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The CFO Leadership Program - Leadership Competencies
The CFO Leadership Program is the definitive program for aspiring or new CFOs, and for experienced CFOs who wish to refresh their base skills and knowledge. The program has two components - Operational Skills, which examines the core technical, systems and procedural skills; and Leadership Competencies, which emphasizes the leadership skills that provide the foundation for success for CFOs.
Upon completion of both parts, participants will receive the Institute’s CFO Leadership Program Certificate of Completion. There is no particular order in which the two programs must be completed as both programs focus on separate and distinct skills.
Leadership Competencies
To register, please complete and return this form.
Program Description
Who Should Attend
Dates, Facilities and Registration
How You Will Benefit
What Previous Participants Have Said
Alumni
The Curriculum
Faculty
Program Description
Organizations with skillful leadership consistently outperform those with less effective management. Your organization will benefit from having a more self-assured finance team leader, your enhanced abilities to contribute to organizational core values, and your ability to communicate effectively with your stakeholders.
You will learn how to improve your performance as a strategic business partner to the key stakeholders in your organization and how to enhance your capabilities as a communicator and leader. You will also explore leading-edge thinking in leadership.
The Leadership Competencies component of the CFO Leadership Program delivers “beyond the theory” training in leadership, executive communications, management, and CFO political skills. You will return to your office with significant insights into how you can improve your individual and team performance.
Who Should Attend
Do you currently direct or wish to direct the finance and administration areas of your organization? Do the CEO and the Board look to you for leadership, counsel and guidance? Would you like to improve your relationships with external and internal stakeholders? If so, then this program was created with you in mind.
Dates, Facilities and Registration Information
Date:
November 18 – 21, 2012
Location:
White Oaks Conference Resort & Spa, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Program Fees:
The program cost includes individual room accommodation and all meals at the White Oaks Conference Resort & Spa (a limited number of spots without accommodations are available).
White Oaks is a premium, four diamond, five-star resort and has achieved a reputation for outstanding comfort, service and atmosphere to ensure a memorable learning and retreat experience for all executives who attend.
| All-inclusive (meals and accommodations) - Recommended | Day package (all meals included, accommodations not included)** | |
| ICAO Members and CAs | $3,550 | $3,050 |
| Non-Members | $4,050 | $3,550 |
**A limited number of program spots are available to those who do not wish to have accommodations. As there may be evening activities (including networking opportunities and group work), to maximize your program experience, this option is recommended only for those who reside in the near vicinity. This option is subject to availability.
Registration:
To register, please complete and return this form.
For more information, please contact Lawrence Wong at: 1-800-387-0735 ext. 343., or lwong@icao.on.ca
How You Will Benefit
This program will help you: - Understand where you are heading in your career
- Function as a more effective CFO
- Create a culture of exciting talent
- Learn tools to become an effective leader
- Improve your understanding of the financial function
- Plan the optimal financial organization
- Enhance your knowledge of strategy
- Embrace conflict
What Previous Participants Have Said
The best promotion we can think of are testimonials from your colleagues, members of the ICAO, who have previously attended this course. Here is what the alumni of this particular program have to say about it:
- "Great program at great depth."
- "This program will make a significant difference. Time to reset and consider all my future alternatives."
- "[The program] encourages increased reach and stretch, improved leadership skills."
- "Helped [me] understand where I want to be and what I need to change/develop to get there."
- "Strategic planning exercises and group work [were] excellent. Conflict Management session best I ever attended."
- "Excellent - very informative..."
- "It will allow me to focus on strategy and further my career opportunities."
Alumni
Our alumni include particpants from: CTV Television Inc., Fidelity Investments Canada, Forbes Medi-Tech Inc., Queen's University, Mackenzie Financial Corp., Al Ghurair Group, Vector Aerospace Corporation, Pharma Medical Research Inc., Market Regulation Services Inc., and African Barrick Gold.
The Curriculum
The program uses a combination of presentations, discussions and case studies during three-plus days to develop your in-depth understanding in the following areas:
Stakeholder Relations
- Learn the importance of stakeholders
- Embrace the management of stakeholder relations
- Relationship management
Strategy
- Things you must know when creating strategy
- Main failure points and what to do about them
- Understanding relationships in creating strategy
- What is real strategy
Financial Function
- How to structure a finance function
- Your role in the process
- Insights into an optimal finance organization structure
Choice Point
- Where have you been
- Where are you headed
CFO Role to the Board
- What Boards expect from the CFO
- Role to the Board
- Board politics
- Conflicts within Board relationships
Politics of the Executive Suite
- What is politics
- How to identify and deal with political situations
Leading Through Conflict
- Identifying conflict at its source
- Conflict management techniques
- Recognizing and managing the conflict inherent in both leading a function and operating in an executive team
Talent Management
- How to create a culture of talent management
- What is talent management
- Key to your future success
- Leading practice in talent management
The CFO as Leader
- What is leadership
- Understanding being a leader
Faculty
Larry Ginsberg FCA, is the President of GinsOrg International Inc., a management consulting firm. GinsOrg’s mission is “Helping People Achieve Their Dreams”®. Larry is often asked to provide advice and counsel by Directors and senior officers of various Canadian companies. He currently lectures at the Schulich School of Business at York University in strategic management, family businesses and entrepreneurship. He is an author of four books on entrepreneurship and appears in the media to provide insight into various business issues. Larry is a Corporate Director and has been EVP and/or CFO of a number of companies. In addition, Larry is a Exempt Market Dealer and has provided assistance in a number of mergers, acquisitions, financings, and sale of businesses.
Lynne Brenegan M.A., is a Process Facilitator and Change Agent who works with organizations that are changing size, shape, or strategic direction. Lynne co-founded Workplace Competence International, which provides consulting services to organizations in financial services, manufacturing, transportation, aerospace, retail, supply chain logistics, and telecommunications.
Lynne’s educational background is in labour relations, adult education, organizational change, and organizational design. Lynne has an honours B.A. from York, and a Master’s Degree that focuses on Process Consulting and Organizational Change from OISE/University of Toronto.
For any further information or to register, please contact Lawrence Wong, CA, at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario at: 1-800-387-0735 ext. 343 or at lwong@icao.on.ca.