Member-only roundtable

The new agenda is a short poll, followed by several seven to ten-minute presentations from members and experts, mixing topic expertise and shared experiences, and finishing with 20 to 25 minutes of actively chaired group discussion. These one-hour in length...

How leaders can keep their people in the safe zone

In the old normal, a relatively small percentage of people struggled with mental health, depression and other anxieties. Depending on the seniority of the individual, EAP programmes and personal counselling were usually sufficient, resulting in little direct impact on...

Reputation Management

Reputation management does not usually come high on the finance agenda. However, faced by a pandemic, firms are making difficult decisions that could adversely impact their reputation. Our three presenters on this inaugural Finance & Operations Group member-only...

Adopting a coaching mindset when leading your firm

Command and control is a risky style of leadership when everyone is isolated and traditional systems are hard to enforce. The presenter is Richard Thorby, an executive coach with an unusual background: accountancy training; company secretary of a billion-dollar luxury...

Overcoming barriers to adopting new technologies

The session on overcoming barriers to adopting new technologies is drawn from an ongoing Government-funded research project to help mid-sized law and accountancy firms prepare for an AI tsunami. In the event, it’s a Covid tsunami, but the lessons from the deep dive...