Hi All - Still lots of excitement, day 3 in Orlando at IMA's 92nd annual conference and exposition.
The conference has had several sessions on leadership, and today culminated with the third annual Women's Leadership Forum. The forum was actually a panel discussion conducted by IMA women leaders at various career stages (Beverley Brooks, Sue Bos, Kim Wallin, Marcine Johnson, Pam Prinz-Stewart, Ashley Gibson). The session was well attended, including men since the goal was to celebrate and learn from IMA's women leaders.
In addition to its financial health, its gold standard CMA, and its local communities, IMA has another major differntiator in the global market: its emphasis on leadership development through the IMA Leadership Academy launched one year ago. Our leadership academy offers monthly webinars (which can also be delivered locally to chapters/councils via a qualified leadership faculty) and a mentoring program, with more to follow. Leadership skills are crucial if management accountants are to serve as trusted business advisors within their organizations.
IMA is the world's leading and largest association focused exclusively on advancing the practice of management accounting. IMA's Leadership Academy (thanks to Dean Emeritus Bud Kulesza and Academy Dean Lee Bertrand) is yet another competitive differentiator that will enable IMA to sustain itself on an exciting growth journey.