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Key Performance Indicators: Developing, Implementing, and Using Winning KPIs
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Pareto’s 80/20 rule for corporate accountants
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For 2010, David Parmenter has confirmed speaking events in a number of countries. A full list is available here.
Many of us have drifted into management without adequate preparation. Very much in the way we drifted into adulthood. If we are to be successful we need to acquire the appropriate skills, work with great managers and be mentored. Some of us are the luck ones who meet a passing “comet” that sucks them up in their slip stream until, they, themselves have the momentum, knowledge and skills for senior management positions.
Many people are thrown into management positions totally inadequately prepared for the responsibilities it entails. A poor start in management can be harmful to your future prospects. It thus makes sense to prepare for the position. This course is based on the book David is writing called “management summiting - a guide to the top” The book is based around the observations David has made over the last 25 years, working for diverse organisations. This seminar provides an impetus to prepare for management and arm yourself with useful templates.
This course is to work in conjunction with a residential management training course provided by leading training institutions.
Content:
- equipping oneself (learn from heroes, mind mapping, treasure mapping, getting yourself a mentor, selecting a management course),
- using technology (contributing to your organisation’s intranet, making the most out of your computer applications, using the world-wide web efficiently)
- developing good work habits (time management - the basics, avoiding flawed meetings, Email etiquette and good interview techniques, innovation)
- obtain better practice templates and checklists (quality assurances, better practice graphics, delivering bullet proof PowerPoint presentations)
- finding yourself a good boss - what too look for
- handling personal baggage
- making your boss look good - showing how you can succeed through your bosses success
- managing the accounting team,
- marketing the accounting team,
- improving client management,
- working smarter not longer
Target audience:
- Owner /managers of SMEs who want to polish up on their management techniques
- Current or prospective mangers in SMEs
Learning outcomes:
- understand the building blocks for becoming a manager
- learn about the work habits that score the goals
- map out a “climbing route” for your management summiting