INTHEBLACK Out Loud
INTHEBLACK Out Loud brings you a curated selection of audio articles from CPA Australia’s award-winning magazine, INTHEBLACK.
Stories span a wide range of topics, including business, career development and the economy, and offer key insights into strategic thought leadership and expert analysis.
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Envisioning 2035: the future landscape of accounting and finance
Learn how AI and ESG will change accounting and finance in 10 years' time
- Personal and career development
20 min listening timePublished onGrowth mindset tips to elevate your career
Learn how a fixed mindset may be limiting your career and the ways you can develop a growth mindset
- Personal and career development
Published onHow to fit learning into your busy work schedule
Master effective time-management strategies to make the most of your lifelong learning opportunities
- Personal and career development
Published onWhat can you expect from the new generation of millennial leaders?
Millennials are now moving into senior roles – here's what can we can expect from them
- Career skills
12 min listening timePublished on6 ways a manager can coach their team to success
Managers, improve your team's engagement and motivation with these essential coaching tips
- Mentoring
6 min listening timePublished onHow to cultivate an ethical workplace (and reap the benefits)
Robust workplace ethics can lead to a boost in finances and staff retention. Here's how.
- Ethics
12 min listening timePublished onEthics and financial reporting: is there a connection?
New research links ethics with financial reporting quality. But what about grey areas?
- Ethics
- Financial reporting
12 min listening timePublished onThe surprise resurgence of Australia's independent bookstores
Despite the challenges, many Australian independent bookstores are flourishing. Here's why.
- Business strategy
11 min listening timePublished onHow to overcome loneliness in the C-suite
Explore peer mentoring for C-suite executives and uncover the benefits for leadership development
- Personal and career development
7 min listening timePublished onHow accountants can master public speaking
Tips for accountants on how to give effective presentations
- Personal and career development
7 min listening timePublished on4 expert tips to combat complaining at work
Discover when complaining at work does more harm than good, as well as ways to curb the habit
- Personal and career development
6 min listening timePublished onWhy accountants are key for franchisees amid reforms
Accountants will be key in guiding clients through proposed Franchising Code of Conduct changes
- Small Business
11 min listening timePublished onAccountant's guide to anti-money laundering reforms
Learn why Australian policymakers may soon enforce anti-money laundering measures for accountants
- Policy perspectives
13 min listening timePublished onUnderstanding burnout: how to recognise and manage it
Understand what burnout looks like, what to do if it happens to you and strategies to avoid it
- Personal and career development
6 min listening timePublished onEveryday ethics: Conflicts of interest
To serve the public interest, professional accountants must avoid potential conflicts of interest
- Ethics
5 min listening timePublished onPractical generative AI in accounting
Want to know how generative AI can be used in accounting? Read on.
- Technology
10 min listening timePublished onCan tax reform solve Australia's urgent economic issues?
Learn how strategic tax reforms could prove key in addressing Australia's future economic challenges
- Taxation
10 min listening timePublished onNavigating the perils of cognitive bias in accounting
Cognitive bias can be helpful but in accounting where errors are disastrous, the risks are clear
- Career skills
5 min listening timePublished onGDP alternatives: 8 ways of measuring economic health
The pros and cons of the Human Development Index, Genuine Progress Indicator, Green GDP and more
- Economy
9 min listening timePublished onGenerative AI in business: how to navigate the ethics
AI can transform business but accountants must balance scepticism with benefits amid ethical worries
- Ethics
- Technology
11 min listening timePublished onHow to uphold your core values in the workplace
Learn effective ways to handle challenging workplace situations that conflict with your core values
- Personal and career development
- Business strategy
7 min listening timePublished on3 skills accountants need in a ‘post-truth’ era
Here are three key skills that accountants need now more than ever
- Personal and career development
5 min listening timePublished onMaking the most of mid-career upskilling
Mid-career upskilling is priority. Learn how you can also juggle competing demands.
- Personal and career development
6 min listening timePublished onTop CFO skills for 2024
Strategic finance, employee engagement and technology are high on the agenda for CFOs
- Personal and career development
8 min listening timePublished onUpskill now: short course or longer program?
Continuing professional development enhances career progress – and finding the right course is key
- Personal and career development
6 min listening timePublished onWhy your transferrable skills are in demand
As organisations vie for talent, identifying and building on transferable skills will be key
- Personal and career development
5 min listening timePublished onCan socialising really be your career secret weapon?
Learn how stronger social connections could boost your career prospects
- Personal and career development
5 min listening timePublished onWorkplace tips: delivering bad news
Discover how to professionally and clearly deliver bad news in your work setting
- Personal and career development
8 min listening timePublished onWhy accountants should learn Python
Python can help you extract new insights from data, and it belongs in every accountant’s skill set
- Personal and career development
7 min listening timePublished onEffective writing tips for accountants
Learn how to engage your audience with data and information visualisation and these writing tips
- Personal and career development
6 min listening timePublished onIt's been six years since 'me too'. Has anything changed?
The #MeToo hashtag brought sharper focus to harassment and assault at work. Here's what's changed.
- Business strategy
10 min listening timePublished onWhat you need to know about references when hiring
Practical work reference examples to help you clarify whether candidates are the right fit
- Career skills
5 min listening timePublished onThe economic upside of reducing global food waste
Reducing A$4 billion in food waste globally can lead to real economic advantages. Here's how.
- Economy
10 min listening timePublished onLearned helplessness at work: what it is and how to beat it
How to overcome learned helplessness
- Personal and career development
4 min listening timePublished onModern slavery: can Australia do more?
Experts debate how Australia’s Modern Slavery Act 2018 can be fine-tuned for greater global impact
- Ethics
- Governance and risk
13 min listening timePublished onWhy boredom "can be beautiful": research expert explains
How boredom at work can be your creative secret weapon
- Career skills
7 min listening timePublished onHow to come back from career failure
Career failure may have a silver lining – the opportunity to reinvent yourself or start a new career
- Personal and career development
7 min listening timePublished onWhy face-to-face meetings are still key in 2023
Meeting fatigue is understandable, but learn why face-to-face still has value
- Personal and career development
4 min listening timePublished onWhy planning is the key to internal recruitment
An external candidate isn't the only solution when an employee leaves a business
- Personal and career development
7 min listening timePublished onHow to seek honest feedback from your employees
A safe space for employees to talk openly without repercussions can unlock more honest feedback
- Personal and career development
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