Planning for Growth: Solving Problems for Success

When:  Jun 23, 2021 from 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM (CT)

Learning Objectives

  • Define effective responses to VUCAS
  • Benefits of connecting planning to mission and members
  • Implement simplified, monthly strategic planning

Summary

We are living in a VUCAS world – Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous, and Speedy. As a result, organizations find themselves too busy coping with change to find the time for strategic planning. In addition, many organizations do not see the benefit of long-term planning when the future is so uncertain. Smart organizations, however, recognize that strategic planning is vital to growth – you cannot achieve what you cannot envision! Amid the chaos, there is an opportunity – if we deliberately look for it. The good news is that strategic planning and looking for opportunities do not have to be time-consuming. This session will show you how to simplify the process by incorporating planning into your monthly meetings. In a VUCAS world simple strategies = sustainable success!

Presenter

Jennifer Elder, CSP

Jennifer helps smart leaders solve tough problems with strategic solutions for greater success now and in the future. She is a business generalist and an accounting expert who can make the complicated awesomely simple. For more than 25 years, she has been helping organizations focus on their core values and strengths to transform inefficiency into profits. She is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF), and a Certified Global Management Accountant (CGMA). She was named a Top 25 Women in Accounting by the AICPA. 

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