Format
This course will be delivered in person
at our Chartered Accountants House on 4 December 2025, from 6pm to 7.30pm
Who should attend
Anyone interested in developing their personal network and networking skills and advancing their careers.
Course overview
- Why networking is important
- Misconceptions and challenges around networking
- Characteristics of great networkers
- The four-step networking process
- Leveraging weak connections 49
- Building social capital
- Cultivating serendipity
- Listening skills
- Personal branding
- Networking insights
Key learning outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Kingsley Aikins questions the traditional advice to "work
hard and let your good work speak for itself". It is other people who will speak
for you, not your work. That people do business with people they know, like and
trust is all the truer in this rapidly changing world, disrupted by digital
technologies. Your network is how you will build such trust. People often get
paid early in their careers for what they do but later for who they
are; your network reflects who you are.
Speaker Bio
Rosemary Keogh, CEO Chartered Accountants Ireland
Kingsley Aikins’ career spans more than 30 years. He was the
IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland representative in Australia and New Zealand,
where he also founded The Lansdowne Club, one of the world’s largest Irish
business networks. He then moved to the US as CEO of The Ireland Funds. In 2011
he founded The Networking Institute, delivering masterclasses for companies in
accountancy, financial services, law, consulting and technology sectors. In
2024, he cofounded The Diaspora Institute with Dr Martin Russell.
Michael Diviney
, Executive Head of
Thought Leadership at Chartered Accountants Ireland
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or
requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3930
Note for Legacy CPA Members
Members who joined Chartered Accountants Ireland following1 September 2024,
please continue to book on the CPA Portal here to ensure you receive your membership
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