Connected Leadership SPEAKER for Accounting professionals
Equip accounting professionals with the tools to become more connected leaders, especially in times of change.
The topics below are perfect for keynotes and business retreats. They can scale from 1 - 2 hours to a full-day workshop. Add Yoga, Meditation or a Book Discussion for a unique experience.
The Connected Leader: Creating an Engaged Firm Culture
(Leadership, Employee Engagement, and Change Management topic)
In this age of technology disruption, everything is changing around us. We sometimes can feel like we don’t know where our anchor is - what will stay the same, what will change, and what we can depend on.
We can find that when implementing change in our organization, individual patterns of behavior can show up in ways that prevent the business from making progress and embracing the opportunities ahead. While we are focusing on change management in our organizations and what the future of our work will look like, we should also be spending an equal amount of time creating stronger human connections.
With time and dedication, you can learn to become a connected leader who contributes to cultivating an engaging and fulfilling work-life culture for yourself, your team, and your colleagues.
During this talk, Amy will take you on an emotional journey of self-reflection. You will discover more compassion for yourself and others, be more mindful as a leader, and improve how you communicate to achieve the desired outcomes together as a team.
In this session, you will learn:
How habits and patterns are created in our lives from the time we are young that affect us into our adulthood and the steps to break the ones that don’t serve us;
Understand how the ego develops, influences our work lives, and impacts how well we interact with others;
Ways to change your mindset to overcome negativity and replace it with gratitude; and,
Create more compassion for the people you work with by creating communities of support to break down barriers and achieve the best results for the organization.
Work-life Harmony and Transformation is Possible in the Accounting Profession
(Work-Life Balance, Human Connection, Authentic Leadership topic)
With work compression and staffing capacity issues creating stress in your firms, culture and individuals that work there, the risk of not having bench strength is at all time high. Often the answer given to accountants that are burned out is… “this is just the profession”. However; there is a way to overcome this and change the future of our work to create a workplace that people can create a destination career that not only benefits the firm, but allows them to balance their work and life, and creates a culture where everyone feels they matter and can achieve their dreams. In this session we will discuss the commitment, change process, and investment of time that it takes to transform your workplace so that you can remain a strong and thriving firm into the future.
The purpose of this session is to learn how to transform your workplace as a whole and for your staff by:
Creating a destination career that is unmatched by helping professionals achieve their desired professional and personal goals
Retaining and recruiting staff based on your best-in class culture where no one can imagine working anywhere else
Each person being fulfilled in the work they do for the benefit of themselves and the firm as a whole.
The mission of this engagement is to transform your workplace as a whole and for your staff:
a destination career that is unmatched by helping professionals achieve their desired professional and personal goals
best-in class culture where no one can imagine working anywhere else
each person is fulfilled in the work they do for the benefit of themselves and the firm as a whole.
Connected Leadership Speaker Testimonial
“Amy Vetter was one of three speakers that presented at my virtual 2020 Administrative Center of Excellence (ACE) Summit. Amy’s presentation was the stand-out to my membership, that represent the Assistants from the top FORTUNE 100. Her topic “Connected Leader” was relevant and her style was relatable. I would highly recommend Amy as a speaker.”
Joanne Linden, Founder & President of the Administrative Center of Excellence Summit
Amy has walked in your audience’s shoes. She knows all too well the pressure and level of excellence required when working in the accounting industry. Based on her own work-life journey starting out at KPMG, becoming a partner at a regional CPA firm, and transitioning to a senior accounting technology leadership role -- all while founding her own yoga studio -- Amy has learned a thing or two about what it takes to advance your career in the accounting profession while making work-life balance a key priority. Learn More
Disconnect to Connect: Being Authentically You in the Workplace
(Work-Life Balance, Human Connection, Authentic Leadership topic)
We all grow up with certain beliefs - assumptions and convictions that we hold to be true, regarding concepts, events, people, and things. Sometimes these beliefs are so deeply ingrained in who we are that we never even consider questioning them. But what if these beliefs don’t actually align with who we are? Once we break free of the messages in our heads we can then start the journey to Business, Balance & Bliss and to becoming a Connected Leader. Amy Vetter, from The B³ Method Institute, will share insights to help you to uncover what message is ingrained from someone else versus what you truly believe or how you want to show up in the world. Get ready to be courageous, aware, and inquisitive to get to your inner truth.
During this session, Amy will share insights to help you to:
Uncover habits and patterns are created in our lives from the time we are young that affect us into our adulthood and the steps to break the ones that don’t serve us;
Learn how to be courageous, aware, and inquisitive to get to your inner truth that will affect how you show up for yourself, at work as a Connected Leader, and in your personal life.
Understand how the ego develops, influences our work lives, and impacts how well we interact with others.
Ways to change your mindset to overcome negativity and replace it with gratitude; and,
Create more compassion for the people you work with by creating communities of support to break down barriers and achieve the best results for the organization.
The Leadership and Communication Skills to Help You Thrive
Course Description:
As Connected Leaders we strive to improve our company or clients’ businesses with the information we provide them. Yet many of us still spend the majority of our time keeping up with regulation and compliance requirements. This doesn’t leave the necessary amount of time in our day to advise our teams and inform the organization on how to improve their business results at a holistic level. With technology’s gift of more time, we can learn to create the value that our stakeholders request and by clearly communicating to our team so they can succeed and thrive. As a result, we can become a Leader that is considered a strategic, highly valued partner whom our clients and organizations can’t imagine living without. During this session you will learn active listening techniques, the six areas of communication and learning executive presence so you have the presentation skills to be an effective Connected Leader.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Know how to re-tool to create a differentiated client experience, and develop the soft skills needed to build collaborative advisory relationships you desire;
Create value by going beyond the numbers by telling the story behind them to help your clients make informed decisions;
Become an integral part of the business's decision-making processes, in a proactive, rather than reactive way; and,
Shift your mindset and cultivate the skills needed to become better connected to your internal team, and be considered a “Cherished Advisor” by the people you work with.
Becoming a Cherished Business Partner: Developing the Leadership and Communication Skills Your Organization Can’t Live Without
As accounting professionals, you strive to improve your company with the information you provide them. Yet many of you still spend the majority of your time writing reports and meeting deadlines, which doesn’t leave enough time in your day to advise your company leaders on how to improve the business at a holistic level. With technology’s gift of more time, you can learn to create the value your company leaders desire by clearly communicating and analyzing information in a way that helps them succeed and thrive. As a result, you can earn a seat at the table when decisions are being made, rather than finding out after the fact. Becoming a “Cherished Business Partner” means that your company and department leaders consider you a strategic, highly valued partner whom they can’t imagine living without when making key business decisions.
In this session, you will:
Explore how to re-tool to create a differentiated experience for your internal stakeholders, and develop the soft skills needed to build collaborative relationships;
Learn how to create value by going beyond the data by telling the story behind it to help business leaders make informed decisions;
Become an integral part of your company’s real-time decision-making processes, in a proactive, rather than reactive way; and,
Gain an understanding of the mindset shift and skills needed to become better connected to your internal team, and be considered a “Cherished Business Partner by the business leaders you work with.