Professional Credibility

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Building your professional credibility is important in order to be seen as knowledgeable, fair and dependable. Understand how you can do this, with practical steps covering business acumen, professional scepticism, ethics, communication and your authoritative voice.

£100 +VAT

4 CPD hours

120 days’ access

Use ACPD101 for 10% off any purchase.

Professional Credibility

£100 +VAT

4 CPD hours 120 days’ access
Use ACPD101 for 10% off any purchase.

Professional Credibility

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This course will enable you to

  • Understand professional credibility and how to build it, whatever your career level
  • Develop the business acumen that will ensure you add value
  • Learn to use professional scepticism to add value and gain gravitas
  • Maintain and enhance your credibility by applying the fundamental principles of ethics to ensure you do the right thing
  • Bring together key communication aspects to find your authoritative voice

About the course

Professional credibility is the key to advancement in your accounting and finance career. But why do some people seem effortlessly to gain the trust and respect of their colleagues while others struggle? This course breaks down the abstract concept of professional credibility into its key components, explaining the practical steps you can take to becoming seen as knowledgeable, fair and dependable.

You will develop your business acumen, learn to use professional scepticism in a constructive way, understand how to use the ethical framework to ensure you always do the right thing, and develop your own authoritative voice.

Contents

The importance of credibility

The importance of professional credibility
Professional credibility in the finance profession
Examples of credibility
Building your credibility
Getting over inexperience

Business acumen

The importance of acumen
An overview of acumen
A learned skill
Core skills
Developing your skills
Sharpening your business acumen
Traps and pitfalls

Professional scepticism

How do you spell it?
An essential skill
An overview of scepticism
The power of scepticism
Cognitive bias
How sceptical are you?

Ethics and professionalism

Why we act unethically
Ethical principles and threats
Speaking up about ethics

Your authoritative voice

The importance of an authoritative voice
The role of communication
Communicating with purpose
Reading your audience
The power of listening
Storytelling and communication
Delivering authoritative presentations
Persuasion and influence

How it works

Author

Alan Nelson with Anna Faherty & John Taylor

This course was conceived and curated by Alan Nelson, Founder and Managing Director of accountingcpd. Alan also wrote the opening module on Professional Credibility and the module on Professional Scepticism.

The module on Business Acumen was written by John Taylor, accountingcpd author, Chartered Accountant and Lecturer.

The modules on Ethics and Professionalism and Your Authoritative Voice were written by Anna Faherty, writer, researcher, educator and accountingcpd friend and author.