Returning to accountancy: Boosting personal resilience and developing your personal brand - OD

This event was recorded on 14 July 2026

Overview:

Are you returning to accountancy after a break?

Would you like to refresh your knowledge and rebuild your confidence before taking the next step in your career?

This supportive and practical programme is designed to help you do exactly that—giving you the space to refresh your knowledge, develop key skills, and regain the confidence you need to fulfil your potential and achieve your goals.

The course is delivered across four focused sessions. You can choose to attend individual sessions based on your needs or book the full programme at a discounted price.

View the full series here: Returning to accountancy CPD series

This session will enhance your ability to manage stress and navigate the inevitable challenges that arise by focussing on practical techniques to manage stress and boost personal resilience.

We will then move to focussing on how we can build our personal brand, increasing our reputation as professional, confident and capable individuals.

We will:

• Identify the causes of stress and how to reduce it

• Improve your personal resilience and wellbeing

• Bounce back from setbacks, maintaining peak performance in high-pressure environments

• Develop your personal brand – what do you want to be known for?
• Understand how other people perceive you and how you can change this

You will leave with increased awareness of stress management strategies and with an enhanced toolkit to build your reputation as a professional, confident, capable individual

Kay Thompson Barker

Kay is a highly respected People and Culture Consultant, who has designed and delivered Executive, Leadership, Talent and Management Development Programmes for many organisations. A member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the British Psychological Society, she has extensive experience in leadership, performance and career coaching, and is a qualified psychometric test use

3 CPD units

ACCA members can use this learning to meet their CPD requirements provided it is relevant to their career. If the event contributes to general knowledge and skills, it should be recorded as non-verifiable CPD. If the learning can be applied in the workplace, it will contribute to verifiable CPD.

1 hour of learning = 1 unit of CPD.

Fee: 70 GBP + VAT (84 GBP) per delegate

Please note: If you are unable to join the live webinars, they will be available on-demand 24 hours after the live webinar ends and you will have access to the sessions for 12 months.

The webinar handout material will be available on the webinar platform when you log in to view the session.

If you wish to view or download handout materials, before starting the webinar, they will also be available through your document library on https://events.accaglobal.com

This event is organised by ACCA UK Continuous Learning Team.

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