Teaching CPAs to be Better Thinkers
Overview
Designed especially for CPAs, this class is a practical call to action that provides CPAs with the tools and inspiration they need to be better thinkers. You’ll learn habits and strategies you can use every day to dramatically improve judgment and decision-making. You’ll learn how to break down mental barriers and alleviate mental fatigue. You’ll achieve new levels of mental clarity, flexibility, and resilience. You will also benefit from better overall mental well-being and be more resistant to stress and burnout. Attendees leave as more powerful and confident thinkers and better communicators and problem-solvers. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Highlights
The major topics covered in this course include:
- Decluttering your mind for clarity and mental bandwidth
- "Micro-habits" that transform judgment and decision-making
- A "thinking audit" process that will change your world
- Using "gamification" to solve tough dilemmas
- The science of trust
- How to see patterns others don't see
- Regulating and optimizing your mental resources
- High-stakes decision making
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
CPAs, analysts, governance and compliance professionals interested in improving thinking quality, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
Objectives
After attending this presentation, you will be able to...
- Identify 3 approaches to optimize mental bandwidth
- Apply "frames-of-reference" thinking to boost judgment quality
- Select 3 micro-habits to develop to boost thinking quality
- Determine the best decluttering technique to achieve mental clarity
- Identify 3 strategies that raise situational awareness
- Apply 3 approaches that improve objectivity and skepticism
- Identify the "deep structure" of problems
- Apply "frames-of-reference" thinking
Preparation
None
Notice
This course is offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible in the My CPE Tracker section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by CPA Crossings.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Toby Groves
Toby Groves, principal at GRC-Groves Research and Consulting, is an independent researcher on critical thinking, focusing on the gap between the way our minds are supposed to work and the way they actually work. He is trained in a unique combination of forensic psychology, forensic accounting and behavioral research methods. Groves’ work, story and commentary have been featured on media outlets, in professional industry journals and studied by business schools across the country.
Non-Member Price $85.00
Member Price $55.00