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Blair Cook, Director of Clarke Inc
Many time CFO of both public and private companies, three current corporate director roles, CPA and Chartered Accountant. Provides professional development services to "big 4" public accounting firms.
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The success of every finance function hinges on the competency of its employees. All the best financial technology and processes that money can buy will not be enough to overcome a deficiency in people. Companies that use competency assessment enjoy lower employee turnover, higher employee performance and increased sales and profits.
This course explores the competency assessment framework that enables you to manage your own career and/or manage your finance team more effectively. ;
Learning Objectives
- Recognize how to self-assess your own strengths and weaknesses and those of your team.
- Explore how to apply competency assessment as a performance evaluation, succession planning, and professional development tool.
- Explore how to develop a career path using a competency assessment framework tool.
Last updated/reviewed: May 5, 2022
16 Reviews (40 ratings)Reviews
Lawrence DeParis
(Founder & CEO at C-Level Solutions LLC)
Well-thought out concepts and tools for self- and team assessments.
Clear and engaging presentation by Mr. Cook. Great demonstration of how the competency assessment tool has been integrated into the Proformative site.
Cheryl Husmann
( at Smiling Aviation, Inc.)
I’m planning on implementing this model at our business. I believe it will give us a concrete blueprint for where we need to be & how to get there in terms of staff development.
Raveendran Madappattu
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Great presentation. This course provided a good insight into the different components of competency and the guidance to carry out evaluation.
Anonymous
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Very insightful and though provoking. We are only as good as our people, and this is a helpful tool for assessing and developing your team.
Anonymous
(Director of accounting)
The exam questions seemed to have more than one correct answer. The answers to the questions were not clearly define in the material.
Anonymous
(CFO)
Excellent course on how to evaluate and measure competency in the Office of the CFO, with practical techniques and tools provided.
Anonymous
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Useful information, but the theoretical frameworks are not my cup of tea - too much management-speak jargon for my taste.
Anonymous
(CFO)
I thought the presentation was enlightening and motivating. I will do the self-assessment.
Monte Smith, CMA
(Chief Executive Officer at Gerding Companies, Inc)
Excellent assessment framework; I can't wait to put this to use in my finance department!
Anonymous
(SVP, Finance)
Interesting topic and lots to absorb. Instructor goes through the topics very quickly
Anonymous
(Accountant)
I was surprised on how useful competency assessment is. Very useful in my opinion
Allen Ramsay
( at Emergent Cold)
really good model for evaluation and gap analysis. quite practical and helpful.
Mark Elders
(Staff Accountant at Buffalo Rock Company)
Great course. I will find this helpful for my job performance. God bless.
Anonymous
(Owner)
Interesting concepts but I really did not get mych out of this course
Anonymous
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Very helpful and practical course.
Kevin Murray
(Controller at DA Collins)
interesting course
Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Foundational
No Advanced Preparation or Prerequisites are needed for this course.
Education Provider Information
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Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
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