GBD157. Be A Better Business Partner in a Post-Lockdown World.

 "Would you go to an interview with a brown paper bag on
your head?"



Sean Purcell is an award-winning trainer of finance
staff. The Founding Partner of UK-based WiseUpNow shares tips
to build better finance business partnerships, both internally
and externally. He outlines ways to improve engagement, build
trust, better understand colleagues and create opportunity in a
post-lockdown environment. And he has something to say about
webcams...


Talking Points. These are some of the
topics we discussed in this episode.



What we USED to think about better business partnering before
the pandemic, and now.

Ways that lockdowns have changed how we’ll think about
business partnering in the future.

How to find out what a client REALLY needs.



Our Guest. Connect further via LinkedIn using
the links below, or visit their website.


Sean Purcell is a Finance Business Partnering expert and
Founding Partner of WiseUpNow in the UK. He has been involved in
research and working with finance teams on finance business
partnering since 2010 and has worked with over 1000 global
finance business partners.



Resources. Use these links to find out more
about this topic, or to access free and paid-for resources to
implement in your own team or organisation.


Explore Finance Business Partnering on Future.AICPA.org.

Visit the AICPA's Coronavirus Resource Centre.



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