Elevate your leadership from good to great by mastering the balance of innate traits and learned skills to drive team performance and shape organizational culture.
We are at a time in our nation’s history when being a good leader or manager can be the difference between an organization surviving and one that cannot meet its goals. Good and great managers should never stop learning; this is what makes them effective.
This course will consider some of those concepts, as well as factors regarding the current and emerging needs that managers should address in today’s economy.
Many courses deal with leadership and manager skills. Whether you have held a management position for several years or are just transitioning to a manager role, you will find that becoming or remaining a good manager can often be an art rather than just a technical skill. It can be—and should be—a learning and an ever-evolving process.
Key topics covered in this course include:
Whether you are stepping into a management role for the first time or looking to refine years of experience, this course provides the insights needed to elevate your performance. You will engage with self-assessment tools to evaluate your current operational effectiveness and review complex case studies, such as the Dynamic Manufacturing scenario, to observe these concepts in action. By the end of this course, you will be equipped with the knowledge to not only drive results but to build a lasting legacy of leadership excellence.
Lynn Fountain has over 45 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 24 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance. Ms. Fountain has held two Chief Audit Executive positions for international companies. In 2011, as the Chief Audit Executive for an international construction/ engineering firm, she was involved in the active investigation of a joint venture fraud. The investigation included work with the FBI and ultimately led to indictment of the perpetrators and recovery of $13M. Ms. Fountain is currently engaged in her own training and consulting business and is a regular trainer for the AICPA. Ms. Fountain is the author of three separate technical books. “Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations” was published by the Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation. -“Leading The Internal Audit Function” and -“Ethics and The Internal Auditor Political Dilemma” were published by Taylor & Francis In addition Ms. Fountain was a contributing author to the certification program exam for the National Association of Accountants. She also has certificate programs on various on-line platforms. Ms. Fountain has performed as an adjunct instructor for the School of Business for Grantham University and developed the first internal audit curriculum for the School of Business at the University of Kansas. Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CGMA, CRMA credentials and CPA certificate (non-active).
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