ACCA’s Leaders of Tomorrow programme
Information for potential candidates and employers
What is the Leaders of Tomorrow programme? The businesses we work with tell us that the challenge of developing a pipeline of future finance leaders is significant. A recent survey of 500 global CFOs and finance directors told us they require strong technical finance capabilities balanced with broader leadership capabilities. Recognising this, we now invite newly qualified ACCA members, and employers to nominate themselves or employees with high potential to participate in an outstanding programme which will contribute to the development of future finance leaders. The selected 2017 cohort will participate in a diverse range of high-quality development opportunities – from media training to personality profiling – equipping them with the breadth of financial and business understanding to become a complete and flexible finance leader.
Sarah Laceby Manager – Financial Planning and Analytics, Morgan Stanley
ABOUT… MEDIA TRAINING ACCA’s media trainer specialises in preparing senior finance staff to be comfortable in front of the national and international media. The trainer will introduce participants to the following elements of the media: • broadcast, print and social media
About the programme
• how the media thinks and operates
This structured one-year course funded by ACCA that leads into an Alumni programme, has been carefully designed to benefit these high-achieving individuals, their employers and the wider finance community. Beyond this participants will continue to benefit from engaging with their alumni, providing excellent opportunities for them to continually refresh and develop their business and commercial awareness.
THE PROGRAMME INCLUDES: • skills sessions ranging from developing leadership, networking and how to proactively work with the media • Myers Briggs personality profiling • the development of a strong cross-sector business network • access to an alumni buddy • engagement with senior ACCA members and staff.
This course was a fantastic opportunity to learn valuable soft skills whilst simultaneously meeting a variety of people in different industries with whom I can discuss ideas and build a strong support network. Gareth Williams Finance Business Partner – Cokemaking & Burdening, Tata Steel
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I would sum up my experience of the LoT programme as a great way to meet a variety of people from different backgrounds and learn from their experiences, as well as providing exposure to a wide range of skilled advisers.
• what they will want from an interview and how interviewees can take control of the situation. Participants will have opportunities to put their learning into practice by undertaking mock interviews on real issues in front of the camera, exposing them to thinking around how best to construct suitable messages.
ABOUT… MYERS BRIGGS PERSONALITY PROFILING The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is an introspective self-report questionnaire designed to indicate psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. The MBTI was constructed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers. It is based on the typological theory proposed by Carl Jung who had speculated that there are four principal psychological functions by which humans experience the world – sensation, intuition, feeling, and thinking – and that one of these four functions is dominant for a person most of the time. The underlying assumption of the MBTI is that we all have specific preferences in the way we construe our experiences, and these preferences underlie our interests, needs, values, and motivation. We will be using the MBTI to achieve the following: • exploring the results of the questionnaires • experiencing the impact of personal differences in a series of group and individual fun activities • identifying the implications of each person’s style for how they come across to others and how others come across to them • how to be even more effective as an individual and in a team.
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The LoT programme is a great way to network with people outside your organisation who are at the same career stage as yourself, whilst also providing you with the opportunity to learn invaluable skills to aid your development on both a professional and personal level. Sam Brown Executive – Audit, Grant Thornton
HOW ORGANISATIONS WILL BENEFIT Organisations will benefit from: • the development of stronger, more confident and well-rounded proactive future leaders • participants exposure to cross-sector knowledge and different ways of thinking • contributing to ACCA’s agenda, providing business solutions and value for stakeholders.
Four of our 2016 Leaders of Tomorrow cohort were selected for Accountancy Age’s Top 35 Accountants Under 35. Claire Bennison Regional head of marketing – Europe & Americas, ACCA
Applications process Applicants will be required to complete a form with a number of competency based questions to be returned before midnight on the 11th December. For an informal discussion or to find out more please call 020 7059 5715.
PROGRAMME CONDITIONS • applicants will be ACCA members who have qualified within the last five years • applicants will be selected from the pool of nominations using ACCA’s criteria to ensure a diverse working group • attendance on skills sessions will be monitored, with ACCA reserving the right to remove participants whose participation levels fall below 80% • the action learning groups require 100% attendance • the success of the programme relies on employers, who are expected to allow participants the required time off to attend all activities (typically a total of four days across the year, with the majority of activities taking place outside core work hours) • participants will be required to take part in review meetings and feedback sessions as necessary to check on individual progress.
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ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. We aim to offer business-relevant, first-choice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management. Founded in 1904, ACCA has consistently held unique core values: opportunity, diversity, innovation, integrity and accountability. We believe that accountants bring value to economies in all stages of development. We aim to develop capacity in the profession and encourage the adoption of consistent global standards. Our values are aligned to the needs of employers in all sectors and we ensure that, through our qualifications, we prepare accountants for business. We work to open up the profession to people of all backgrounds and remove artificial barriers to entry, ensuring that our qualifications and their delivery meet the diverse needs of trainee professionals and their employers. We support our 188,000 members and 480,000 students in 178 countries, helping them to develop successful careers in accounting and business, with the skills needed by employers. We work through a network of 100 offices and centres and 7,400 Approved Employers worldwide, who provide high standards of employee learning and development. Through our public interest remit, we promote appropriate regulation of accounting and conduct relevant research to ensure accountancy continues to grow in reputation and influence.
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