Diane Kazarian, Managing Partner at PwC in the GTA has spent the past few decades on a leadership journey. A passionate motivator, Diane joins us to discuss how her various experiences at PwC, such as losing all the bank audit business, has helped shape her leadership style and abilities. Setting up the discussion with an in depth look at her firm’s organizational structure, we look at specific skills such as negotiation, prioritization, and conflict resolution, and how Diane keeps her teams motivated towards a unified vision. We also take some time to discuss Diane’s work with women in leadership programs, and why she pushes for a diverse and inclusive workplace. She also shares some tips on how to get noticed by leaders like herself in the big firms. For any CPAs who are interested in understanding what can make them standout to senior managers, or are looking for specific areas to build their leadership capabilities, this discussion is for you.

• understand the organizational structure of a large professional service firm
• learn how to foster and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace
• learn how to approach specific leadership skills such as: negotiation, conflict resolution, delegation

• organizational structure at PwC
• types of challenges that a Managing Partner faces
• how to develop a leadership style
• how to keep teams working towards a single vision
• standout qualities of high performing CPAs at the firm
• prioritization, delegation, negotiation and conflict resolution
• diversity and inclusivity with a focus on ways to measure their impact

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About This Product

On-Demand Courses by LumiQ. LumiQ is a podcast company where engaging conversations with business leaders also count as verifiable CPD. We go out and find business, accounting and finance leaders to interview about their expertise and experiences, and you get verifiable CPD for learning from the world’s top minds. Some days, you’ll find yourself immersed in the world of start-ups, or captivated with the story of how Bernie Madoff pulled off the largest fraud in human history. Maybe you’ll want to learn about how the music industry’s business model has changed over time? Whatever you’re interested in and will feed your natural curiosity of how businesses work, you’ll find on the LumiQ podcast. LumiQ is an enjoyable way to earn CPD.

Please note that not all on-demand courses include downloadable materials such as course notes or slides.

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