CFO Series: Management Superpowers (E2412043)

We will discuss what you can do to improve your management skills. The best leaders have a never-ending passion for improving and acquiring useful knowledge. Management skills can be learned only if one is willing to do the work if you aspire to be a more valued, trusted, credible leader. This course will help you become a first–class manager.

DESIGNED FOR

• Corporate financial managers, business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals who advise them, especially those who wish to advance in the organization, corporate financial leaders, CEOs, CFOs, controllers, accountants, and board members
• CPAs in public practice
• CPAs in industry who want to be more than number crunchers

BENEFITS

• Develop management and leadership skills to enable teams to flourish. Learn effective methods to become a better manager. Understand the importance of earning trust, helping others, maintaining integrity and communicating.
• Recognize, accept and understand the tendencies of perfectionists. Understand their strengths, areas where they may improve and how to get the most out of them.
• Recognize the importance of being a continual learner. Understand your unique learning style and what is necessary to become a learn-a-holic.
• Understand the importance of earning trust, helping others, integrity, relationships and communicating.

HIGHLIGHTS

Five Management Superpowers
We walk through the A-to-Z of effective management from the standpoint of self, team and individuals. It is not enough to be a ‘good’ manager and excel in our field, we need to be more than the subject matter expert. The five management superpowers is a proven path for those who desire to ascend the ranks to higher leadership.
• How feedback becomes effective
• How to develop listening skills
• Cultivation of self, cultivation of team members as individuals, cultivation of team members as a group
• How to create a working environment in which team members feel acknowledged and “heard”
• Inspirational motivation for team success
• Relational communication skills that increase productivity
• The ‘secret sauce’ that holds communication and professional relationships together on the individual and team level in the short and long term

Accepting Perfectionists: Understanding & Adapting

You may know people who believe, “Good, is never good enough.” They are sharp, driven, push themselves, have lofty standards and may focus on the negative. They wear themselves out and others as well. Could they be perfectionists? We will discuss perfectionists from several perspectives and how to harness their skills to enhance results. Learn actions to take that are based on research and proven methods so that perfectionists may learn how to transform their behaviors.

• Why perfection is not obtainable
• The wonderful attributes of perfectionists
• Why do most attempts to deal with perfectionists fail?
• Why many perfectionists are procrastinators and masters of self-punishment
• Tactics to help the perfectionist become more effective

Why You Should Be a Learn-a-holic: Staying Ahead!

Successful people do know one secret that keeps them on top. The answer is - they are lifelong learners. It is a mindset and a way of life that they learned to utilize. Hear quantifiable research to support that learn-a-holics (or lifetime learners) are clearly more successful, as well as practical actions on how you can stop being left behind and start getting ahead by adopting the habits and mindset of a lifelong learner. The crux is to expand your mind and expand your possibilities.

• The key mindset difference between extremely successful people and others
• Learning styles
• The seven essential elements for lifelong learning success
• Two daily habits that can make this lifestyle transition easier.
• A learning technique that works regardless of your personal learning style
• “How-to” guide to starting your new life as a learn-a-holic

Advancing Your Role as a Business Leader

Knowing the numbers is a valued skill, but not nearly enough to make you a real business leader. True leaders put in the work and make sacrifices for others. Leadership is a learned skill, a skill that must be practiced. It may look simple, and it is – only if you know what to do and how to do it. Leadership requires one to develop a greater understanding of intangibles that are difficult to quantify – but are priceless. The best leaders care about others, are trustworthy and are credible. We will discuss proven tactics to enhance those skills.

• Leadership is earned, not given.
• Leaders understand: human nature, others and themselves.
• The need for better relationships, credibility and trust
• Lessons from great leaders
• Steps to becoming a better leader

COURSE LEVEL

Intermediate

PREREQUISITES

At least six months of professional financial statement analysis experience. Prior management and leadership experience will be most helpful.

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None