Business schools and organisations are increasingly bringing aspects of the visual and performing arts into their talent development programmes. Judith Piggott and Louise Grisoni, who specialize in these trends at Oxford Brookes University Business School, explain how.

Dan Griffiths, CPA, CGMA, delves into the topic of emotional intelligence and offers insight into how strong emotional intelligence can help develop leadership skills and drive results.

Jack McCullough, CPA, founder of the CFO Leadership Council and the MIT Sloan CFO Summit, discusses the chief financial officer’s evolving role in managing innovation and risk.

Francis X. Ryan, CPA, CGMA, president of consulting firm Semper Finance, shares tips on how to hone your presentation skills to better communicate financial information to colleagues from all parts of the organisation.

Anne Giffels, CPA, director of income tax technology at tax services firm Ryan in Chicago, provides tips on how accountants can successfully manage projects and become change agents for their organisations.

Brett Knowles, the executive partner of PM2, a performance management consultancy based in Canada, discusses the rise of gamification in corporate strategy. He also explains the role accountants are playing in the implementation of gamification solutions.

In this episode, we discuss the increasing importance of cultural intelligence with David Livermore, president of the Cultural Intelligence Center. He explains why CQ is more important today than it was just 20 years ago.

Mark Biersmith, CPA, CGMA, offers insight about the transition from CFO to CEO. Biersmith is president and chief operating officer of Aerial Investment Inc., a residential and commercial development company in Nashville, Tennessee. During his career, he has served as a CFO and CEO of other companies, has been a partner in private-equity firms, and has worked in public accounting.

Tom Ridge, the former secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security, discusses cybersecurity and cyber-risk management. Ridge, a former Pennsylvania congressman and governor, is chief executive of Ridge Global, an international security and risk management advisory firm.

Ash Noah, CPA, FCMA, CGMA, the vice president of external relations for management accounting at the American Institute of CPAs, discusses the changing role of the finance function in a volatile and uncertain world. He also shares why it’s vital for finance executives to focus on talent development.

Steve Bustin, the founder of Vada Media, shares tips on preparing and delivering a more engaging presentation. He discusses how finance professionals can tailor their message to communicate effectively with non-finance colleagues and how to overcome nerves when presenting. He also reveals his “6-6-6” rule of PowerPoint.

What makes a leader? How does poor leadership limit organisations? Those are among the topics discussed with Ron Rael, CPA, CGMA. Rael, CEO of The High Road Institute, also shares insights on how to develop leaders and the art and science of strong leadership.

Stan Berman, CPA, CGMA, an advisor to Global Impact, speaks about some of the challenges faced by not-for-profits – everything from financial transparency to the special care it takes when hiring finance professionals. He also offers advice for accountants considering a board position with a not-for-profit. Global Impact is a not-for-profit organisation based in the Washington, D.C., area. Berman has more than three decades of experience working in the not-for-profit sector, including seven years as CFO of Global Impact.

Steve Player, CPA, CGMA, the programme director for the Beyond Budgeting Round Table in North America, offers tips on how companies and finance professionals can spend less time looking to the past and more time planning for the future using rolling forecasts.