Strategic Success Foundations II Certificate
Non-member Price: $1,329.00
Delivery Method: E-Learning
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Overview:
The degree of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and/or ambiguity makes the need for strong foundations ever more important if one is to help your organization successfully navigate forward. The Strategic Success Foundations II Certificate addresses the skills needed to cultivate the mindset, adaptability and communication skills needed for effective influence and strategic leadership.
You will gain and/or strengthen the foundations needed to be and become more strategic – whether as a value-added finance business partner, strategy advisor and/or strategic leader, planner or decision-maker. Being future ready requires the ability to adapt, to pivot, and to provide insights and foresight, while remaining grounded in sound business, operating, ethical and strategic principles and practices.
This program is valuable to all levels of leaders and emerging leaders, analysts and advisors who are interested in the dynamics and application of strategic thinking and strategy development, in a way that supports and shapes business resiliency, social, societal and economic development.
The Strategic Success Foundations II Certificate may qualify for up to 18 hours of professional development.
Special Instructions
This course emphasizes the application of practical frameworks, based on examples and experience, to support effective strategic thinking and active influence in decision-making, shaping strategy and business direction.
Participants will be encouraged to reflect on, engage with and apply concepts delivered through a blend of written and video content; examples and illustration; self-reflection and application or creative project activities; and, teach-back and takeaway discussion panels, quizzes and/or self-assessments.
Course Content:
Topics covered in these courses include:
Course #1 Inspired Accountability – Engaging Others Through Line-of-Sight Motivation and Leadership
- Exploration and application of a suite of practices, reflections and/or frameworks to support collaborative, individual and collective ‘inspired accountability’ from purpose, vision and strategy formulation through to strategy execution and implementation
- Principles, practices and frameworks will be further considered from the perspective of the professionalism and business value-adding expectations of the CPA as the “preeminent accounting designation and business credential”
Course #2 Art of Adaptability – Upskilling Your Pivotal Response Capability
- Exploration and application of several frameworks to support and facilitate adaptability and agility and continue to be future ready in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) environment
- Principles, practices and frameworks will be further considered from the perspective of the professionalism and business value-adding expectations of the CPA as the “preeminent
Accounting designation and business credential”
Course #3 Magnetic Messaging – Strategically Focused Storytelling to Engage, Connect and Influence
- Exploration and application of several frameworks to support effective communication regarding strategy formulation and/or execution, business partnering, and/or strategic thinking and analysis
- Principles, practices and frameworks will be further considered from the perspective of the professionalism and business value-adding expectations of the CPA as the “preeminent accounting designation and business credential”
Learning Objectives:
Upon completing these courses, you will be able to:
Course #1 Inspired Accountability – Engaging Others Through Line-of-Sight Motivation and Leadership
- Move beyond the myth of accountability as “control” and into its value as “inspired contribution”
- Apply a number of practical frameworks to support, foster and cultivate strategic alignment, goals attainment and desired/required change
- Explore and apply the fundamentals of effective prioritization, dynamic balance, goal setting and project management, to empower effective strategy execution
Course #2 Art of Adaptability – Upskilling Your Pivotal Response Capability
- Identify when, why and how to pivot with more confidence and assuredness
- Apply approaches and practices to help you identify and navigate the turbulence, pitfalls and/or opportunities of destabilization, shifting trends, required innovation, and/or fast or deep change
- Use tools and frameworks to support necessary adjustments and shifts, to become nimbler and more comfortable with states of flux, especially as affect strategy formulation and/or execution
Course #3 Magnetic Messaging – Strategically Focused Storytelling to Engage, Connect and Influence
- ‘Message’ in a person-centred way, from your ‘audience’s’ point of view; engaging interest and relevance in a way that encourages others to listen and engage
- Tell the story of strategy in a way that connects with others and surfaces what matters most
- Inform, add insights, interpret and influence with greater ease and effectiveness
Who Will Benefit:
Ideal for those who want to achieve and instill greater self-direction and self-efficacy in themselves and with those they lead and/or influence.
This program is valuable to financial professionals at all levels of leadership or emerging leaders, whose work largely relies on the collaboration with and/or input from others. Begin with your own self-awareness and personal leadership, as a springboard for better understanding and interpersonal effectiveness and strategic leadership with others.
Ideal for those who are intent on adding the best value possible and actively engaging in effective, high-performance strategic adaptiveness and strategic thinking effectiveness.
This course is valuable to financial professionals at all levels of leadership or emerging leaders, analysts, and advisors who are interested in strengthening their strategy formulation, strategic thinking and/or strategic business partnering capabilities, to help steward their organizations through turbulence.
Ideal for those who are intent on improving their communication effectiveness, especially in setting and communicating strategic direction and/or other inputs to strategic decision-making and effective organizational stewardship.
Non-member Price: $1,329.00
Delivery Method: E-Learning
Available Now!