DIGITAL CPA WEBCAST SERIES:

IMPACT OF ACCOUNTABILITY

July 11, 2017

CPA.com, an AICPA company

• Empowering CPAs and Businesses for the Digital Age

Erik Asgeirsson, President and CEO, CPA.com

• Industry leader with over 20 years of experience leading

technology organizations

• Consistently recognized as one of Accounting Today’s

“Top 100 Most Influential People”• BS Electrical Engineering, George Washington

University, and MBA in Finance, NYU Stern School of

Business

Host

John Engels, Founder & President, Leadership Coaching, Inc.

• Founded Leadership Coaching, Inc. in 1996, to bring the

cutting-edge science of relationship management to firm

leaders.

• Earned undergraduate (mass communications) and graduate

(theology) degrees and sits on the Advisory Board of the Bowen

Center for the Study of the Family in Washington, DC.

• Appointed Practitioner-Scholar at Cornell University’s Smith

Family Business Initiative to help family business owners

improve their people leadership skills.

• Recently produced a seven-session DVD series, “Owning Your

Leadership” targeted to public accounting firms.

• Mentors executive coaches, family business consultants, and

leaders around the world.

Panelists

John O’Leary, author of “On Fire”

• In 1987, John O’Leary was a curious nine-year-old boy.

Playing with fire and gasoline, John created a massive

explosion in his home and was burned on 100% of his

body. He was given 1% chance to live.

• Now teaching others how to truly live

• First book ON FIRE: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically

Inspired Life was an instant #1 National Bestseller

Panelists

OWNING YOUR LEADERSHIP:

TAMING DISCOMFORT,SUMMONING COURAGE

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In my Family, What do I do?

1. When a child is going through a prolonged tough time?

2. When the marriage lacks open communication?

3. When a parent isn’t speak to his/her siblings?

4. When a disease or addiction is suspected or identified?

Maturity and Responsibility

Emotional maturity is the willingness

to take full responsibility for my own wants,

needs, reactions, thoughts, decisions,

being and destiny,

without blaming others, the team,

the firm, or the “circumstances.”

Leadership Research Summary

Generally speaking,

it’s not the problem

that determines the outcome,

It’s the leader’s response to the problem.

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Avoidance is automatic, and

dances to the beat of discomfort.

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Leadership Immaturity: Avoidance in Action

Blaming others vs. taking responsibility for self

Avoiding conversations of substance

Over-functioning for others

Choosing comfort over progress

Erik Asgeirsson

President & CEO, CPA.com

John O’Leary

Author, “On Fire”

DISCUSSION AND PARTICIPANT QUESTIONS

John EngelsPresident, Leadership Coaching, Inc.

Resources

Owning Your Leadership: Building

Extraordinary Relationships Beginning

with Self

o www.digitalcpa.com/7-leadership-skills-

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