Who should attend?
This program is tailored for aspiring young leaders who wish to strengthen their management expertise, gain insight into the accounting industry, and explore strategic prospects for both their firm and personal growth.
Why you need to attend:
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Learn how to get business advisory services working in your firm in a divisionalised structure similar to financial planning and other diversified services.
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Learn how to manage the most important asset in your accounting firm… People individually and in teams.
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Discuss the emerging technologies and plan for their delivery now.
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Discover the benefits of doing work with charities and other not for profit organisations.
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Interact with fellow Young Guns who have succeeded in their firms and leverage their experience and viewpoints.
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Develop and enhance your presentation skills with presentations that really engage.
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Consider what the firm of the future looks like in an interactive workshop format.
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Develop your questioning style and skills to engage with clients and expand your value added services.
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Meet like minded young professionals and build a long-lasting network.
Objectives and goals:
Unlock your potential to create greater personal and firm success in the future.
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Develop the skills and knowledge to become a future leader in the profession.
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Manage the people within your teams and firms effectively.
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Develop and enhance your presentation skills to get the right message across to clients.
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Learn how to leverage the latest technology in your firm.
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Develop diversified income streams in your practice that will really excite clients
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Learn how to ask the right questions of clients.
Program
Get ready to spend two jam packed days developing the skills and knowledge that will help take your career to the next level.
Day 1
Thursday
2 November
Registration
Being a gun leader - have you really got what it takes?
For most of us, career (and salary) growth involves taking on a leadership role. When you are great at what you do now, you want to be great at the next thing you do too.
Join Pam Macdonald to explore what it takes to be a great people leader and truly set yourself up for success.
This session will cover:
- the #1 thing that great leaders do (and that others completely miss)
- tips to build your reputation in that #1 thing
- where to watch out for this and who to learn from
Pam Macdonald, Broadspring Consulting
How to be a Financial Storyteller
Today’s accountant, consultant, or coach must provide high-level diversified value-added services as well as people management. Learn how to be a proficient storyteller, turning numbers into knowledge and help clients understand their financial story, using smart techniques like the 4 Profitability Strategies, the Power of One and the 3 Big Cash Flow measures. Create success through client engagement and help your practice at the same time.
Mark Holton, Smithink
Morning Tea
You need an IT strategic plan
Information Technology is a critical component of the modern day accounting business. Particularly, in a resource constrained world, we need to squeeze maximum efficiency out of our people by leveraging technology.
This session will provide a framework for a plan, discuss the opportunities to leverage technology and highlight where firms are achieving success.
Management of risks is also a critical component.
David Smith, Smithink
To be confirmed
TBC
David Francis, The Access Group
Lunch
Sponsor's Panel Discussion
David Smith will facilitate a session with our event sponsors, delving into a discussion on how their products and services contribute to propelling the accounting industry into the future.
Afternoon Tea
Collaborative Industry Challenge - Part One
Join us for an exciting collaborative challenge. This unique opportunity will enable you to work closely with your fellow attendees on crucial topics for today's accounting firm leaders. During this session, you will meet your team and dive into one of the 11 important categories, such as Technology, Process Improvement, Leadership, or Marketing, based on your preferences. You will be able to learn from your peers, share ideas and develop new solutions. You'll have 45 minutes to brainstorm solutions, setting the stage for an engaging and productive experience at the second session on Friday.
Facilitated by David Smith + Mark Holton, Smithink
to be confirmed
TBC
Steve Allan, Say a Few Words
The Access Group Young Gun of the Year Award presentation
Hear from the three finalists for the Young Gun of the Year Award - we'll be announcing the:
Young Innovator of the Year
Young Influencer of the Year
Young Adviser of the Year
And the overall winner of the Young Gun of the Year Award.
NETWORKING SESSION WITH DRINKS AND CANAPES, HOSTED BY PAM MACDONALD
Join us for a networking session after a big first day! Learn the importance of networking for your career, overcome barriers, and gain easy techniques to enhance your networking skills. Get ready to make meaningful connections!
Day 2
Friday
3 November
Breakfast
When we heard Paul Dunn was in town we decided we needed to make room in the program to have him speak, and given the program was already full we invite you to join us for breakfast.
Paul is a widely respected entrepreneur, four times TEDx speaker and master presenter. He has won numerous awards for his work including a Lifetime Service Award to the Accounting Profession in the UK for his contribution to education and business growth in the field, and was named a Social Innovation Fellow in his current home of Singapore. Paul now travels around the world educating people on B1G1, and sharing his plethora of advice on how to build a successful business.
There’s Never Been a Time Like This [especially for you)
Steve Jobs once said: "You need to learn about Strategic Inflection Points, because sooner or later you are going to live through one.”
These days, it seems like we’re going through one ever day. And that’s precisely why the profession needs you (and perhaps why you need it too).
In a world where purpose, contribution, and meaning hold more value than conventional business metrics, traditional currencies of business success — profit, positioning, and power are undergoing a seismic shift. Paul takes you on a fast-track journey to navigate that shift to take you and you firm to a place of truly conscious leadership in the business space.
It’s a journey that you’ll remember and benefit from — for life.
Paul Dunn, Co-Founder, B1G1
CLIENT SERVICE IS EVERYTHING
What we will work on during the session:
We will look at, why clients leave and do not come back, what makes you and your business stand out from the crowd, and what is unique about your business and you will understand how Global Business Camps gives you a unique opportunity to transform your client relations.
It is about the lifetime value of clients, the key is how do you win them and get them to stay with you long-term.
The session is a fun, fast-paced, workshop-style interactive session.
John Tsoulos, Global Business Camps + Indigo Financial
KEEPING YOUR CLIENT'S ACCOUNTABLE - HOW TO RUN A CLIENT'S MANAGEMENT MEETING/BOARD MEETING
Business owners all too often get caught up in day-to-day issues and fail to set and effectively execute longer-term plans. This interactive session will workshop how you can play a critical role in client management/board meetings including setting agendas, creating an accountability framework, and helping clients to establish and manage effective strategic and business plans.
Development of the service offering to successfully engage with clients will also be addressed.
David Smith, Smithink
Morning Tea
Working with Not for Profits…Is it for you?
Often we are asked to sit on boards of charities, sporting clubs, community organisations and like organisations. One consideration is “should I accept the appointment?” and or “is it for me”. The other is understanding the benefit of helping others and doing “your bit” for the community as well as making key contacts and developing your firm. This session will focus on my experience and the personal benefits gained from working with charities and other not-for-profits over 25 years as a Board Member and Treasurer and 15 years as a Chairman.
Mark Holton, Smithink
Burnout Prevention and Recovery
The World Health Organisation has referred to stress and burnout as the ‘health epidemic of the 21st Century’. This engaging session is led by an accountant who has walked the burnout path herself. It investigates what burnout looks and feels like, how to prevent burnout at both the employer and employee level and strategies to help you thrive more successfully in a demanding work environment. This is a raw, honest, practical, down-to-earth session with real examples happening right now. Leave with practical tools to help yourself and others moving forward.
Petris Lapis, Artisan of Change
Lunch
IT'S NOT SELLING…IT'S JUST HELPING
This session will cover how speaking to clients about additional service offerings should not be looked at as upselling but rather just doing your job as their Trusted Advisor. In particular, we will cover; how to open the discussion, how to as the right questions, the importance of non-verbal cues and how to close an opportunity.
Matt Feehan, Salt Financial
Afternoon tea
Collaborative Industry Challenge: Presentation and Insights
In this session, you'll have the chance to showcase your innovative solutions and insights. After collaborating and brainstorming, each team will present their finding. With guidance from our facilitators, David and Mark, each group will have 10 minutes to present their ideas. Take the opportunity to shine and share your team's valuable perspectives. Don't miss this chance to contribute to the discussion and gain insights from your peers in the accounting industry for implementation in your firm.
Facilitated by Mark Holton + David Smith, Smithink
Please organise travel for after the end of the workshop.
Our 2023 Young Guns Workshop features speakers & innovative thinkers including:

David Smith Smithink

Mark Holton Smithink

David Francis The Access Group

John Tsoulos Indigo Financial & Global Business Camps

Steven Allan Say A Few Words

Petris Lapis Artisan of Change

Matthew Feehan Salt Financial Group

Pam Macdonald Broadspring Consulting

Paul Dunn B1G1
Pricing
Super Early Bird Pricing until 30 June 2023
(discounted pricing)
$895 First attendee
$750 Additional attendees from the same firm
Non-Member firms
$1150 First attendee
$995 Additional attendees from the same firm
Early Bird Pricing until 29 September 2023
(discounted pricing)
$1095 First attendee
$850 Additional attendees from the same firm
Non-Member firms
$1350 First attendee
$1095 Additional attendees from the same firm
Standard Pricing from 30 September 2023
(discounted pricing)
$1350 First attendee
$1095 Additional attendees from the same firm
Non-Member firms
$1550 First attendee
$1350 Additional attendees from the same firm
Event Cancellation Policy
If you can’t attend the workshop, we will provide a full refund for written cancellation requests sent to: [email protected] within 21 days of the workshop date.