Strategic leadership – what is it and can you learn it?
CPA Australia’s ongoing Career Skills Revisited series takes a look back at popular episodes offering useful tips on improving your skills in the workplace. This week: Danette Fenton-Menzies, director of learning at Magical Learning talks about what defines strategic leadership, why it’s so important and the tools you need in terms of support. Listen now.
This brand-new series looks at the opportunities and challenges facing small businesses today. In this week’s episode we hear from Brenton Ellis CPA, Director of Melbourne-based accounting firm The Gild Group. The Gild Group specialises in key industries such as music and entertainment, and has offices in Melbourne and Manila. Ellis shares some of the insights he’s gleaned from changing careers and launching his own firm. Listen to his story.
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has developed a unique report on measures of audit quality in addition to its audit inspection findings. ASIC’s Doug Niven sits down with CPA Australia and explains the measures ASIC has identified and how he expects them to stimulate discussion and evolve over time as data becomes available.