Personality Styles - Adapting to Different Types of Personalities for Improved Relationships and Interactions ON DEMAND
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2.0 Credits
Member Price $87.00
Non-Member Price $100.00
Overview
Every individual has a dominant personality style, which includes relevant strengths and weaknesses. Effective interactions require individuals to adapt behaviors to complement, balance or counteract the traits of others. This module provides guidance for effectively adapting to various personality styles.
Highlights
Defining primary personality style characteristics. Determining your own primary personality style and the style of others. Effectively adapting for improving interactions with various personality styles. Leveraging strengths and minimizing the negative impact of personality weaknesses. Applying personality style analysis to real-life situations involving clients, staff, peers and superiors.
Prerequisites
None.
Designed For
CPAs.
Objectives
Describe four primary personality styles, including relative strengths and weaknesses. Recall what traits you and others demonstrate. List factors to consider to more effectively communicate and otherwise interact with others. Explain best practices for modifying personal behaviors in appropriate circumstances to result in better situational outcomes with others.
Preparation
None.
Notice
None.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Jennifer Louis, Surgent McCoy CPE LLC
Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 25 years of experience in designing and presenting high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical accounting, auditing, and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organizational success. She is the principal author of audit and attest related courses for Surgent and a frequent speaker at Surgent live programs and seminars. Ms. Louis is also the president of Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, a company she founded in 2003, dedicated to developing and delivering a wide variety of accounting and auditing training services, including audit staff training, audit productivity improvement, and value-added auditing. Prior to that, she was executive vice president/director of training services at AuditWatch, Inc. Before joining AuditWatch, Ms. Louis was the financial/operational internal audit manager at AARP. While at AARP, she served as one of their specially trained facilitators available as a resource throughout the organization for designing and leading strategic meetings and training sessions. Ms. Louis was also an audit manager for Deloitte and Touche, LLP. During her years in that firm’s Washington, D.C. office, she served as an instructor for the firm’s national “Train the Trainers” program. Ms. Louis graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA in accounting.
Non-Member Price $100.00
Member Price $87.00