How to pivot from technical expert to strategic leader and build a career that lasts.
Mastering the numbers is only the first step in a successful accounting career; leading the firm requires a completely different set of skills. "From Technical Accounting to Firm Leadership: EY Leader’s Career Playbook" is an exclusive, insider’s guide to bridging the gap between technical expertise and executive-level leadership.
Taught through the lens of a seasoned Ernst & Young leader, this course delivers the exact strategies, mindset shifts, and unwritten rules needed to ascend to the highest levels of the accounting profession. You will learn how to step out of the daily technical weeds and focus on big-picture strategy, practice development, and team empowerment.
In this comprehensive playbook, you will discover how to:
Whether your ultimate goal is making Partner at a Big Four firm, leading a regional practice, or stepping into a corporate CFO role, this course provides the actionable roadmap you need to transform your career trajectory. Stop just crunching the numbers and start leading the business.
Motivational & Leadership Speaker
Adam Mendler is a nationally recognized authority on leadership, renowned for his unique ability to deliver perspective-shifting insights shaped by interviewing more than 500 of America’s most successful leaders. The creator and host of the top-rated business and leadership podcast Thirty Minute Mentors, Adam regularly elicits insights from America's top CEOs, founders, athletes, celebrities, and political and military leaders. A keynote speaker to businesses, universities, and non-profit organizations, Adam has written extensively on business and leadership, having authored more than 70 articles published in major media outlets including Forbes, Inc., and HuffPost. A Los Angeles native and lifelong Angels fan, Adam teaches graduate-level courses on leadership at UCLA, serves on the board of UCLA’s Master of Applied Statistics & Data Science program, is an emeritus member of USC’s Board of Governors, and is an advisor to numerous companies and leaders.
EY Global Financial Accounting Advisory Services, Strategy and Markets Leader
An experienced finance advisor, Myles is the EY Global Strategy and Markets Leader for Financial Accounting Advisory Services. He has worked with senior management and board-level executives of major Fortune and Financial Times Stock Exchange companies across multiple industries, focusing on diversified industrial products. With extensive international experience in the U.S., U.K., Europe, and Asia-Pacific, Myles has managed networks of global relationships and led complex cross-border projects. He focuses on addressing the impact of regulatory and transformational change on the finance function, including accounting and financial reporting and related systems and processes. Myles hosts the Better Finance: CFO Insights podcast, has served as a member of the steering committee for EY’s Global CFO program, and contributes to the organization’s DNA of the CFO research. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Nottingham and attended Stanford University’s Emerging CFO program.
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