This course will focus on skills to help you and your organization become more effective in dealing with risk, change and problem employees.
DESIGNED FOR
People who are, or aspire to be, CFOs in midsize organizations,as well as business leaders, CEOs, accountants, corporate financial managers, business owners, risk managers, controllers, entrepreneurs, consultants, and the professionals who advise them.
BENEFITS
Develop an understanding of the following areas:
1. Complex issues involved with change and risk management so you can take advantage of the never-ending changes that occur daily
2. Common root causes that increase risk and cause systems to fail
3. Effectively communicating with employees, including, delivering messages, achieving better performance, and reducing turnover.
4. A process to identify why an individual is not performing well and how to address the situation.
HIGHLIGHTS
Change: Prepare for the Inevitable
Learn how to become better at recognizing change and how to embrace and adapt to the many changes we will continue to see. Review practical insights that will help you be even more successful in the office and in life.
Topics will include:
Change is continuous, but why do we fight change?
Why don't we notice the volume and rate of change?
Why are we so surprised by change?
What steps can we take to adapt to change?
Why is the human brain programmed to ignore change?
Examples of how the rate of change has changed
Examples of the many changes in accounting
How do we enhance our adaptability so we can thrive in a world of change?
Fixing Systems Risk
We will discuss two key causes of why most business systems crash. This session outlines multiple steps to reduce and hopefully eliminate system risks.
Topics will include:
Why are accounting and finance leaders skilled at analyzing broken systems?
Open systems versus closed systems
Lessons from US Navy SEAL teams
Common reasons why systems fail
Plan for and avoid the two root causes of most system failures
Number-one Mistake that Managers Make
Learn how managers mis-manage the most important assets in the business – employees. More importantly, what we can we do to get the most out of our people and correct the single most common mistake made in business?
Topics will include:
Why managers are poor communicators and how to improve
The damage caused by inadequate communication
The advantages of better communication and planning
More than 50 recommendations to improve the performance review process
Selecting the proper criteria to assess performance
How to deliver a productive performance review
Dealing with Problem Employees
We will review a 15-step process to assess all the reasons why team members are not performing so you can reduce and hopefully eliminate performance issues.
Topics will include:
How turnover is an issue
What are the most common causes?
How to do a better job of preventing ‘problem’ employees
How to have an effective discussion to end to the relationship
How to develop a customized plan for each unique situation
A 15-step action plan to use – for you and for the employee
COURSE LEVEL
Intermediate
PREREQUISITES
Participants should have at least six months of professional experience and a thorough knowledge of financial accounting principles and practices. Additionally, participants with management experience will also find this seminar very useful.
ADVANCE PREPARATION
None