Brian D. Kush

Auditing Leadership

The Professional and Leadership Skills You Need

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Auditing Leadership is the only book written for auditors that presents practical tips, insights, and ideas on becoming a leader in the profession. Light on the industry jargon of FASBs, IASBs, etc., this guide instead specifically discusses the so-called "soft skills" often overlooked in order to become a leader in the audit profession. Filled with expert advice that mean the difference between being a good auditor and transforming into an auditing leader, this book equips auditors to relate to the daily interpersonal and leadership challenges in their role.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 14545001000
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 444g
• ISBN-13: 9780470450017
• ISBN-10: 0470450010
• Artikelnr.: 26432619

Autorenporträt

Brian D. Kush, CPA, CISA, CITP, former Vice-President of AuditWatch, is President of Moxie Partners, a professional coaching and personal networking company that helps accountants and IT professionals achieve in self-defined and measurable ways. His clients include 25 of the top 100 accounting firms as designated by Inside Public Accounting. He has worked with over 100 CPA firms and provided consulting and/or live instruction to thousands of auditors on best practices, audit process reengineering, and audit technology tools. Kush is a former Audit Manager at Ernst & Young. His unique background includes having worked in the accounting profession, having trained in the profession, and now being a professional coach to those in the profession. He has worked intimately and consulted with level-one employees all the way up to managing partners and executives at hundreds of accounting firms and internal audit departments across the country.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. About the Author. PART I PROFESSIONAL INTERACTION AND REFLECTION
SKILLS. CHAPTER 1 Where Are You Going? Your Roles. Your Mission. Your Core
Values. Roles, Mission, Values: Tying It All Together. Leadership Summary.
CHAPTER 2 Selling Number One. Continuously Selling Yourself. Your Brand.
Branding versus Selling. Leadership Summary. CHAPTER 3 Feedback Equals
Money. Sources of Feedback. Performance Evaluations. Feedback Is
Contagious. Specific Feedback Rocks! A Feedback Culture Can Start with You.
Leadership Summary. CHAPTER 4 The Audit Cheerleader. Belief Is Mandatory.
Conflict Is Healthy. Positivity Is Contagious. Enemies Are
Counterproductive. Leadership Summary. PART II NETWORKING SKILLS. CHAPTER 5
Your Social Capital. Social Capital. Your Circle of Trust. Strengthen Your
Capital. Leadership Summary. CHAPTER 6 The First Step in Networking.
Networking Events. Approach Networking as Relationship-Building. Leadership
Summary. PART III TIME MANAGEMENT AND PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY SKILLS. CHAPTER
7 The Most Important Word to an Auditor. Understand More by Asking "Why?".
Teach Why. Leadership Summary. CHAPTER 8 The Problem with To-Do Lists.
To-Do Lists Can Create Guilt. Create Action Lists. Reconcile To-Do Lists
with Goals. Prioritization of To-Dos--It's Impossible! Leadership Summary.
CHAPTER 9 The Power of Time-Blocking. Schedule Buffer Time. Time-Block
Commitments, or Say "No!" Planning Your Day by Using Time-Blocking.
Time-Block Away Distractions. Time-Block Yourself. Leadership Summary.
CHAPTER 10 The Power of Routines. Routines and Habits. Identifying
Proactive, Healthy Routines. Multi-Fulfilling. Give Them a Name. Group
Routines Require Group Buy-In. Create Accountability Related to Your
Routines. Leadership Summary. CHAPTER 11 Do You Train Your People to
Interrupt You? Interruption Dependence? Are You Too Accessible? Empower
People More So They Interrupt You Less. Leadership Summary. CHAPTER 12 Do
You Have Commitment Issues? Be Aware of All Commitments. Habitually
Undercommit. Leadership Summary. CHAPTER 13 Reengineer Your E-mail
Practices. How Much Are You E-mailing? Challenge E-mails without Substance.
What's in an E-mail? E-mail Subject Headers. E-mail Body. E-mail Habits of
Others. Processing E-mail. How Often Should You Check E-mail? Leadership
Summary. PART IV COMMUNICATION SKILLS. CHAPTER 14 Effective Opining. What
Is Your Advice Process? Unsolicited Advice. Leadership Summary. CHAPTER 15
Are You a Filler-holic? Conversation Word Fillers. Writing Word Fillers.
Leadership Summary. CHAPTER 16 Why We Love PowerPoint Slides. What Is Your
Objective in Making a Presentation? Present with the Audience in Mind.
Preparing a Presentation with Purpose. Leadership Summary. CHAPTER 17 One
Way to Avoid Office Rage. Your Confrontation Style? Turn Anger into
Problems and Solutions. Leadership Summary. PART V CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
SKILLS. CHAPTER 18 Who Is the Puppet Master? Who Is Pulling the Strings?
The Single Biggest Opportunity to Improve Your Audit? Stop Managing
"Clients." The First Step in Client Management. Stop "Managing" Clients.
Leadership Summary. CHAPTER 19 What Hat Are You Wearing? How Many Hats Are
You Wearing? Audit Your Audits. Client Education. Leadership Summary.
CHAPTER 20 Be Memorable. Remind Clients of Your Value. Create Stories. Turn
"Messing Up" into "Stepping Up". Let Clients Guide You. Be Yourself. One
Client at a Time. Leadership Summary. PART VI TEAMBUILDING AND REFLECTION
SKILLS. CHAPTER 21 Prepare to Be Fired. Prepare to Be Fired from the Very
Beginning: Leadership Transition. Add More Responsibilities. They See, They
Do. Team Accountability. Team Chemistry. The "Open Door" Leader. Teach Your
Teams to Seek Complaints. Ponder Your Future Often. Leadership Summary.
CHAPTER 22 Now Where Are You Going? Success Is a Mind-Set, Not a Finish
Line. Awareness Unlocks Who You Are. What Are the Leadership Skills You
Uncovered and Want to Develop? Your Plan. APPENDIX You Know You Are an
Auditor When . . . . Afterword and Acknowledgments. Index.