KL036
Peter Margaritis
The Accidental Accountant and Improv Virtuoso
Improvisation and Leadership
Episode Summary
I enjoyed interviewing Peter Margaritis, The Accidental Accountant and author of Improv is No Joke—Using Improvisation to Create Positive Results in Leadership and Life to get his take on why improvisation is a skill many leaders can benefit from learning.
Bio
Peter Margaritis, CPA is the author of “Improv Is No Joke: Using Improvisation to Create Positive Results in Leadership and in Life” and “Taking The Numb Out of Numbers: Explaining and Presenting Financial Information with Confidence and Clarity.” Peter’s mission is to have CPAs and business professionals to believe that using plain English is the best way to communicate their technical knowledge.
Peter has a BBA from the University of Kentucky, a Master’s Degree in Accountancy from Case Western Reserve University and he is a licensed, non-practicing, CPA in Ohio. Peter has worked for companies such as Price Waterhouse, Victoria Secret Catalogue (not as a model), Citizen’s and Southern National Bank, and Ohio Dominican University.
Peter is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, Georgia Society of CPAs, Maryland Association of CPAs, Ohio Society of CPAs, and the National Speakers Association. He is also the past chairman of the Ohio Society of CPAs executive board and a former delegate to the AICPA governing council. He is currently the president of the Ohio Chapter of the National Speakers Association.
He lives in Westerville, OH with his wife, son, and his two Labrador retrievers - Midnight and MJ.
Website
www.petermargaritis.com
Other Website
www.takingthenumboutofnumbersbook.com
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/petermargaritis/ `
Twitter
https://twitter.com/pmargaritis?lang=en
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/theaccidentalaccountant/?ref=settings
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/pmargaritis/
Leadership Quote
“Leadership has nothing to do with your title. Leadership is the positive effect you have on another person.”—Simon Sinek
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