Finding Solutions: The Curious Accountant

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Do you struggle to generate opportunities for creative and critical thinking within your role? This course helps you embrace curiosity, approach challenges with fresh thinking, and find ways to create meaningful change in your workplace.

£100 +VAT

4 CPD hours

120 days’ access

Use ACPD101 for 10% off any purchase.
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Finding Solutions: The Curious Accountant

£100 +VAT

4 CPD Course 120 days’ access
Use ACPD101 for 10% off any purchase.
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Finding Solutions: The Curious Accountant

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This course will enable you to

  • Think creatively about the problems in your workplace
  • Weed out unworkable ideas through critical thinking
  • Solve issues that you and your colleagues are facing
  • Lead your team towards the correct decision

About the course

You’re a successful accountant – you know your numbers, you can present them well, and you provide a guiding hand in your organisation. Despite this, you don’t know how to reach that next milestone, and you feel like you’re grinding out the same dull tasks every week. It can be frustrating knowing you’ve got more to offer, but not being sure how to unlock your full potential.

This course explores the in-demand skills that can help you take the next step in your career. You’ll learn how to think creatively and critically, identify and solve problems, and guide others towards better decisions.

By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped with the tools to reframe problems, generate new ideas, make stronger decisions, and influence others more effectively. You’ll not only feel more confident in your role, but more capable of adding value, driving change, and moving your career forward.

Contents

Thinking creatively

What is creativity?
How to come up with ideas
Understanding the creative process
Overcoming challenges
Getting your thinking right
Riding the emotional rollercoaster
Processes, products and insights

Thinking critically

What is critical thinking?
An important skill
Why do accountants need critical thinking skills?
Necessary skills
Professional scepticism
Enhancing our work
Emotional responses
Cognitive biases

Solving problems

The accountant’s role
Developing your skills
Defining the problem
The role of data analysis
Gathering data
Using analytics tools
Visualising data
Combining critical thinking and creative thinking

Championing a solution

Emotional intelligence
Knowns and unknowns
Knowledge is power
Preventing near misses
Checking the process
Assessing the process
Over-confidence and the illusion of control
Investor management
Overcoming framing bias

How it works

Author

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