Develop into a Director

ACT Training Courses

Making the step change successfully

Key Facts

Location London and Manchester
Length 1 day
Fees ACT/CIMA Members £520.00+VAT
Non Members £580.00+VAT
CPD 6 CIMA hours

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For further information about this course please contact:

Maggi McDonnell, Training Manager
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2559
E: training@treasurers.org

Further information

Course overview

This course delivers a range of tips and tools to make the leap from manager to director successfully.

This course is held by CIMA and endorsed by ACT.

Programme

  • Accountants and directors – the respective roles of the number two and one

  • Understanding strategy - the aims and drivers oforganisational strategy, examples of good and poor strategy
  • Understanding how people behave at different levels
  • Understanding the behavioural frameworks of other board members
  • How behavioural conflicts from these different styles are generated and how to minimise them
  • Understanding our stakeholders – consideration of stakeholder analysis and management
  • Your governance responsibilities – including an introduction to the CIMA Strategic Scorecard™
  • Position, options and risk elements of the CIMA Strategic Scorecard™
  • How non-financial directors understand finance

What you will gain

  • Insight into how and why other board members see things differently
  • Techniques to positively challenge and develop organisational issues
  • An overarching view of organisational strategy and strategic direction
  • Knowledge of the various stakeholders of your organisation
  • Awareness of directors’ governance responsibilities
  • Understanding finance – from the perspective of your non-financial board colleagues

Who will benefit?

Recently appointed and future finance directors in all sectors and sizes of organisation.

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