Business Development Skill Builders for young CPA's

I just spent my whole Sunday afternoon working on a Power Point presentation about the IFRS update in the U.S., which I need to present at work on Wednesday. I had forgotten how time consuming making these presentations really can be. The last time I did something like this and got accreditation for it was back in school when we had to make various class presentations in Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, and other courses. Once I started working, I never once had to make a presentation. And you know what they say when you don't use certain skills - you often lose them.

There is an article in the Journal of Accountancy that specifically talks about this. According to the article entitled, Business Development Skill Builders for Young CPAs.When young CPA's like me start new jobs and are at the lowest rung of the corporate ladder, very rarely do we develop these business development skills that include presentations. We do need to be encouraged to continue honing the soft skills that we learned in school. That way, we can definitely be the true leaders of tomorrow.

Anyway, hopefully, the presentation will go well on Wednesday (fingers crossed)!