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Effective Listening Styles for CPAs (Course Id 1916)

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Author:

Colten Christensen, Author

Course Length:

Pages: 32 ||| Review Questions: 6 ||| Final Exam Questions: 10

CPE Credits:

2.0

IRS Credits:

0

Price:

$17.95

Passing Score:

70%

Course Type:

Text
Effective Listening Styles for CPAs - CPE course

Technical Designation:

Technical

Field Of Study:

Management Services

Approved Audience:

NASBA QAS - NASBA Registry

Key Takeaways:

This course defines various listening styles and skills, including conventional, evaluative, reactive, and explorative styles, to help CPAs improve communication.

  • Defines the attentive listening cycle as a key component of effective listening.
  • Covers conventional, evaluative, reactive, and explorative listening styles.
  • Explains how improved listening skills strengthen communication with staff and clients.
  • Worth 2.0 CPE credits in Personal Development as a self study text course on effective listening styles for CPAs, requiring a 10 question final exam preceded by 6 review questions (optional) and a 70% passing score.

Frequently Asked Questions:

This Effective Listening Styles for CPAs course teaches how to list the four listening styles available to practitioners.

This course teaches how to identify the characteristics for conventional listening.

This course teaches how to recognize the characteristics and benefits for explorative listening.

This course teaches how to recognize the steps in the attentive listening cycle.

Effective Listening Styles for CPAs is a Nontechnical, self study text course in Management Services worth 2.0 CPE credits, requiring a 10 question final exam preceded by 6 review questions (optional) at a 70% passing score. CPEthink is approved by NASBA as a CPE sponsor and lists this course on the NASBA site as a courtesy for CPAs to search https://nasba.org.

Description:

Communication is a crucial skill for all CPAs. Practitioners must be able to actively communicate with both the people they work around, as well as their clients. A key component to communication is being able to effectively listen to others while leading and working as a team. Effective Listening Styles for CPAs is a training course that will define different listening styles and skills that can be used by practice owners and practitioners to improve practice communications with office staff members and their clients.

Usage Rank:

19545

Release:

2021

Version:

1.0

Prerequisites:

None.

Experience Level:

Overview

Additional Contents:

Complete, no additional material needed.

Additional Links:

Advance Preparation:

None.

Delivery Method:

QAS Self Study

Intended Participants:

Anyone needing Continuing Professional Education (CPE).

Revision Date:

10-Jun-2025

NASBA Course Declaration:

Participants must complete the final examination within one year of purchase and with a minimum passing grade of 70% or better to receive CPE credit unless otherwise noted on the Course History page (i.e. California Ethics must score 90% or better). After logging in click on the Course History links on your My Courses page for the Begin date and Expire date for the Final Exam.

Keywords:

Effective Listening Styles for CPAs - CPE course

Learning Objectives:

Course Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, students will be able to:
  • List the four listening styles available to practitioners.
  • Identify the characteristics for conventional listening.
  • Recognize the characteristics for evaluative and reactive listening.
  • Recognize the characteristics and benefits for explorative listening.
  • Recognize the steps in the attentive listening cycle.

Course Contents:

Chapter 1 - Effective Listening Styles for CPAs

Course Learning Objectives

Introduction

Leadership

Practice Vision

Influence

Building Relationships

Emotional Intelligence

Project Manager Skills

Communication Skills

Project Management Process Groups

Executing Process Group

Manage Team

Benefits of an Effective Team

Communication Definition

Communication Methods

Effective Communications

Listening Definition

The Importance of Listening

Listening for Agreement

Effective Listening

Listening Behaviors

Rate Your Own Listening Style

Listening Exercise 1

Listening Exercise 2

Listening Exercise 3

Listening Exercise 4

Listening Styles

Conventional Listening

Impact of Conventional Listening

Associated Listening

Evaluative Listening

Impact of Evaluative and Reactive Listening

Explorative Listening

Impact of Explorative Listening

Attentive Listening

Attentive Listening Goal

Attentive Listening Cycle

Engaging

Acknowledge

Encourage

Summarizing

Asking

Using Communication Styles Exercise

Organizational and planning skills Body Language

Body Signature

Glossary

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