ASCPA Women's Collective

Check-in with the ASCPA Team at the Phoenix Art Museum and enjoy a morning beverage station before the event begins!

This session is available to registrants only.

Some of the biggest moments in your career arrive with no playbook. This opening conversation explores what it really takes to lead, decide and hold your ground when the path isn't clear, drawing on candid stories and an open exchange with the room. You'll leave with language for the uncertainty you've been navigating, and the foundation for what comes next.

Sasha Simmons, Founder & Leadership Speaker, Witavation

Credits: 1 - Consulting Services

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Every meaningful relationship, breakthrough idea, and lasting result begins with a conversation. But too often, the conversations that matter most are the ones we avoid.

Join Susan Scott, bestselling author of Fierce Conversations, and found of Fierce Inc., for a dynamic 30-minute session exploring what makes a conversation truly “fierce”, honest, authentic and transformational. You’ll discover how courageous dialogue can strengthen relationships, improve decision-making and create meaningful change in both your professional and personal life.

Whether you’re new to the Fierce Conversations framework or looking for a fresh perspective, this inspiring session will leave you with practical insights you can put into practice immediately.

Credits: 0.5 - Consulting Services

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Take a break from the traditional classroom-style CPE and join us for a two-hour open fair designed to refresh, recharge, and connect. This session will bring together brunch, networking, and wellness-inspired experiences that encourage movement, interaction, and fun.

Susan Scott, bestselling author of Fierce Conversations, and Found of Fierce, Inc., will join attendees during our networking fair for an exclusive book signing, giving you the opportunity to meet one of today's most respected leadership experts

Whether you choose to mingle with peers, join in an activity, or simply take time to relax, this fair is about stepping away from the usual routine and enjoying a lighter, more energizing environment. It’s a chance to connect with the Women’s Collective community in a way that’s meaningful, memorable, and inspiring.

 

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Most advisors are well-equipped to handle the financial dimensions of a client’s business transition. The psychological, emotional, and cultural dimensions are another story.

Women in business — whether founders, executives, or business owners — face a set of barriers at the exit and transition stage that have nothing to do with valuation, deal structure, or succession planning. They are identity-based. They are cultural. And they show up in the advisory relationship long before a transaction is ever on the table.

This briefing gives CPAs and financial advisors a framework for understanding what their female clients are navigating beyond the numbers — and what it means for how you ask questions, sequence advice, and show up at the most consequential financial moment of their lives.

Drawing on market research, founder data, and the lived experience of a multi-seven figure exit, this session addresses why women are significantly underrepresented in business exits and leadership transitions, what the primary barriers actually are, how those barriers manifest as specific client behaviors advisors currently misread, and what it looks like to serve this client in a way that earns the relationship for every chapter that follows.

This is not a session about women’s empowerment. It is a session about advisor intelligence — and the competitive advantage that comes from understanding the whole client, not just the balance sheet.

Alisha Pennington, Founder, Exette

Credits: 1 - Specialized Knowledge

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Ideas only matter when you do something with them. In this hands-on working session, we take everything from the morning and put it to work, building a practical, personal approach you can apply right away. Expect to roll up your sleeves, work alongside the women at your table and walk out with something you built, not just something you heard.

Sasha Simmons, Founder & Leadership Speaker, Witavation

Credits: 1 - Consulting Services

This session is available to registrants only.