PRACTICAL PD
Courses for Accountants

These two sessions, taught by Stephen Priddle, CPA, CA, CMA, cover useful tips for accountants who work at IRCC. They contain:

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• Tips from Stephen Priddle's other seminars that will apply

• Tips from his other seminars that do not apply directly but will get participants thinking/inspire them

• Some tips that have been developed for the participants' context, which may apply

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These sessions are interactive and fun.  The both provide PD hours for CPAs who attend and Session 1 provides 0.75 verifiable ethics PD hours for CPAs licensed in provinces that have this requirement.

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Session 1

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• Some different management & leadership tips

• Tips on KPIs

• More useful financial reporting

• Straight talk ethics in a public sector context

• Practical technology tips

• Creative thinking for accountants

• Closing the books faster

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Session 2 

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• Dealing with lawyers and contracts

• Negotiating tips - everything you get is from negotiating

• Trouble spots for financial leaders - and mitigation steps

• Quantitative finance function measurement

• Critical steps when you change jobs

• Some financial modelling keys

• Interviewing - a different approach

• More different management & leadership tips

 

Actual Seminar Feedback from IRCC Accountants

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• You are a very dynamic person and you kept my interest during the whole presentation

• I strongly recommend this session

• Always good to get private sector perspective as one gets stuck in the government bubble

• Hiring part was very relevant for me

• The session definitely gives me inspiration and allows me to gather additional thoughts to help me at work

• Structure: A+.  Big fan of the structure & pace.  Key items are covered, real life examples, provides food for thoughts - then onto the next topic

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills of the trainer

• It is to the point and it has useful tips for day to day work.

• In particular, I liked the topic on finding the skeletons in the closet when transitioning into a new job, as well as employing negotiation skills as an accountant

• I liked the use of real life examples to explain the various points you had in the seminar

• I really appreciated the examples you gave and your personal experiences through the different positions you had in your career to illustrate ethical conflicts

• This will help me at work, especially with when I have to deal with lawyers

• Really enjoyed how to deal with lawyers

• Good balance of risk/judgement, fun, concise, practical, personal

• Inspiring section on negotiating – I now feel more empowered to negotiate

• You are a very good communicator!

• Key thoughts and messages well delivered, very good presenter

• Great session, good mix of interaction, teaching and concrete examples

• I also really enjoyed the fun tone of the meeting, proving that accounting doesn’t have to be boring!

• Tips will be useful at work and also my personal life such as negotiating skill insights

• Great examples – very adaptable to the gov’t

• Helps in renewing motivation at work

• The theory of the session was delivered through examples which help people relate to it

• We were really spoiled by those prizes – thanks!

• Very interesting and engaging

• Good reminders about ethics, KPIs, big picture thinking, leadership

• Lots of tips that will be used in my current work

• I liked the session since it is mostly based on concrete examples in the private sector.  This gives a different perspective for government employees on how to approach a problem (think outside the box)

• Love the ethics session, ethics is very important in the government

• Very concrete practical examples on what we can apply in our current work environment

• Very high energy, very dynamic

• Great tips about becoming more creative at work

• It’s great to have an opportunity to talk about ethics (as opposed to just law). Thanks!

• Great jokes!