PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Corporate Governance Essentials
This half-day workshop aims to help CFOs enhance their
understanding of corporate governance using CPA Canada’s CFO
Series as the starting point for discussion. It will be beneficial to
financial and other executive leaders who interact with and provide
support to their boards. It will also be of interest to audit committee
and other board members who want to gain a better understanding
of their roles and responsibilities with regard to corporate governance.
July 15, 9am-12:30pm, Vancouver
Securing Your Data
Security failures, such as breaches of client or customer data, are costly—
they can even drive an organization out of business. Topics to be
covered in this seminar include the latest tools and techniques for
encryption, virus protection, secure communication and authentication,
and more. The seminar is designed for business professionals seeking
to secure sensitive data. Participants will learn best practices in
information security.
July 16, 1-5:30pm, Vancouver
Risk Management Essentials
This half-day workshop aims to help CFOs enhance their understanding
of risk management using CPA Canada’s CFO Series as the starting
point for discussion. It will give participants the knowledge and skills
needed to understand the role of the CFO in the context of risk
management, as well as the CFO’s responsibilities to the board and/or
audit committee. The workshop will also help participants understand
the different enterprise risk-management (ERM) frameworks available
and the applicability of these frameworks to their organizations.
July 15, 1:30-5pm, Vancouver
Managing Diverse Personalities and Culturally Diverse
Teams
In the increasingly complex workplace of the 21st century, personality
conflicts and cultural differences can hinder productivity and hurt
morale. To maintain a productive work environment, managers and
leaders need to be adept at handling the challenges of diversity. This
highly interactive seminar will provide tools and techniques to help
managers and leaders improve relationships within diverse groups.
July 17, 9am-5pm, Vancouver
Understanding & Implementing Business Succession
Strategies
This seminar will give participants the tools needed to advise clients
on their business succession needs and/or to understand the pros and
cons of monetizing or transferring their own businesses. It will focus on
options for monetizing the enterprise value of a business, and provide
an in-depth review of the “softer” challenges related to the sale or
transfer of a business to family or management. The seminar will be
particularly valuable to advisers, business owners, and executives
who want to develop and implement business succession strategies.
July 15, 9am-5pm, Vancouver
Excel-Based Dashboards
Dashboard reporting is rapidly becoming the norm for organizations
seeking to improve financial and operational reporting processes. This
seminar will show you how to build Excel-based dashboards that extract
information from your accounting applicati