Thirty-five NCSA leaders gathered on Friday, July 22nd at Pinewood Country Club in Asheboro for our annual Leadership Day. The day started with Louise Pistole leading a discussion of the need for chapters to update their bylaws if necessary as directed by the Board of Directors.

J.R. Lawson presented our new membership recruiting campaign and the great brochure and mailers that he designed along with David Rollins and the Membership Committee.

Ron Powell spoke on the chapter CPE submission requirements briefly, followed by Louise Pistole addressing the group again this time with a focus toward re-energizing our connection with the National Society of Accountants and the benefits we have as members of an Affiliated State Organization.

President Holmes spoke a few moments about our Legislative Committee and our legislative lobbyist Henry Jones and the work he does to keep in the loop on the activities in the Legislature. Jim challenged every member to make a contribution to the legislative fund which helps ensure that we can fund any challenge to our rights.

David Hooker then took the floor to discuss the implementation of the Quality Assurance Review program and the progress being made in helping us all become more proficient professionals with our financial statement presentations.

The last hour of the day was taken by Jonathan Burris of Burris Consulting Group who guided the attendees through the “Personality Compass”. Each person answered a brief survey that helped to determine their individual personality traits and then every- one was grouped by like personalities. Overwhelmingly the group was dominated by East and North personalities that are proven leaders, accurate, detailed, and steady. These accountants don’t delegate and can be abrasive. Jonathan directed us all to try to consider the people with whom we are dealing and try to engage them in the way that suits their style, leading to better results from our interactions both professional and personal. If you would like to review the test here is a link:

http://www.nelms.org/pdfs/2014/degroff2014si/The%20Personality%20Compass.pdf

As President Elect I appreciate all the attendees and ask that you consider attending this worthwhile function next year. There is no cost to attendees and our chapters are asked to contribute to offset the expenses of the day. I appreciate all the chapter that have already contributed.

Our quote for the day was from Mother Teresa: “You can do what I cannot do. I can do what you cannot do. Together we can do great things.” This fits our NCSA membership completely; we are unstoppable together!