PRACTICAL PD
Courses for Accountants

What separates people in the business world, is the level at which they think.  Generally, big picture thinking is more broad, creative and strategic and more senior people think at that level.  This course will help see your thinking of level when looking at many scenarios and also improve it, no matter where you work in your organization.  If you can think more like your boss, the CEO, the Board, the owner, the partner, you will be ahead. It is the companion course, more about the big picture, than strategy to the course Elevate Your Career With More Strategic Thinking. This course is not about theory, but many practical, real-life examples, where the ideas are applied:

 

• What is higher level, big picture thinking?

• How do you think at the big picture level?

• What is your current thinking level?

• Dozens of examples to improve your thinking in the areas of business, systems, technology, corporate leadership, charity/NPO, organization, risk management and more

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​This session was created and is presented by veteran CFO Stephen Priddle who has created courses with total attendance of over 35,000, and which are known for practicality, examples, and humour.

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This is a Canadian version, but over 98% will apply in any country.

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​​What you’ll learn

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• What is higher level strategic thinking?

• How do you think at a higher strategic level?

• What is your current thinking level?

• Dozens of examples to improve your thinking in the areas of business, systems, technology, tax, compensation, organization, international business, risk management and more

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Who will benefit

The session is for CPAs in any role, and non-CPAs in the business world.

 

Past feedback

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• The course was excellent,  the practical storied situations and stepping back and helping us identify the answer after we have taken a shot at it works great, though it does take a bit more time than simply giving us the answer

• The course was great.  It kept me engaged from beginning to end, and was everything promised!  It certainly provided me content which I will reflect on

• Stephen’s courses are both entertaining and educational.  His goal is always to help attendees grow in their abilities and their careers.   If you want to learn to think outside the box, like challenging yourself, and enjoy quick witted humor, you then check out Stephen’s course

• Great case studies and examples – felt like we got to flex our brains with each one!

• A high-level thinking course for the CPA who’s looking to get out of theories and diagrams and into the real world! Stephen Priddle is the master at challenging you to think bigger – thanks for the great work that you do!

• I liked – scenarios with examples of smaller picture thinking and then bigger picture thinking. I like that it gets a little competitive with the responses…

• It got me to hear, see and practice how to exercise to think strategically.

• Makes accountants think outside of their normal lanes

• This course pushes accountants to think of the 'big picture' while realizing contextual

• The course was well designed and focused to encourage the participants for high level thinking

• EXCELLENT

• Engaging with interesting examples and stories.

• There were good scenarios and questions to get us thinking.

• You're very knowledgeable and have lots of great experience to draw from.

• It made me feel better about my strategic thinking skills - I'm doing better than I thought! 

• Your teaching style really is motivating

• The liked the encouragement to keep practicing and trying to see the big picture, why it is important, how to bring up big picture ideas even if you are not the decision maker

• Challenged to come up with “the answer” about thinking big picture

• Big picture thinking starts with listening to and allowing time to exercise this muscle.  It takes input from others to learn from.  Thinking big picture requires studying big picture scenarios.

• Engaging with interesting examples and stories.

• There were good scenarios and questions to get us thinking.

• Overall, I enjoyed the course. It sparked some creative thinking. 

• I enjoyed using this course and the real life examples to challenge my level of thinking and get a gauge of where I am at and what I need to do to take my career to the next level.

• The course was very helpful and an eye opener about elevating your level of thinking - Course brought in real workplace scenarios, so that made it feel more applicable to my career situations. 

• The repeated scenarios let me to apply and practice that thinking approach. I usually find I learn the most when getting to apply concepts in real time. 

• A well-structured and thought-provoking course that connects big-picture thinking to real career scenarios and encourages meaningful reflection and discussion

• I enjoyed the various scenarios which challenged my thinking and I gained new perspectives on ways to think about issues.

• Real life anecdotes were engaging

• Appreciated the use of relevant cases and discussion of differing perspectives, from the staff level to the board/owners.  

• I liked the case study examples

• I liked the visual pictures and props

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