Saturday 19 November
Expand All- 8.30 am – 9.00 am: Registration
- 9.00 am: Master class
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MC1: Leadership update
9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Speaker: Gerard Murphy, Managing Director, Elite Team Performance (formerly Leading Teams Europe)View MoreSession Details
Over the last two decades, sport and business have become more closely linked in terms of finance, performance and team building. Gerard Murphy will share tool kits, examples and the lessons he learnt working elite sports teams, including the England rugby team and Geelong Football Club (Australian Football League).
This is the course you need to take your team from ‘good’ to ‘great’ if you aspire to be a high-performing team player. Learn what a team is, how to develop an effective team, how to lead a team, how to handle problems within the team and how to evaluate team performance. The session will also cover the challenges of leadership, what makes an effective leader, how to create a vision, how to motivate people and how to remain an effective leader.
- 9.00 am: Concurrent sessions A
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A1: United Kingdom Accounting Standards
9.00 am, – 12.30 pm
Speaker: Valerie Steward ACA FCCA MRSA, Author and LecturerView MoreSession Details
Gain an overview of the United Kingdom’s Accounting Standards, with a focus on new developments and practical implications for financial statements. Study the current standards and their application, (including the developments on convergence with the International Financial Reporting Standards), common disclosure issues and issues arising from the Review Panel and the Professional Oversight Board.
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A2: Personal development update: Handling meetings and delegation
9.00 am – 12.30 pm
Speaker: Bob Turner, LecturerView MoreSession Details
Develop and grow your personal awareness skills and run more effective meetings through planning, keeping meetings on track and ensuring that decisions get carried out. Understand the importance of delegation, identifying what to delegate and handling problems.
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- 10.30 am – 11.00 am: Networking break
- 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm: Lunch break
- 1.30 pm: Concurrent sessions B
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B1: Tax update: Focus on corporation tax
1.30 pm – 5.00
Speaker: Tony Jenkins CTA, Tax Lecturer and AccountantView MoreSession Details
Learn about the key changes to tax legislation over the last twelve months in the United Kingdom, with a focus on corporations, business and personal tax. Areas covered include the Finance Act 2011 (United Kingdom), consultation documents, recent legal cases and important pronouncements from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
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B2: Personal development update: Influencing others, motivation and providing feedback
1.30 pm – 5.00 pm
Speaker: Bob Turner, LecturerView MoreSession Details
Generate real value for your company by turning ideas and influencing action. By understanding how to give and receive the right feedback, delegates will take away a range of tools to develop and manage change in a way that will be beneficial for their organisation.
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- 3.00 pm – 3.30 pm: Networking break
| CPA Congress sessions are suitable for all competency levels as per the Career Guidance System. | |
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