iSHADE LEARNING
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iShade Learning can enhance your firm's training and development program by providing a robust, world-class, locally delivered curriculum of non-technical training to supplement your current technical training program – unleashing your firm's "EQ" potential.
Learn more about our innovative training solutions:
- THE CASE for non-technical skills development
- THE NEED for a non-technical training resource
- SOLUTIONS through iShade Learning
- DEVELOPING your individual training path
THE CASE for Non-Technical Skills Development
In the accounting profession, it is now commonly accepted that simply being technically excellent is not enough in order to successfully lead and manage a firm, service line, niche area or department. In order to thrive, today's accountant must also develop a strong foundation of "non-technical" skills in addition to being highly trained in the technical competencies of their trade.
Non-technical skills such as personal, interpersonal, managerial and organizational capabilities play a key role in making or breaking a firm's success as clients are demanding more accountability from a professional who is both technically proficient and adept at the personal side of business.
THE NEED for a Non-Technical Training Resource
Perhaps one of the greatest recent discoveries connecting non-technical skills development to overall firm profitability is the concept of Emotional Intelligence, or "EQ". Emotional intelligence refers to the ability, capacity, skill or even a self-perceived ability to identify, assess and manage the emotions of one's self, of others and of groups. Firms with Emotional Intelligence skills among their current and future partners enjoy 390% more incremental profit when benchmarked against an average firm.
iShade Learning is the ultimate solution for non-technical training for today's accounting profession.
SOLUTIONS through iShade Learning
This innovative and comprehensive solution allows firms to tap into a robust, affordable, consistent, world-class, industry-centered, locally delivered curriculum, presented by seasoned facilitators who understand the profession. iShade Learning meets your non-technical training needs and supports a culture of learning in your firm.
iShade Learning solves the profession's non-technical training dilemma by:
- Allowing training directors to establish custom learning ladders that support their firm's professional development programs.
- Providing consistency of content across multiple sessions – participants who attend classes in later years experience the same core curriculum as previous attendees.
- Stretching training budgets to provide the maximum benefit possible — most courses are offered between $15 and $25 per credit hour.
- Eliminating travel cost and down-time. 73% of CPAs live in one of the 25 major cities where the training will be offered. 82% are within 100 miles of a training site.
DEVELOPING Your Individual Training Path
By harnessing the breadth and depth of local training provided through iShade Learning, firms have the ability to execute sophisticated professional development programs in a well-defined manner with only minimal out of pocket investment.
iShade Learning utilizes a "one-size-fits-one" approach to learning which means any member of your firm, no matter what stage in their career, can access the training they need when they need it. With iShade Learning, individuals, firm leaders and/or human resource managers can map out an individualized training path for themselves or others in a customized fashion, using our training blueprint, or "Learning Ladder".
The Learning Ladder identifies specific skills and competencies that accounting firm professionals should master at each stage of their career and maps them against a specific set of related training and educational offerings.
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