Advice for Advice for Professional Professional

DevelopmentDevelopment

IntroductionIntroduction

► As an accounting or As an accounting or finance finance professional, you professional, you must constantly must constantly engage in continued engage in continued learning to keep learning to keep pace with industry pace with industry trends and trends and technological technological developments. developments.

Making Better Decisions  Making Better Decisions  

► Good leaders are good decision makers.Good leaders are good decision makers.► Keep the following key principles in mindKeep the following key principles in mind

1.1. You have to Gather Information Carefully You have to Gather Information Carefully

2.2. Talk It Out with Others Talk It Out with Others

3.3. Sometimes you need to trust your Instincts Sometimes you need to trust your Instincts

4.4. Define SuccessDefine Success

5.5. Resolving ConflictsResolving Conflicts

    Recommendations       Recommendations      

1.1. Make the First MoveMake the First Move

2.2. Choose the Right TimeChoose the Right Time

3.3. Consider a Self-EvaluationConsider a Self-Evaluation

4.4. Adopt a Conciliatory Adopt a Conciliatory StanceStance

5.5. Sound Alarms if It's Sound Alarms if It's SeriousSerious

ConclusionConclusion

► the industry isn't the only thing changing – the industry isn't the only thing changing – how people communicate and work together how people communicate and work together also continues to evolve, making your soft also continues to evolve, making your soft skills just as vital skills just as vital