Communication skills

How to communicate with purpose

Effective communication is an essential skill for accountants and finance professionals. Here are five basic tactics that impactful communicators use.

CPA email closings: Go pro or add a personal touch?

Accounting professionals discuss the importance of email as a communication tool and the need to think about how their emails — including the closings — reflect on their and their firms’ professionalism. They say the messages should also consider the nature of the relationship they have with the other person.

Steven Harris, CPA, CGMA

The hybrid working environment has improved productivity but requires leaders to focus more on building organizational culture and collaboration, according to Steven Harris, CPA, CGMA.

Avoid these 8 PowerPoint mistakes

PowerPoint blunders can make your presentations painful to sit through. Try these tips to make your talks clearer, more concise and more memorable.

Where to find June’s flipbook issue

The Journal of Accountancy is now completely digital. 

 

 

 

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