing skills
  • Article
  • 13 Nov 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
A recent survey revealed that nine out of 10 global executives believe soft skills to be more important than ever, with communication topping the list of sought-after skills for 2024. Use your Continued Professional Development (CPD) hours to build your communication confidence.
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How to have difficult conversations with clients
  • Article
  • 30 Apr 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Awkward or challenging discussions with clients are never moments that accountants look forward to – but there are ways to make these tricky chats proactive and productive.
A great communicator makes for a successful CFO
  • Article
  • 18 Apr 2024
  • Kelly Smith, CFO, Kantar Insights UK & Republic of Ireland
Kelly Smith is CFO, Kantar Insights UK & Republic of Ireland, one of the UK and Ireland’s leading market research companies. Smith talks about why good communication is key to good leadership, worrying about climate change, and challenges her peers to find ways to maintain engagement in a world of hybrid working.
How to tell a good ESG story
  • Article
  • 30 May 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Effective communication of ESG progress is an increasingly vital part of companies’ efforts to secure investment. Experts discuss the hallmarks of a robust narrative.
Chartered Accountants’ Golfing Society celebrates 125th anniversary
  • Article
  • 04 May 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
CAGS seeks new joiners to increase diversity and enjoy the networking and mental health benefits of the sport.
How to maximise your virtual impact
  • Article
  • 24 Aug 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Virtual meetings are here to stay, but this can be a more challenging environment in which to communicate and connect.
ICAEW does not support proposals for earlier self assessment registration
  • Article
  • 22 Mar 2022
  • ICAEW
ICAEW has responded to HMRC’s call for evidence on income tax self assessment registration for the self-employed and landlords. ICAEW is calling for improvements to systems and processes as well as better education and communication rather than legislative change.
Exclusive How to be a star of the meeting
  • Article
  • 15 Sep 2021
  • Max Dickins
Tips on how to break the ice and get the ball rolling
External providers of finance take comfort in robust numbers
  • Article
  • 24 Aug 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
The chartered accountancy profession plays an intrinsic role in supporting the collection of information that underpins access to finance, especially for small and medium-sized businesses, writes David Petrie, ICAEW Head of Corporate Finance.
Nudges could reduce offshore non-compliance and international tax debt
  • Article
  • 21 Jun 2021
Better communication on taxpayer obligations coupled with prompts from HMRC could help to prevent offshore non-compliance and international tax debt, says ICAEW. There are also opportunities to improve existing systems and processes to make compliance easier.
Restoring trust in local authorities
  • Article
  • 24 May 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
Local authorities need to invest in effective communications to retain the trust and confidence of the public – or face the consequences.
Peter Margaritis, author of ‘The Accidental Accountant’
Don’t make accounting a foreign language
  • Article
  • 30 Apr 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
As chartered accountants increasingly help colleagues or clients, they must to learn to become better communicators, argues Peter Margaritis, author of ‘The Accidental Accountant’.
Why accountants must learn to speak and present effectively
  • Article
  • 08 Feb 2021
10 February 2021: Author and practice owner Della Hudson outlines why strong communication skills are more vital than ever for the modern accountant.
Supercharge your networking – more than swapping business cards
  • Article
  • 30 Jan 2020
30 January 2020: we are often told about the importance of networking; it’s all about who you know, right? In the digital age with the ease of a LinkedIn request, how do you build those relationships? Rachel Underhill, ICAEW’s Business Strategy Manager, has some answers.
Exclusive The non-technical skills you need to get ahead
  • Article
  • 04 Dec 2019
  • Joanna Gaudoin
How to build your skill set to advance your career.
Exclusive Dealing with conflict
  • Article
  • 15 Oct 2019
  • Matthew Leitch
Matthew Leitch on how wargaming might help finance managers deal with everyday conflicts.
Exclusive Do public speaking better
  • Article
  • 07 Jun 2019
  • Graham Shaw and Lindsay Maclean
Public speaking can be difficult. Some fail to grab their audience, while others can’t bring themselves to face the task at all. Here, seasoned TedTalk contributors Graham Shaw and Lindsay Maclean talk about overcoming these barriers to presenting
Exclusive Soft skills are career positive for finance professionals
  • Article
  • 12 Mar 2018
  • ICAEW Business and Management Faculty
Finance is not just about numbers – you must be able to communicate effectively. Jo Faragher talks to directors, recruiters and accountants about the challenges.
Exclusive Public speaking tips
  • Article
  • 08 Feb 2018
  • David Adams
Ahead of the Business & Management Faculty’s events on improving presentation skills, David Adams gets tips on speaking and presenting from the very best.
Exclusive Tips for top presentations
  • Article
  • 15 May 2017
  • ICAEW Business and Management Faculty
A six-step guide to presentation fundamentals that will almost certainly help you get your point across.
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LGBT networks in accountancy
  • Article
  • 28 Jan 2016
  • Jessica Fino
How firms are supporting their LGBT employees and clients
Exclusive Speaking up
  • Article
  • 15 Jul 2015
  • Paul Ryan
We have something to say, but the prospect of facing an audience makes us break out into a sweat. Yet fear of public speaking doesn’t have to hijack your career, says Paul Ryan, as he shares ways to grapple with our demons.
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LGBT networks: Benefitting business
  • Article
  • 19 Feb 2015
  • Oliver Griffin
LGBT networks are building inclusion - for everyone - across accountancy firms
Exclusive Measuring annual budgeting success
  • Article
  • 13 Jun 2014
  • Andrew Likierman
A framework to judge the success of a budget process, starting with the barriers that have to be overcome.
Exclusive Pitch perfect: How to present
  • Article
  • 07 May 2014
  • Christian Doherty
In business today, it’s not just your number-crunching skills that have to shine. Christian Doherty talks to the communications experts who know how to help FDs create perfect presentations
Exclusive Stand your ground
  • Article
  • 09 Nov 2012
  • Pamela Milne
Most finance executives face conflicts with colleagues, not least at budget-setting time. Pamela Milne explains how to take a stand without getting aggressive – and suggests tactics to defuse any tricky situations
Exclusive What makes a successful FD?
  • Article
  • 01 Oct 2011
  • Scott Barnes
Ever wondered what makes the difference between a so-so finance director and an outstanding one? Scott Barnes offers some useful clues based on the experiences of leading board directors.
Exclusive Acquiring the Clinton factor
  • Article
  • 01 May 2007
  • Helen Fearnley
Do your presentations lack punch? Are they adequate but uninspired? At a 2007 faculty event, ‘The Clinton factor’, David Gillespie revealed the secret of inspired speaking. Helen Fearnley reports.
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