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SUMMARY:(LIOT04/27) Success - A Roadmap to Ponder
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nSuccess is not one-size-fits-all—especially in a demanding profession like accounting. This session helps participants define “success” in a way that is deeply personal\, values based\, and sustainable. You’ll learn how to translate long-term vision into a clear\, practical roadmap; align your time and energy with what matters most; build momentum through consistent routines; and measure progress using the metrics that truly reflect growth. The session also explores how to anticipate common derailers and strengthen decision clarity during periods of uncertainty so you can stay focused\, confident\, and aligned with what you care about most. \nDesigned For\n•  CPAs\, firm leaders\, managers\, and rising professionals •  Anyone seeking greater clarity\, prioritization\, and alignment between career and personal purpose •  Leaders who want to support healthier\, values-driven team cultures \nObjectives\n•  Strengthening Decision Clarity During Uncertainty and Complexity•  Define “success” in a personal\, values based way that aligns with their long term aspirations. •  Translate long term vision into a practical roadmap\, using structured planning and milestones. •  Align time and energy to what matters most\, focusing on high impact activities. •  Build momentum through consistent routines that reinforce productivity and intentionality. •  Measure progress with meaningful metrics\, beyond traditional performance indicators. •  Anticipate success derailers\, including habits\, mindset traps\, and environmental factors. •  Strengthen decision clarity during uncertainty\, using tools to reduce noise and focus on guiding values. \nMajor Subjects\n•  Defining “Success” Through Personal Values •  Translating Long Term Vision into a Practical\, Actionable Roadmap •  Aligning Time\, Energy & Priorities With What Matters Most •  Building Sustainable Momentum Through Consistent Routines •  Measuring Progress Using Meaningful\, Values Based Metrics •  Anticipating Internal & External Success Derailers •  Strengthening Decision Clarity During Uncertainty and Complexity
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/liot04-27-success-a-roadmap-to-ponder/
CATEGORIES:Livestream
ORGANIZER;CN="Doug Van Dyke%2C MBA%2C CSP":MAILTO:doug@leadershipsimplified.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261119T080000
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SUMMARY:(CN4110/27) Fall Fest Accounting Conference
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nFall Fest\, one of SCACPA’s 2 conferences\, features sessions along 5 different tracks over 2 days. Tracks include Tax\, Accounting & Auditing\, Industry\, Non-Profit\, and Variety. Fall Fest is renowned for the largest in-person gathering of CPAs in the state. It also features the New CPA Oath Ceremony\, the Educational Fund Scholarship Recognition Luncheon\, prime networking opportunities\, and a variety of exhibitors to solve your business needs.  \n  \n  \nDesigned For\n 
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/cn4110-27-fall-fest-accounting-conference/
LOCATION:Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center\, 1101 Lincoln St\, Columbia\, SC\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person
ORGANIZER;CN="Robert A. Keisler%2C CPA%2C CFE":MAILTO:robert@rakcpa.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270122T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270122T092000
DTSTAMP:20261008T041229Z
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SUMMARY:(LIOT19/27) Leading the Human–AI Team: Redesigning Work for 2027
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nAI can accelerate the work. Your leadership determines its value. \nJoin Doug Van Dyke\, CEO of Leadership Simplified\, for a practical\, energizing program designed for CPAs\, CFOs\, and accounting professionals ready to rethink how work gets done. \nMove beyond individual productivity gains to explore how human expertise and AI capabilities can work together across your team. Discover which responsibilities should remain human-led\, where AI can strengthen performance\, and what can be largely automated. Learn to establish clear accountability for AI-influenced decisions and deliverables while helping employees turn apprehension into responsible experimentation. \nThroughout\, keep professional judgment\, creativity\, critical thinking\, and trusted relationships at the center. \nPrepare to lead a team that combines greater efficiency with the human insight clients and organizations count on. \nObjectives\nParticipants will learn to:• Distinguish between using AI as a productivity tool and redesigning work around AI capabilities.• Determine which responsibilities should remain human-led\, AI-assisted\, or largely automated.• Establish clear accountability when AI contributes to a decision or work product.• Help employees move from AI apprehension to responsible experimentation.• Protect judgment\, creativity\, relationships\, and critical thinking as AI use expands.
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/liot19-27-leading-the-human-ai-team-redesigning-work-for-2027/
CATEGORIES:Livestream
ORGANIZER;CN="Doug Van Dyke%2C MBA%2C CSP":MAILTO:doug@leadershipsimplified.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270226T092000
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SUMMARY:(LIOT20/27) Decision Quality Under Pressure: How Great Leaders Think
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nWhen deadlines tighten and the stakes rise\, technical expertise is only part of the equation. The quality of your decisions—and how you communicate them—can shape financial outcomes\, team confidence\, and stakeholder trust. \nJoin Doug Van Dyke\, CEO of Leadership Simplified\, for an engaging\, practical program designed for CPAs\, CFOs\, and accounting professionals who make consequential decisions under pressure. \nDiscover how urgency\, emotion\, hierarchy\, and confirmation bias can cloud judgment. Learn to separate facts from assumptions\, interpretations\, and predictions—and recognize when to act quickly or take time for deeper deliberation. \nExplore practical tools\, including pre-mortems\, decision journals\, and opposing-view exercises\, to challenge blind spots before they become costly mistakes. Build your ability to communicate difficult decisions with clarity and conviction. \nSharpen your thinking. Strengthen your judgment. Lead with confidence when it matters most. \nObjectives\nParticipants will learn to:•  Recognize how urgency\, emotion\, hierarchy\, and confirmation bias distort decisions.•  Separate facts\, assumptions\, interpretations\, and predictions.•  Determine when to make a fast decision and when additional deliberation is warranted.•  Use pre-mortems\, decision journals\, and opposing-view exercises.•  Communicate difficult decisions in ways that strengthen confidence and execution.
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/liot20-27-decision-quality-under-pressure-how-great-leaders-think/
CATEGORIES:Livestream
ORGANIZER;CN="Doug Van Dyke%2C MBA%2C CSP":MAILTO:doug@leadershipsimplified.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270326T083000
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SUMMARY:(LIOT21/27) Leading Through Continuous Change—Without Exhausting the Team
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nDeadlines don’t pause for change—and neither do client expectations. For CPAs\, CFOs\, and accounting professionals\, the challenge is advancing new systems\, processes\, and priorities while protecting accuracy\, engagement\, and team capacity. \nJoin Doug Van Dyke\, CEO of Leadership Simplified\, for a practical program on leading change your team can sustain. Learn to distinguish resistance from confusion\, fatigue\, and legitimate concerns; communicate what’s changing and why it matters; and preserve the stability people need to perform confidently. \nDiscover how to involve employees in implementation while maintaining clear leadership accountability. Establish a rhythm that builds momentum without making every week feel like another organizational overhaul. \nLeave equipped to move change forward\, strengthen commitment\, and sustain performance—without exhausting the people you depend on. \nObjectives\nParticipants will learn to:•  Recognize the difference between resistance\, confusion\, fatigue\, and legitimate concern.•  Explain change in terms of purpose\, impact\, expectations\, and individual relevance.•  Identify what should remain stable while other parts of the organization change.•  Involve employees in implementation without surrendering leadership responsibility.•  Establish change rhythms that maintain momentum without creating constant disruption.
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/liot21-27-leading-through-continuous-change-without-exhausting-the-team/
CATEGORIES:Livestream
ORGANIZER;CN="Doug Van Dyke%2C MBA%2C CSP":MAILTO:doug@leadershipsimplified.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270423T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270423T092000
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SUMMARY:(LIOT22/27) Productive Conflict: Turning Disagreement into Better Decisions
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nWhen the numbers are clear but opinions differ\, how do you move forward?  \nFor CPAs\, CFOs\, and accounting professionals\, disagreements over budgets\, priorities\, and business strategy can sharpen decisions—or strain relationships and stall execution. \nJoin Doug Van Dyke\, CEO of Leadership Simplified\, to discover how to turn competing perspectives into stronger outcomes. Learn to surface concerns before they become resentment\, challenge ideas while preserving respect\, and distinguish healthy debate from destructive personal conflict. \nExplore practical ways to keep status\, strong personalities\, and organizational politics from silencing valuable perspectives. Then learn how to close the discussion with a clear decision\, defined ownership\, and commitment to action. \nLeave equipped to lead candid conversations\, make better decisions\, and turn disagreement into progress. \nObjectives\nParticipants will learn to:•  Distinguish productive task conflict from destructive personal conflict.•  Surface disagreements before they become resentment or passive resistance.•  Challenge ideas without diminishing the people presenting them.•  Facilitate debate when status\, personality\, or organizational politics affect participation.•  Close a debate with a clear decision\, ownership\, and commitment to execution.
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/liot22-27-productive-conflict-turning-disagreement-into-better-decisions/
CATEGORIES:Livestream
ORGANIZER;CN="Doug Van Dyke%2C MBA%2C CSP":MAILTO:doug@leadershipsimplified.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270625T083000
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SUMMARY:(LIOT23/27) Influence Without Authority
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nYour analysis is sound. Your recommendation matters. How do you get others to act when they don’t report to you? \nFor CPAs\, CFOs\, and accounting professionals\, success often depends on securing support across departments\, priorities\, and personalities. Join Doug Van Dyke\, CEO of Leadership Simplified\, to discover practical ways to turn expertise into influence—and influence into action. \nLearn to uncover stakeholder motivations\, build credibility before making requests\, and tailor your approach to executives\, peers\, technical experts\, and resistant partners. Explore how compelling framing\, thoughtful questions\, evidence\, relationships\, and reciprocity can help you earn commitment and move initiatives forward. \nWhether you’re championing a system upgrade\, strengthening financial processes\, or securing resources\, leave equipped to navigate competing interests\, build alignment\, and drive results beyond your formal authority. \nObjectives\nParticipants will learn to:•  Identify the interests\, pressures\, motivations\, and priorities of key stakeholders.•  Build credibility before requesting resources\, support\, or behavioral change.•  Adapt an influence strategy to executives\, peers\, technical experts\, and resistant partners.•  Use framing\, questions\, evidence\, relationships\, and reciprocity effectively.•  Advance cross-functional initiatives when formal authority is limited.
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/liot23-27-influence-without-authority/
CATEGORIES:Livestream
ORGANIZER;CN="Doug Van Dyke%2C MBA%2C CSP":MAILTO:doug@leadershipsimplified.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270723T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270723T092000
DTSTAMP:20261010T041224Z
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SUMMARY:(LIOT01/28) The Courageous Accountability Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nMissed deadlines. Recurring errors. Disruptive behavior. The longer leaders avoid the conversation\, the more likely these problems become the standard. \nJoin Doug Van Dyke\, CEO of Leadership Simplified\, for a practical program designed to help CPAs\, CFOs\, and accounting professionals address difficult issues with clarity\, confidence\, and respect. Learn to separate observable facts from assumptions\, explain the impact of performance gaps\, and communicate expectations without weakening your message. \nDiscover how to listen without losing focus\, establish specific next steps\, and secure follow-up commitments that turn a difficult discussion into meaningful accountability. Whether you lead a finance team\, manage client engagements\, or oversee colleagues across departments\, you’ll gain a repeatable approach to protecting standards and strengthening working relationships. \nLeave ready to have the conversation you’ve been postponing—and make it count. \nObjectives\nParticipants will learn to:•  Address performance or behavior problems before they become normalized.•  Separate observable facts from motives\, labels\, and emotional conclusions.•  Structure a direct conversation around expectations\, impact\, listening\, and next steps.•  Maintain respect while refusing to dilute an important message.•  Establish follow-up commitments that produce genuine accountability.
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/liot01-28-the-courageous-accountability-conversation/
CATEGORIES:Livestream
ORGANIZER;CN="Doug Van Dyke%2C MBA%2C CSP":MAILTO:doug@leadershipsimplified.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270827T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270827T092000
DTSTAMP:20261010T041235Z
CREATED:20261009T142820Z
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SUMMARY:(LIOT02/28) Sustainable High Performance: Leading Energy\, Capacity\, and Resilie
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nPeak season is predictable. Perpetual overload shouldn’t be your operating model. \nFor CPAs\, CFOs\, and accounting professionals\, deadlines are relentless—and accuracy is nonnegotiable. How do you sustain exceptional results when your team’s capacity is stretched? \nJoin Doug Van Dyke\, CEO of Leadership Simplified\, for a practical program on sustaining high performance without exhausting the people who deliver it. Learn to distinguish productive bursts of intensity from practices that create chronic overload. Examine how competing priorities\, staffing gaps\, excessive meetings\, and decision bottlenecks drain capacity—and discover what leaders can change. \nGain actionable approaches to protecting focus\, incorporating recovery and recognition\, and aligning commitments with realistic workloads. Learn to model sustainable work habits while maintaining high expectations for quality and accountability. \nBuild a team that can deliver this quarter—and has the capacity to excel in the next. \nObjectives\nParticipants will learn to:•  Recognize organizational conditions that create chronic overload and burnout.•  Distinguish healthy short-term intensity from unsustainable operating practices.•  Evaluate workload\, priorities\, staffing\, meeting demands\, and decision bottlenecks.•  Model sustainable performance without lowering expectations.•  Build recovery\, focus\, recognition\, and realistic capacity planning into team operations.
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/liot02-28-sustainable-high-performance-leading-energy-capacity-and-resilie/
CATEGORIES:Livestream
ORGANIZER;CN="Doug Van Dyke%2C MBA%2C CSP":MAILTO:doug@leadershipsimplified.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270917T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270917T092000
DTSTAMP:20261010T041233Z
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SUMMARY:(LIOT03/28) Multigenerational Leadership -  Beyond the Stereotypes
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nDifferent perspectives can strengthen a team. Generational labels can get in the way. \nFor CPAs\, CFOs\, and accounting professionals\, leading across age groups means navigating different approaches to communication\, technology\, career development\, and client service. How do you turn those differences into better collaboration? \nJoin Doug Van Dyke\, CEO of Leadership Simplified\, for a practical program that challenges assumptions and focuses on understanding individuals. Explore how career stage\, life stage\, tenure\, and technology exposure shape expectations—and why communication style alone reveals little about someone’s commitment or work ethic. \nDiscover ways to adapt communication and development practices\, use reverse mentoring\, and exchange institutional knowledge and fresh perspectives. Gain tools to strengthen collaboration\, support succession\, and help professionals of every age contribute their expertise. \nLead beyond the labels—and put your team’s full range of talent to work. \nObjectives\nParticipants will learn to:•  Separate legitimate differences in experience from unsupported generational assumptions.•  Explore how career stage\, life stage\, tenure\, and technology exposure affect expectations.•  Create communication and development practices that work across age groups.•  Use reverse mentoring and reciprocal knowledge transfer effectively.•  Prevent differences in style from becoming judgments about work ethic or commitment.
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/liot03-28-multigenerational-leadership-beyond-the-stereotypes/
CATEGORIES:Livestream
ORGANIZER;CN="Doug Van Dyke%2C MBA%2C CSP":MAILTO:doug@leadershipsimplified.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20271022T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20271022T092000
DTSTAMP:20261010T041226Z
CREATED:20261009T144212Z
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SUMMARY:(LIOT04/28) The Leadership Operating System: The Leadership Operating System:
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nYou wouldn’t run a finance function on good intentions alone. Your leadership deserves the same discipline. \nJoin Doug Van Dyke\, CEO of Leadership Simplified\, for a practical program that helps CPAs\, CFOs\, and accounting professionals turn leadership principles into consistent daily practice. Build a rhythm for setting priorities\, coaching employees\, recognizing contributions\, and reinforcing accountability—even when deadlines compete for your attention. \nLearn to clarify who owns which decisions so work moves forward without constant escalation. Identify meetings\, reports\, and approval processes that consume time without adding value. Then create a personal leadership scorecard that tracks both your results and the behaviors that produce them. \nWhether you lead a department\, an engagement team\, or an entire firm\, you’ll gain tools to make effective leadership a repeatable practice. \nBring the discipline you apply to the numbers to the way you lead. \nObjectives\nParticipants will learn to:•  Translate leadership philosophy into recurring behaviors\, routines\, and decisions.•  Design an effective cadence for priorities\, coaching\, recognition\, and accountability.•  Clarify decision rights so work does not stall or repeatedly move upward.•  Audit meetings\, reporting\, approvals\, and communication for unnecessary friction.•  Create a personal leadership scorecard that measures behaviors as well as results.
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/liot04-28-the-leadership-operating-system-the-leadership-operating-system/
CATEGORIES:Livestream
ORGANIZER;CN="Doug Van Dyke%2C MBA%2C CSP":MAILTO:doug@leadershipsimplified.com
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