Develop the strategic foresight needed to look beyond details, drive organizational success, and position yourself for high-impact leadership roles.
What separates people in the business world is not how hard they work—it’s the level at which they think. This course is designed to help professionals transition from a task-oriented mindset to a higher perspective.
Senior leaders tend to think at a big-picture level. Their thinking is broader, more strategic, more creative, and more focused on long-term impact. This course is designed to help you recognize your current level of thinking and deliberately raise it, regardless of your role or position in the organization.
If you can learn to think more like your boss—or like a CEO, board member, owner, or partner—you gain a significant advantage. You begin to anticipate decisions instead of reacting to them. This course is not about abstract theory; it is built around practical, real-world scenarios that mirror the kinds of decisions leaders face every day.
In This Course, You Will Learn:
This will be applied in the areas of:
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By the end of this course, you will be better equipped to:
No matter where you work in your organization, this course will help you think at a higher level—and stand out because of it.
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.
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