FLP, the Finance Leadership Podcast

"You can look at cloud solutions as a smorgasbord. For each feature that you implement, you have to understand the risk AND the benefit of each of these decisions." GBD78 October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the USA and Cybersecurity Month in the EU. That's why we're focusing this month's episodes on data-defence, privacy and effective protection against online attacks. Starting us off, an in-depth look at the benefits of moving one's business to the cloud. L. Martin Capuder of Florida-based ConsultantC is one of the best qualified experts around, and he explains to AICPA & CIMA's Kyle Hannan how risk-management, effective internal controls, and security-implementation can ensure a successful  migration to the 'cloud'.  VISIT THE AICPA CYBERSECURITY RESOURCE CENTRE.   GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here.   TALKING POINTS. * New understandings of cybersecurity. * What effective migration from local to cloud storage SHOULD look like. * Recommended best practices. * The value of internal controls. * How to identify and manage risks.   OUR GUEST.  Lawrence “Martin” Capuder is managing director of ConsultantC. Services, specializing in secure cloud and certification preparatory workshops, solutions consulting, implementation project management and other custom training. ConsultantC is a Registered Consulting Partner in the AWS Partner Network and an authorized training partner for Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), ISACA and CompTiA. Overall, he has over 25 years’ experience in IT audit, security & controls consulting and Federal banking examinations; this includes a decade of overseas projects and another as an expatriate employee for the world’s largest company. His professional designations include the CISA, CIA, AWS-CCP, CCSK, CFE, CAMS, CPA, CSCP. In addition to being a technical subject matter expert for the Association of International CPAs (AICPA), Martin has spoken at conferences and professional meetings on four continents and has published over three dozen professional journal articles. He currently serves on the local boards of CSA, Keiser University Accounting and Business Advisory Board and the Private Directors Association, as well as being an active member of the CSA’s Cloud Control Matrix Working Group. Connect with him on LinkedIn.   MORE ABOUT OUR PODCAST. The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News   SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. * Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections. * Send to Twitter. * Auto-share on your Facebook page. * Let someone know via email. ©2019 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

One thing that your industry should not worry about is time. There is no such thing as ‘too long’ in podcasting. Just ‘too boring’.   GBD77 September is International Podcast Month, and Monday 30th is Podcast Day. In this special 'Digital Mindsets' episode, AICPA & CIMA's Sonia Rothwell explores the essentials skills and techniques that helped our guests become successful podcasters in the accounting and finance space. We hear about how it's helped their businesses, their careers and their prospects. We also hear trends, top tips and best practices from Rob Walsh, the VP of Podcaster Relations for leading podcast hosting company LibSyn.    GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here.   OUR GUESTS * Julie Ann Sullivan of the "Businesses That Care" podcast * Blake Oliver of The Cloud Accounting Podcast * Georgette Rowland Osborne of Financial Gym for Business and the Entrepreneur Speak Spot podcast * Rob Walsh, VP of Podcaster Relations at LibSyn * Kyle Hannan of AICPA & CIMA podcasts   WE DISCUSS: * Finding your voice. * Getting Started. * Basic starter tips. * Becoming an authority. * Earning recognition and winning attention. * Best Practices. * How to measure success.   LINKS. * I Love Bookkeeping" is Georgette's top podcast tip. * Julie Ann enjoys "Here's The Thing" by Alex Baldwin, an NPR podcast. * Kyle's a fan of the BBC podcast "The Missing Crypto Queen".   MORE ABOUT OUR PODCAST. The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News   SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORK. Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. * Recommend it to your LinkedIn connections. * Send to Twitter * Auto-share on your Facebook page * Let someone know via email. ©2019 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

This was one of the technologies where the guidance we have is really not up to speed in the way that the technology has been moving and evolving. GBD76 Jagruti Solanki has spent more than a decade at Atlanta-based Aprio, a leading CPA firm with a growing global clientele. An assurance partner specialising in technology and blockchain, she tells Mballa Mendouga (AICPA & CIMA, Durham, NC) about 'smart' contracts, internal controls of digital assets, and how to use blockchain for proper financial reporting. GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here. OUR GUEST Jagruti Solanki is an assurance partner at Aprio, based in Atlanta, Georgia, and specialises in Technology and Blockchain. Jagruti and the blockchain team at Aprio are pioneers in blockchain accounting, having provided tax, audit, audit readiness, risk-assurance and consulting services to companies on blockchain for over six years. In 2018, she received the AICPA’s Innovative Practitioner of the Year Award for her work on blockchain accounting and in 2019 was recognised as one of "Atlanta Inno's 50 on fire". Jagruti is a frequent speaker on topics related to emerging tech and delivers presentations across the US. Connect with her on LinkedIn here. FURTHER RESOURCES ON BLOCKCHAIN. * The AICPA offers a comprehensive "Blockchain Fundamentals for Accounting and Finance Professionals Certificate" course (fees apply). * Get this free-to-read primer on the CGMA Store website which answers the question "How will blockchain change accounting?" MORE ABOUT OUR PODCAST. The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News Share: Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. * Recommend it to your LinkedIn network. * Send to Twitter * Auto-share on your Facebook page * Let someone know via email. ©2019 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"This application in the insurance field is ABSOLUTELY going to have an impact on ...individuals and firms working in accounting and finance." GBD75 Dr. Stein Smith is a returning guest on this podcast. He's authored several blockchain courses for the AICPA and gives us the inside track on what Blockchain means – and the opportunities it offers – to those working in or alongside the insurance industry.   GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here.   TALKING POINTS * New understandings of what blockchain has to do with insurance. * Hear how the insurance industry is using it. * Get a sense of what this means for the rest of us. * Talk through how insured companies make sure their registers of assets are digital so they're ready to be insured in a whole new way. * Discuss how crypto-assets fit into this picture.   OUR GUEST. Dr. Sean Stein Smith is an Assistant Professor at Lehman College at City University of New York (CUNY). He served as a technical editor/presenter for AICPA & CIMA's RPA courses as well as the Blockchain certificate program. Additionally he's currently serving as the chair of the Accounting Working Group of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance. Connect with him on LinkedIn here.   FURTHER RESOURCES ON BLOCKCHAIN. * The AICPA offers a comprehensive "Blockchain Fundamentals for Accounting and Finance Professionals Certificate" course (fees apply). * Get this free-to-read primer on the CGMA Store website which answers the question "How will blockchain change accounting?"     MORE ABOUT OUR PODCAST. The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News Share: Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. * Recommend it to your LinkedIn network. * Send to Twitter * Auto-share on your Facebook page * Let someone know via email. ©2019 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

"It's so imperative that we are deliberate in how we communicate, that we think about it and NOT just take things at face value." We're all connected but how do we 'get through' to people better? What's the difference between miscommunication, missed communication and mismatched communication? Why's it important to talk to someone the way THEY need to be talked to, rather than the way WE want to be talked to? Returning guest Julie Holunga tells AICPA & CIMA's newest podcast presenter Scott Kellam about how understanding the difference between internal and external processors can transform the way colleagues, peers, family and friends 'connect' with each other. And do it for the better.    GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here.   OUR GUEST. Julie Holunga is an executive leadership coach who trains and develops professionals, primarily in the accounting, legal, and consulting fields. She served as a project manager at Harvard Business School and has built relationships with leaders at Wall Street firms leading the efforts to advance women into positions of leadership. Julie is a certified Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and one of 38 Master Trainers in the world with Emergenetics. A native New Yorker, she spent seven of her formative years living and attending school in France, India, and Hong Kong, after which she has lived in Boston as well as in the Canadian city of Calgary, before settling in beautiful Colorado. Connect with her on LinkedIn here.    FURTHER RESOURCES ON COMMUNICATIONS AND HUMAN INTELLIGENCE. * Read "Work that works" by Gail Browning * Visit Julieholunga.com *Effective Business Communications. The use of positive language is an important communication tool. Join this webcast to learn how to improve your communication skills and strengthen your team. * Communicating in a Multicultural Environment. Using insightful diagrams, powerful anecdotes and an experiential exercise, this presentation analyses the root causes of typical misunderstandings between culturally different clients and accounting service providers to suggest practical solutions.    MORE ABOUT OUR PODCAST. The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News Share: Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. * Recommend it to your LinkedIn network. * Send to Twitter * Auto-share on your Facebook page * Let someone know via email. ©2019 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

How do you actually APPLY what Maslow tells us, that helps us rise towards the top of the pyramid and live more satisfied lives? GBD73 What REALLY Motivates Today’s Professionals and Tomorrow’s Leaders? Our guest has been researching leadership and motivation for the last twenty years and has turned this into several books. This research also powers the presentations she gives to business leaders, finance and accounting professionals at conferences across the world. While interviewing world-class performers from business, science, the arts and sport, she identified five new intrinsic motivation types that reveal how ordinary people tap into their deepest internal motivations and achieve extraordinary things. She tells AICPA & CIMA's Kyle Hannan about why existing - and future - leaders do what they do, and the ideas and tools we can all use to reach our full potential in a changing business environment.    GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here.   WE DISCUSS: * useful new understandings of what really drives people. * the importance of “Origin” stories. * how to create “moments” (the little steps that build a career ladder). * ways to make these moments ‘land’ so that they make a difference in our business and our careers. * Our guest mentions 'Drive' by Daniel Pink and The Heath Brothers' "The Power of Moments"   OUR GUEST. A motivation expert, best selling author and champion dressage rider with a strong business background, Sophie Bennet is a visiting lecturer at Cranfield School of Management, a Grand Prix dressage rider, former national equestrian champion, ski instructor, bestselling author, and a former Head of Content for Dell. Her eclectic background guarantees talks rich in anecdotes and stories. Connect with Sophie on LinkedIn here.   FURTHER RESOURCES ON MOTIVATION AND HUMAN INTELLIGENCE. * "Human Intelligence". A three-part self-study online series will help you develop the skills that make you uniquely human and position you to take advantage of the new opportunities that await. It's now available for purchase from the AICPA Store website. * An online video session "Women in The Profession: Motivate, Retain and Succeed". How to motivate, retain and train women in the accounting and finance professions for success. This is available to purchase from the CGMA Store website. * See Sophie's "Five Flames of Motivation" graphic.    MORE ABOUT OUR PODCAST. The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player. Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption @AICPANews @CIMA_News Share: Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends. * Recommend it to your LinkedIn network. * Send to Twitter * Auto-share on your Facebook page * Let someone know via email. ©2019 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA)

Whatever it is that most people think is networking - this "noisy events" and "what's in it for me?" - was NOT it! GBD72 What is networking and what makes it work for everyone involved? Jennifer Gardner talks to teacher, coach, consultant and writer Heather Hollick. Based in Michigan, Heather works with ambitious professionals in the areas of networking careers, high performing teams and leadership development. She shares a wealth of practical tips for better career-building from her recent book "Helpful. A Guide to Life, Careers and the Art of Networking".   GIVE FEEDBACK.  How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here.   WE DISCUSS: * What networking is - and isn't. * What motivates effective networkers. * The other question is hidden in "What is networking?". * The crucial importance of networking AT work, not just outside it.   OUR GUEST.  Heather Hollick is a teacher, coach, consultant and writer on a mission to make the world a better place to work. After teaching math and physics, high school and college students for seven years, she moved into the corporate world, where she spent more than 25 years in a variety of industries and organisational cultures. She now works with ambitious professionals in the areas of networking careers, high performing teams and leadership development. Heather is also the author of "Helpful. A Guide to Life, Careers and the Art of Networking". Connect with Heather on LinkedIn here.   FURTHER RESOURCES. * Boost your Networking skills and get a CPE credit with this MBAexpress online course: "Networking - Building a Stronger Professional Network". It's now available for purchase from the AICPA Store website. * There's also a cost-effective intermediate level video to help you create dynamic first impressions - and much more. "Step Away From the Wall: Networking When You Are The New Guy (or Girl)". This is available to purchase from the CGMA Store website.    MORE ABOUT OUR PODCAST. The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player.  Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption  @AICPANews @CIMA_News Share: Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends.  * Recommend it to your LinkedIn network. * Send to Twitter * Auto-share on your Facebook page * Let someone know via email. ©2019 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA). All rights reserved.

"What are the skills that they need to remain competitive and stay relevant to their customers? And it's not only the soft skills but it's also the digital skills. The other point here is about TRUST." GBD71. Digital Health Futurist Maneesh Juneja's career spans nearly 20 years working with data to improve decision-making across several industries. In this conversation with AICPA & CIMA's Samantha Watson, he explores the convergence of emerging technologies to see how they can make the world a healthier and happier place. Inspired by the innovation culture of Silicon Valley, he reveals why “Will The Robots Take My Job?” isn't the question we should be asking.    GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here.   OUR GUEST.  Maneesh Juneja is a Digital Health Futurist who explores the convergence of emerging technologies to see how they can make the world a healthier and happier place. He looks at these technologies in the context of socio-cultural, political and economic trends, helping organisations around the world to think differently about the future. He is passionate about ensuring that the choices we make in society result in a better future, not just for the privileged few, but for everyone. Inspired by the innovation culture of Silicon Valley, and unlike many of his friends who have relocated there, he has decided to stay in London and do his best to bring elements of Silicon Valley's culture to the UK.  In a career spanning nearly 20 years, Maneesh has worked with data to improve decision-making across several industries. From supporting the Whitehall study at University College London, managing the Tesco database at DunnHumby, and most recently, working with the world’s largest U.S. health insurance claims & European EHR databases at GSK R&D. After leaving GSK, he set up his consultancy MJ Analytics. Connect with him here.   MORE ABOUT OUR PODCAST. The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player.  Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption  @AICPANews @CIMA_News Share: Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends.  * Recommend it to your LinkedIn network. * Send to Twitter * Auto-share on your Facebook page * Let someone know via email.   ©2019 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA). All rights reserved.

"Put yourself first. It's not selfish. It's the best thing you can do as a LEADER". GBD70 After our guest's powerful presentation at AICPA ENGAGE 2019 in Las Vegas, we knew we had to share her passion and perspective here on the podcast. Texas-based Sarah Elliott is an influential CPA and business owner who has her heart set on giving other CPAs and women business owners in her region "permission to play". She talks about how we should do more than just manage our time: we should start managing our ENERGY. It's time for a new approach, rediscovering the fun, and using practical steps to put ourselves first, fight burnout and maximise impact.   GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here.    WE DISCUSS: * Why our guest brought tears to the eyes of many accountants - in a good way. * How to recognise the difference between stress and burnout, and what to do about them both. * What's love got to do with it, anyway? * A 4-step plan to reduce stress and maximise performance.   TAKE IT FURTHER: * Our "Coaching versus Mentoring" online self-study course, explains the difference between the two so you can improve your own - and your organisation's - performance. (Fees may apply). * Our "Planning for Self Care" seminar focuses on how managers, leaders, and business owners can align optimum performance with employee health and wellbeing.(Fees may apply). * The Heart-Math Institute has free stress-busting resources * Harvard Business Review "Making of a Corporate Athlete" * Hal Elrod's book "The Miracle Morning".   OUR GUEST The co-founder of Intend2Lead and founder of the Ellivate Alliance, Sarah Elliott. An author, speaker and instructor on coaching and leadership development and an advocate for women leaders, Austin (Texas)-based Sarah actively serves women in her local community and the wider CPA profession. Recognised almost every year for the last 3 or 4 years by AICPA and AICPA Practice Advisor as one of the Most Powerful Women in Accounting, she also received the American Woman’s Society of CPAs President’s Award. Connect with her on LinkedIn.    MORE ABOUT OUR PODCAST. The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player.  Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption  @AICPANews @CIMA_News Share: Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends.  * Let your network know on LinkedIn here. * Send to Twitter here. * Auto-share on your Facebook page here. * Let someone know via email here. ©2019 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA). All rights reserved.

"Management Accountants are perfectly placed to bring collaboration from siloed parts of a business, get them talking to each other, and move innovation forward." GBD69 War historian and Management Accounting expert Dr Martin Farrar is described as a maven, polymath and broker of information, learning lessons from the past and present to inform all our futures. To commemorate the centenary of CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants), Martin researched and authored a revealing book called "Leading The Transformation", covering the 100-year history of the Management Accounting profession, tracing its roots back to the First World War. He tells AICPA & CIMA's Kyle Hannan about what a century of history can reveal about the profession's tradition of innovation in the face of technological transformation, and shares the insights it provides about the innovative future that lies ahead.    GIVE FEEDBACK. How did you discover our podcast, where do you listen, and what would you like to hear more of? Finance pro or not, we'd love to know what you think. Email us here.   WE DISCUSS: * Never mind the "Hockey Stick (J)" curve. What about the 'S' curve! * Why the phrase "Winter Is Coming" may NOT be such a bad thing after all (and it's got nothing to do with Game of Thrones). * How the history of management accounting reveals a century-long tradition of cooperation, innovation and adapting to technological change.   LINKS Find out more about Martin's centenary book. What is a slide rule? Watch this video.   OUR GUEST Martin Farrar’s research specialises in the Future of Finance, sustainability, strategy, and the history of management accounting. Before joining the Association’s research and development team, Martin worked closely with CIMA’s senior management team and council as a strategic planner to define, implement and report on corporate strategies and build future capability. His research has been published in several white papers and has contributed to the ongoing development of the CIMA professional qualification syllabus.  Martin holds a PhD from King’s College London, War Studies Department. His ongoing research into the First World War led to the publication of his book on the reporting of war. Connect with him on LinkedIn.   MORE ABOUT OUR PODCAST. The Voices. These conversations with expert guests are recorded by different members of the AICPA & CIMA team from our offices around the world. While the sound quality may vary, the insights will always be consistently useful. Hear more. Get our shows every week automatically and free. Share them easily with colleagues and friends by using the icons on your app or media player.  Skill Up. Find related CPD/CPE resources at the AICPA Store and the CGMA Store. Connect. #GoBeyondDisruption  @AICPANews @CIMA_News Share: Know someone who'd enjoy this topic? Click on these links to share this episode with colleagues and friends.  * Let your network know on LinkedIn here. * Send to Twitter here. * Auto-share on your Facebook page here. * Let someone know via email here. ©2019 Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA & CIMA). All rights reserved.