Day 2

Saturday 19 November

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8.30 am – 9.00 am: Registration
9.00 am: Master class
Leadership

MC1: Leadership update

9.00 am – 5.00 pm

Speaker: Gerard Murphy, Managing Director, Elite Team Performance (formerly Leading Teams Europe)

Session 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.

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9.00 am: Concurrent sessions A
Technical

A1: United Kingdom Accounting Standards

9.00 am, – 12.30 pm

Speaker: Valerie Steward ACA FCCA MRSA, Author and Lecturer

Session 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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Personal Effectiveness

A2: Personal development update: Handling meetings and delegation

9.00 am – 12.30 pm

Speaker: Bob Turner, Lecturer

Session 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
Technical

B1: Tax update: Focus on corporation tax

1.30 pm – 5.00

Speaker: Tony Jenkins CTA, Tax Lecturer and Accountant

Session 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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Personal effectiveness

B2: Personal development update: Influencing others, motivation and providing feedback

1.30 pm – 5.00 pm

Speaker: Bob Turner, Lecturer

Session 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

Career guidance system

CPA Congress sessions are suitable for all competency levels as per the   Career Guidance System.
Leadership Leadership
Business Business
Technical Technical
Personal effectiveness Personal effectiveness