Learn accounting. Get an introduction to the four basic types: financial accounting, managerial accounting, income tax accounting, and bookkeeping.

Learn how to account for long-term assets on the balance sheet through asset impairment.

Learn the basics of bookkeeping and how financial statements are created from ledgers in this essential accounting skills course.

Learn how to construct a budget to help your small business make decisions and evaluate future performance.

It may seem counterintuitive to think that costs actually add value to a project. However, accurately projecting your costs and the resources they’re actually costing can determine the overall success of your project or investment. In this course, CPA Ajay Pangarkar shows you how to develop a cost estimate for all types of organizations. When major decisions need to be made, stakeholders want as much information as possible, and Ajay covers topics like looking at the various data types associated with cost estimating, how to report cost estimates, and tips for keeping the cost estimate accurate by validating data. After completing this course, you’ll be able use cost estimates to deliver more value in your projects, and do so within the cost limitations imposed by company leadership.

Learn how to calculate accurate costs and price products to maximize profitability.

If you run a business, you probably want your business to have as broad a market as possible, which means, ideally, conducting business in multiple countries. Of course, having a business that’s active in a global, interconnected economy brings with it a whole slew of accounting challenges. How do you keep track of credits and debits when you’re dealing with US dollars, euros, British pounds, Japanese yen, and more? In this course, accounting experts Jim Stice and Kay Stice dive into how conducting business across national borders creates finance and accounting challenges that don’t exist when all business is done locally. Lenders, investors, and borrowers need to communicate using a common financial language. Jim and Kay show how additional operating, investing, financing, legal, and social risks are introduced when a company buys, sells, borrows, or invests across national borders.

Learn how to create internal controls to keep accounting in check in your organization.

Learn about how leases can affect your accounting practice, and explore the impact of the 2019 Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) lease rules.

Learn how to make long-term business decisions using net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR), including how to apply the foundations of the time value of money.

Learn the basics of managerial accounting to help you make better organizational decisions.

While working in accounting or the broader financial field is often centered around numbers, dollars, and other known quantities, there can often be a lot of questions when you step back from the figures and calculations and ask the “why” of doing what you’re doing. For example, why does the income statement show the amount of net income that it shows? Or, what is the revenue recognition principle? In this course, Denise Probert explores the US GAAP, or General Applied Accounting Principles, the guiding backbone to the work of accounts in the US. Denise shows you the key things to know, where to get additional resources, and how these apply to working as an accountant or CPA.

Do you dread your annual performance review? In this course, instructors Ora Shtull and William Arruda teach you how to stop being a passive participant in your annual review and start being a powerful player in it. They walk you through a three-step process: own it, drive it, and ace it. You’ll learn what you need to do before, during, and even after the review to stand out and position yourself for promotion and a salary increase. You’ll discover how to deepen your relationship with your boss and be recognized by them for your achievements and goals. With this short course, you’ll be ready to ace your next review!

Note: This course was created by CareerBlast.TV. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

A common trait among top performers in any field is that they do well because they proactively plan out how to spend their energy. They know their goals and what they need to do to achieve them. In this audio-only course adapted from the How to Be Awesome at Your Job podcast, Pete Mockaitis talks to Molly Fletcher—a CEO, entrepreneur, and one of the first female sports agents—about how to masterfully manage your energy to accomplish your best work. Molly explains techniques for managing your energy with clarity and intention in order to perform at the highest level. She covers topics like the key to better energy management, smart ways to beat burnout, and why self-care shouldn’t make you feel guilty. By managing your energy better, you’ll be able to perform better, solve problems better, and serve your customers better.

This course was created by Pete Mockaitis of How to Be Awesome at Your Job. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.

Learn how to play bluegrass guitar with Grammy-winning flatpicker Bryan Sutton. Course 1 covers holding the guitar and pick, picking and fretting, and rhythm and chords.

Learn how to play bluegrass guitar with Grammy-winning flatpicker Bryan Sutton. Course 2 covers major and pentatonic scales, walking bass, and hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides.

Learn how to play bluegrass guitar with Grammy-winning flatpicker Bryan Sutton. Course 3 covers intermediate guitar techniques and advanced strum patterns.

Learn how to play bluegrass guitar with Grammy-winning flatpicker Bryan Sutton. Course 4 shows how to develop feel, pocket, and groove, and use different crosspicking styles.

If you're an acoustic guitar player looking for a challenge, then this course is for you. Learn about suspended chords, altered tuning, soloing patterns, and more.

Learn how to create, format, and share PDFs with Acrobat Pro DC, and explore the features of the Acrobat family of programs: Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Pro, and Acrobat Reader.