No matter where you turn in our world, there always seems to be an opposing theory or a different point of view -- this keeps life interesting, right? Add to that the intricacies of group dynamics and you'll see why the governance of CPA firms by a shareholder group can be frustrating and sometimes exhausting! Lisa Tierney, CLSC, an executive life coach with over 20 years of experience working with CPAs will teach you to resolve -- and more importantly, avoid conflict at your firm -- not just with shareholders, but with all staff (and your family and friends, too)!

• Managing partners
• Partners
• Human resources professionals
• Firm administrators
• Office managers
• Marketing professionals

• Understand the stages of group development toward productivity.
• Learn to adapt your communication style based on brain hemispheric dominance.
• Learn and integrate the components of a coaching relationship/conversation.
• Uncover the hidden biases, presuppositions, and limiting beliefs that keep us stuck and unable to change or move forward,
• Detail lessons in making power statements & asking power questions that get you exactly what you want
• Learn how to carefully communicate the well-formed outcomes of ideal scenarios
• Learn how to mediate others' conflicts in careful, safe ways