This unique two hour course gives viewers a wide range of useful tips, tricks and smarts to deal with the daily work challenges in any kind of organization.
This unique two hour course gives viewers a wide range of useful tips, tricks and smarts to deal with the daily work challenges in any kind of organization. They are illustrated with specific examples and stories obtained from real life experience. This session was created and is presented by a veteran CFO who has created courses that over 15,000 accountants have signed up for and are known for practicality, examples, and humour.
AGENDA
• Really seeing the big picture when others are only seeing the small picture • Supervising, managing and hiring specialists in a field, when you are not • Coping with the difficult boss or stubborn owner • Getting more out of meetings • Tips on treating employees right, for retention & recruiting • Cutting through to the main issue • A teaching style to help your staff to grow • Asking the tough questions that no one asks – the elephant in the room • Creating policies without bureaucracy • Leveraging your time to get more things done • A couple of bonus parenting tips • And more…
WHO WILL BENEFIT
The webinar is of interest to CPAs, business executives and managers and other employees in all kinds of organization. Early to mid-career CPAs will benefit even more.
FEEDBACK
• Thank you for the self-study video course Practical Work Smarts for All which I enjoyed very much, and which met my expectations. • I appreciated that the course really was designed for 'all', and not just CPAs. Your presentation style is refreshingly accessible, and the ideas were thought-provoking. • Favourite and most helpful topics: meetings and prioritization • The video was interesting, instructor keeps it light hearted by putting jokes throughout. • Liked the humor throughout the webcast.Especially the consultant at the end, that is the ultimate double speak I ever heard. • Appreciated the comments about letters of recognition or the boss hosting their employees at his/her house. I think that goes along way with building a rapport with your staff and speaks to your leadership style. • I enjoyed the course. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and give actual examples! I can relate to them. I will definitely apply lots of them. • Interesting subjects, all make sense, I see some suggestions already applied on my company. Will be interesting to discuss with my colleagues • What I liked: Getting more out of meetings – more specifically the productivity ratio (1/n2) and the parking lot suggestion. I’d also like to try ____when there is a meeting conflict. • I have viewed the course and it was excellent. • You are a great leader in CPA world…thank you again • I found the meeting tips and procrastination interesting • I truly enjoyed the elephant in the room, the examples were perfect.
Stephen Priddle, CPA, CA, CMA is the President and Founder of Practical PD, Courses for Accountants. Stephen is also the Vice-President, Finance & CFO of Fidus Analytics Inc. In addition, he is a Board member, co-owner and Corporate Secretary of the SureWx group of companies, a global aviation business, which he was the CFO for 12 years previously. An engaging and experienced instructor, Stephen Priddle weaves practical tips together with stories from his business experience and input from participants. Seasoning the mix with a dose of accounting humour, he serves up useful and dynamic courses which have been attended by over 36,000. When speaking, he is candid about errors he has made in his career and the lessons that can be learned from them. Someone said: “humans are hard-wired to learn from stories” – Stephen is in part a business/accounting storyteller, who draws out the lessons from the stories. Stephen’s teaching experience includes presenting courses for over 70 accounting bodies and organizations in Canada and abroad. He has been a Session Leader in the CPA Professional Education Program, and has taught at the University of Toronto and Carleton University. He has moderated in the legacy CA, CMA and CGA program. Stephen is a prolific author. His published business, accounting and finance cases are used by many organizations. Stephen has nearly 40 years of varied business experience. After working with KPMG for five years, he moved into industry, where he has worked for public and private companies. He has gained a wide range of experience in financial reporting, treasury management, merger & acquisition and other business matters. Through his courses, he interacts with hundreds of financial leaders a year and thus stays on the leading edge in terms of best practices and hot topics. Stephen obtained his CPA, CA and CMA designations following graduation from Carleton University with an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree, accounting major.
