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More Work And Management Smarts

This different course gives participants a wide range of useful tips, ideas and smarts to deal with the work challenges in any kind of organization.

Created byStephen Priddle
4.6
(41 reviews)
BeginnerUpdated Nov 17, 2024
More Work And Management Smarts

What You'll Learn

check_circleDesign bonus plans: Learn how to create bonus plans that motivate and reward employees effectively, considering practical examples and strategies to align incentives with organizational goals.
check_circleLearn meeting and email efficiency tips. Develop skills to optimize meetings and email communication, including creative techniques to streamline processes, engage participants, and enhance productivity.
check_circleIs CYA a legitimate approach? Explore the concept of "Cover Your Actions" (CYA) in workplace dynamics, understanding when it is appropriate and how to apply it professionally without compromising integrity.
check_circleThe distraction and use of work politics: Understand how to identify, manage, and minimize the distractions caused by office politics while using political insights strategically to your advantage.
check_circleDiscuss the value of the BS detector. Learn how to develop and utilize a "BS detector" to identify questionable practices, ideas, or strategies, enabling more informed and effective decision-making.
check_circleLearn some career tips. Gain valuable career tips, including how to time career moves, take meaningful sabbaticals, and adopt a "pedal to the floor" approach for growth and success in the workplace.

About This Course

This unique course offers participants a broad range of practical tips, ideas, and insights to tackle work challenges in any type of organization. It is enriched with specific examples and real-life stories to illustrate key points.

The session is developed and presented by veteran CFO Stephen Priddle, whose courses have been attended by nearly 31,000 accountants and are renowned for their practicality, real-world examples, and humor. Stephen is also a prolific writer of published cases.

AGENDA

  • Bonus plans that work – practice designing them
  • Is CYA a legitimate approach?
  • A bunch of meeting and email efficiency tips
  • The committee agrees, but is that good?
  • Avoiding company politics
  • The value of the sabbatical
  • Open book management or not?
  • Timing your career moves
  • The value of the BS detector
  • Corporate strategy – diversify or focus…
  • The value of logic derived from auditing
  • Defining and practicing management cultures
  • And more

Who Will Benefit

This webinar is ideal for CPAs, business executives, managers, and other employees across all types of organizations.

Past Feedback

  • "I found the course to be highly engaging and filled with practical tips that make PD feel like an exciting opportunity rather than a burden."
  • "The content felt more like a genuine conversation or mentorship session than just another traditional PD course."
  • "It was reassuring to learn that many challenges we face as managers are common, and the course provided effective strategies to overcome them."
  • "A good mix between personal growth and management styles are considered in this course. Thought-provoking."
  • "The topics felt really relevant and applicable to many industries, and I think we benefit from your great experience and case studies!"
  • "The incredibly talented Stephen Priddle has managed to get yet another home run in this important training. I truly hope many business professionals will take the opportunity to learn from it."
  • "Your personal examples and sharing things that have worked (and not worked) for you in the past is always appreciated."
  • "You’ve had quite the career, and it’s great that you’re willing to share and provide tips and tricks that you’ve accumulated."
  • "Appreciate the openness and honesty about CYA culture and the BS detector. Those are relevant topics that often aren’t discussed."
  • "A useful PD course of hidden gems. You don't know exactly what you're getting until you unearth them, but they're valuable nonetheless."
  • "Thank you so much for the presentation - I believe you will have another blockbuster here."
  • "Recognizing that your audience comprises experienced managers who are well-versed in theory, you still manage to present creative insights and practical outcomes drawn from real-world experience, which inspires us to think outside the box."
  • "Overall, the course delivers meaningful and applicable knowledge in an engaging and innovative way."
  • "Kudos to you for creating such a transformative learning experience!"
  • "A good course for the typical financial executive to deal with some usual and unusual situations."
  • "My favorite section was the Bonus plan design. Constructing a good bonus plan and being able to articulate it well has been challenging for me."
  • "The presentation is easy to follow, with the pace and clarity of your speech."

Your Instructor

Stephen Priddle
Stephen Priddle
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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.

Credit Information

Do these courses count toward my professional development requirements?

This portal is provided as a training and development resource for City of Markham employees. Every course is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, is quantifiable in hours, and is verifiable — you receive a documented certificate of completion for every course you finish, stored on LearnFormula indefinitely.

If you hold a professional designation (for example in engineering, accounting, human resources, or law), courses may be counted as professionally relevant, verifiable learning activities toward your continuing professional development. Individual practitioners are responsible for confirming that an activity meets the requirements of their professional body. For questions about the City of Markham's training and development policies, please speak with your people leader or Human Resources.

What Students Are Saying

4.6
Student's Choice
41 reviews

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