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NextGen Leadership: People, Communication, and How to Build a Resilient Workforce
Management Accounting
Webcast

NextGen Leadership: People, Communication, and How to Build a Resilient Workforce

This program is both engaging and actionable, offering “real-life” case studies and hands-on approaches to build a resilient, high-performing, and inclusive workforce ready to thrive through change.

$49 - $59
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Format

Webcast

Date

Oct 02, 2026

NASBA Field of Study

Personnel/Human Resources

Level

Intermediate

CPE Credits

1

Instructor

Karl Ahlrichs

Availability

Product Number

BLINGLPEOPLE261002

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Product Details

This interactive session, “People, Communication, and How to Build a Resilient Workforce,” explores proven tactics for fostering meaningful communication and strengthening organizational culture in today’s rapidly changing work environment. Attendees will examine how modern organizational pressures reshape communication, conflict, and engagement, with a focus on real-world application and case studies from actual workplaces. Through tactical exercises and practical tools, this session equips participants to improve team performance, manage diverse hybrid teams, and address the realities of conflict and mental health challenges. The program is both engaging and actionable, offering “real-life” case studies and hands-on approaches to build a resilient, high-performing, and inclusive workforce ready to thrive through change.

Key Topics

  • Strengthening Communication and Team Collaboration
  • Managing Conflict and Leading Hybrid Workforces
  • Building a Resilient, Inclusive Organizational Culture

Learning Outcomes

  • Apply modern methods to communicate effectively with hybrid and distributed work teams in high-pressure and rapidly changing environments.
  • Determine the most appropriate conflict management tactics for varied workplace scenarios, including recognizing at-risk personality traits and organizational triggers.
  • Compare and differentiate organizational approaches for supporting mental health and employee resilience, analyzing their effectiveness in diverse teams.
  • Select actionable tools and strategies to enhance engagement, motivation, and job fit among high-performing and diverse staff.

Who Will Benefit

  • Accounting and Finance Leaders: Directors, Managers, and Controllers seeking practical strategies to improve their team’s communication and resilience in fast-paced environments.
  • Human Resources Managers: Professionals responsible for developing workplace culture, employee engagement, and conflict management initiatives.
  • Organizational Development or Training Specialists: Individuals designing training programs or supporting workforce transformation and diversity initiatives. Ideal attendees are decision-makers and team leaders invested in cultivating a resilient, high-performing workforce through effective communication, conflict management, and inclusive practices.
Credit Info
CPE Credits
1
NASBA Field of Study
Personnel/Human Resources
Level
Intermediate
Prerequisites
Experience in the accounting and finance field.
Access
This is a digital product. With full paid access the content will be available to you for 3 months after purchase date.
Duration
1 hr
For more information, please refer to CPE requirements and NASBA sponsorship information
Pricing
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Nonmembers
$59.00
AICPA Members
$49.00
CIMA Members
$49.00

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Speakers
Karl Ahlrichs
SHRM-SCP, CSP
Karl Ahlrichs is a national speaker, web presenter and author, often quoted in the local and national media on the people issues in modern organizations. He has broad experience in Human Resources, Operations and senior level problem solving, working with all industries. Karl’s experience is perfectly suited to times of great global challenges. He has decades of strategic consulting to all industries, using risk management and good organizational development theories to bypass “best practices” and move directly to “next practices”. Karl joined Gregory & Appel, an Indianapolis‐based insurance firm, after serving as a founding partner of ExactHire, a human resources services firm. Prior experience was as a Senior Consultant for Professional Staff Management, and Vice President in the Indianapolis office of Marsh & McLennan, and Vice President of Right Management Consultants. At those firms, his clients included IU Health, Suburban Health, Roche Diagnostics, Boeing, Apple, and Frito Lay. Karl facilitates a weekly COVID web‐based roundtable with advisors, and an invitation‐ only roundtable for CFOs, and for more than a decade he was the Program Chair for the Indiana Society for Human Resources Management annual conference. He is a member of SHRM, and the Association for Talent Development. Karl has been named the SHRM Human Resource Professional of the Year for the State of Indiana. He has presented at the Annual Global SHRM Conference for more than 20 consecutive years and holds the SHRM‐SCP (Senior Certified Professional) and SPHR (Senior Professional Human Resources) certifications and is a CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) with the National Speakers Association.
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