About Anna Faherty
In a former life Anna ran a multi-million-pound division of an international company. Now her clients range from world-class museums and charities to accountancy professional bodies, She has extensive international experience, having spent extended periods of time working and studying in Australia, Seychelles and South Africa.
Her recent book, Writing Online & Audio Stories provides a practical set of tools to help professionals develop and use emotionally engaging stories in a range of contexts, including business. .
Anna has presented CPD for ACCA and AIA and is the author of accountingcpd courses on subjects including communication, ethics, innovation and change. Her courses regularly get the highest ratings from our users.
What makes Anna tick?
Anna is passionate about supporting technical specialists to be strategic, creative thinkers and effective communicators.
CPD Courses
10 Tips for Explaining Finance Figures
As an accountant, you often share financial information with your colleagues and clients. But it can be difficult when your audience doesn't have the same financial knowledge as you. This bite offers 10 tips for communicating your finance figures.
3 Mindfulness Exercises for Accountants
Accountants have heavy workloads, long hours and a demand for accuracy, all of which create a high-pressure working environment. This bite covers three mindfulness exercises to help you manage your stress levels.
3 Tips for Collaborating in Remote Teams
There's a lot to like about remote working, but when finance teams don't work together in close quarters, it can be harder to collaborate. Ensure your remote team stays productive and on the same page, with this bite.
5 Tactics for Managing Stress
Due to the nature of the profession, stress among accountants is very common. But what can you do to reduce it? This bite explores how to recognise stress and offers five steps to manage it.
5 Threats to Ethics in Accounting
Behaving ethically is extremely important in accounting and finance, but this isn't always straightforward. Use this bite to discover five key threats to your ethical principles and how you can tackle them.
5 Ways to Address Unconscious Bias
Unconscious bias can negatively influence our decisions and lead to injustices in the workplace. This bite explores this concept and suggests five ways to identify and minimise the impact of bias in your organisation.
6 Influencing Techniques to Use Alongside Data
How do you persuade others to change their mind on a business matter? Figures and logical arguments aren't always enough. Discover six tips for using emotional factors to effectively engage your colleagues or clients and get them on board.
6 Tips for Communicating Change
Organisations are constantly facing situations that require changes to be made. But getting everyone on board with change isn't always easy. This bite provides six tips for effectively communicating change within your workplace.
6 Tips for Effective Virtual Meetings
Virtual meetings have become increasingly common, but are you conducting them in the most effective way? Whether you're new to it or looking to improve, this bite gives you six tips for running successful virtual meetings.
6 Tips for Successful Remote Working
This bite looks at the potential challenges of working remotely, and offers some practical tips to help you communicate effectively with your colleagues, keep motivated and make the best use of technology.