The Academy has several distinct delivery styles that are designed to cater to the learning needs of all individuals. All our courses are designed to develop your skills, and future-proof you in today’s highly competitive environment.
ICAEW Academy at a glance
Virtual classrooms
Benefit from the unrivalled learning of an Academy-quality classroom with special digital features including breakout sessions, whiteboards, live Q&A and more.
Leadership development programmes
Catering for those significant transitions in your career, our leadership programmes are instrumental to achieving your leadership ambition or fulfilling your succession planning goals.
In-house corporate learning solutions
We collaborate with you from co-designing the programme, through its execution and impact measurement, while retaining maximum flexibility throughout to ensure that the corporate goals are always being met.
E-learning
Give your learners a flexible way to access courses when they need to. You can standardise learning outcomes across your entire business, regionally or internationally.
A blended approach
By using a mix of all the learning styles, you can compound learning outcomes, extend development to wider teams, and plan development to suit your business.
Sessions
| Title | Effectively leading remote teams |
| Date | 18 August |
| Time | 10:45-11:15 |
In this session, Oliver Deacon will cover why effectively leading remote teams is now an essential skill for all leaders. As teams have transitioned to home working, productivity, transparency and cohesion have been materially impacted, so in this session hear what leaders can do to help their teams succeed remotely.
Key takeaways:
- The four core leadership skills that need increased focus.
- How a communication strategy can improve agility and maximise productivity.
- Which practical frameworks will help improve productivity for remote teams.
| Title | Financial reporting update |
| Date | 19 August |
| Time | 10:45-11:15 |
In this short sharp session we will look at topical and recent financial reporting (FR) issues and developments. COVID-19 will, of course, have a significant impact on financial statements and as a consequence of this there are many risk areas that need to be considered carefully.
This session won’t just be about COVID-19. We’ll look at other topical accounting areas too. Vivek with his unique style will explain the hot topics in financial reporting in a lively and engaging manner, which is most certainly not your typical FR update!
| Title | The future of finance |
| Date | 20 August |
| Time | 14:00 -14:45 |
This panel discussion will examine the seismic transformation of finance and how finance leaders can practically leverage the opportunities of this digital revolution through technologies like cloud, process automation and machine learning. The discussion will focus on real-life applications of technology in the finance function.
Key takeaways:
- Grow you understanding of where finance will be in 10 years’ time – through people and technology.
- Begin building a high-level long-term vision for your organisation.
- Get clear actionable takeaways to help your organisation accelerate its cloud journey.
