Leadership School

Source: Journal of Accountancy

The AICPA Leadership Academy offers tips on how to influence and inspire others. For example:

Academy facilitator Gretchen Pisano says that “Effective leaders focus on cultivating self-awareness ‘in the moment.'” The most powerful influencers “recognize in real time how others are experiencing them” and “calibrate their strengths to the context in which they are operating.”
Tom Hood, executive director of the Maryland Association of CPAs, urges leaders to provide context when implementing an initiative by “helping everyone see the bigger picture.” Doing this substantially increases the odds of a successful implementation.
An important Academy maxim is “Intellect can clarify intention, but only emotion moves people to act.” Successful leaders must learn how to engage the emotions of their followers. One way to do this is to build compelling stories that connect with people's beliefs, not with just their goals.