CFO Series: Changing Corporate Culture: How to Improve it?

Overview

Every organization, team, and family have its own unique culture. Additionally, everyone within each business, team, and family has their own definition for what the culture is or should be. We will review several types of culture, what makes each type work, what can destroy them, and how to shift and shape your actions to transform the culture. Learn how to shift the culture without demanding major changes in the individuals, how to reduce resistance to change, and create a culture with low fear and high confidence - which translates into higher levels of productivity, profitability, and lower turnover. The best employees actively seek out organizations with the best cultures. Culture matters.

Highlights

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:

The eight types of corporate cultures.
Determining which culture(s) exist in your organization.
How to introduce change in an acceptable way.
What are core values, and why they are so important?
What kind of culture(s) fits in the organization?
Where do you need the culture to develop so the organization can thrive?
Why people are so resistant to change?
What is the 'right' speed for change?
How to grow your team into a better culture.

Prerequisites

None, but preferably at least six (6) months of professional financial statement analysis experience and at least 6 months in a professional environment.

Designed For

Financial leaders, financial managers, CEOs, CFOs, Controllers, accountants, Board members, advisors, and consultants. CPAs in public practice and CPAs in industry. Business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals interested in understanding corporate culture, change management, staff retention.

Objectives

After attending this presentation, you will be able to...

Recognize and accept cultural differences within departments and in the entire organization.
Determine the right cultural dynamics for your organization.
Successfully introduce change for optimum buy-in