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David Parmenter’s Books
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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Upcoming Workshops
For 2010, David Parmenter has confirmed speaking events in a number of countries. A full list is available here.
Running an SME in the 21st century is challenging. There are many tools and management techniques that the busy SME owner/manager maybe aware of but does not have the time to properly assess. If this is a problem for you then come to this course which will give you a snapshot of the latest developments which are relevant to SMEs.
David has written many articles looking at these new techniques and this course will be covering much of his material. For example his article “Smash through the performance barrier” explores a high performance team and it drew out lessons for us all.
Many of us have drifted into managing people without adequate preparation. This course will also look at techniques to improve our management style.
Cash management is king, but are you using all the appropriate techniques?
Many management reports are not a management tool, they are merely memorandums of information. This course will look at leading reporting templates.
The intranet is the single most powerful tool for an SME. Some say it will be the distinguishing feature between a good and a great SME. This course will look at ways to make it work for your SME.
Content:
- equipping oneself for management (learn from heroes, mind mapping, treasure mapping, getting yourself a mentor, selecting a management course),
- what to invest in to get the best return for your technology investment (intranet, website, accounting system, operational systems etc)
- developing good work habits - changing how we tackle the working day, the action meetings break through)
- developing a quarterly rolling forecasting process to replace annual budgets
- better practice cash flows techniques (debtor management, inventory management, payment management, use of purchase cards, managing your bankers etc)
- performance monitoring that works (daily, weekly reports, report formats for management and Board, finding your true key performance indicators KPIs)
- how to build a SMASH team (a team that works multi dimensionally)
- discuss techniques to speed up administration so that key figures can be available swiftly
- better practice features and stories of how intranets have made significant contributions to performance in their organisations
- a checklist covering all the material covered
Learning outcomes:
- understand the latest performance management techniques relevant to SMEs
- learn about successful work and management habits that score the goals
- map out a route for your SME to become a high performing one
- learn from your fellow participants’ success stories
Target audience:
- owner /managers of SMEs with more than 20 staff
- CFOs and senior management of SMEs
- CFOs and senior management of larger organisations