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Andrew J. Sherman, Partner, M&A and Corporate Department
Mr. Sherman has served as a legal and strategic advisor to dozens of Fortune 500 companies and hundreds of emerging growth companies. He has written 24 books on the legal and strategic aspects of business growth, franchis
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This course focuses on the current and potential role of the CFO in crafting and implementing effective domestic and global growth strategies.
Topics include current trends in CFO strategies affecting the development and execution of growth, strategic growth planning, financial analysis of proposed growth strategies, advantages and disadvantages of different types of organic and external growth strategies and the evolving role of the office of the CFO in driving growth.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the Key Trends Affecting Domestic/Global Growth Strategy Alternatives
- Identify and Evaluate Key Advantages/Disadvantages of Organic vs. External Growth Strategies
- Explore Best Practices in Crafting A Business Growth Plan
- Explore the Understanding and Evaluating of the Risks & Benefits of Global Growth
Last updated/reviewed: May 17, 2022
15 Reviews (46 ratings)Reviews
Anonymous
(CFO)
Presentation should be updated (references 2014 election, which was almost 5 years ago). Quality of audio was not great and speaker used too many filler words ("you know") throughout presentation
Jenny Laughlin
(Chief Financial Officer at Remote-Learner)
High level overview of developing and executing growth strategies...highlighted areas of focus to ensure growth strategy is more than just a nice but ineffective goal.
Anonymous
(CFO)
Excellent course that provides a great introduction or high level overview of the different ways the CFO can be involved in the growth initiative for a company.
Anonymous
(Founder & CEO)
Disproportionate time spent on macro business trends. The core of the program was rushed, with important slides glossed-over.
Charles Silio
(Partner and Chief Financial Officer at Prospect14)
Good course covering the formulation of growth strategies from the perspective of the CFO.
Anonymous
(Controller)
Very good insight. Content provided valuable resources as to growth strategies.
Anonymous
(Accounting Professional)
Pretty basic/high level & dated. Wish the sound quality had been better.
Anonymous
(NA)
Good synopsis of how CFO is becoming more of an overall business partner
Mark Quinn
(CFO at MultiFlow)
Great overview of the role of the CFO in growth strategies
Sami Jabra Seedhom
(Accounting Department Manager at Edrak Int. For Commercial Services)
Thank you very much for the valuable course.
Joyce Holiday
(Consultant at DLC)
The course was short and easy to follow
Matt Osmundsen
(Category Finance Director at Energizer Holdings, Inc.)
Great course! Very informative.
Anonymous
(Chief Financial Officer)
Very good and helpful content
Craig Ward, CPA
(Chief Financial Officer at Geigerrig)
Excellent job.
Ashraf Al-Haj
(CFO at Al Jeel Medical company / El Ajou Group )
Excellent
Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Intermediate
Prerequisite: Exposure to corporate strategy
Advanced Preparation: None
Education Provider Information
Company:
Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
Contact:
For more information regarding this course, including complaint and cancellation policies, please contact our offices at (408) 400- 3993 or send an e-mail to .