Team Management in Accounting and Finance
Adapting Managerial Posture to the Constraints of the Accounting and Finance Function
Being a manager within the accounting and finance function requires balancing team management, coordinating department activities, and driving performance as a Business Partner. Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to adapt their managerial posture to the profiles of their team members and the challenges of the accounting and finance function.
Learning Objectives
Analyze the challenges and key success factors related to managing an accounting and finance team
Drive team performance by activating relational and efficiency levers
Develop the individual effectiveness of accounting and finance function collaborators
Training Program
Analyzing the Challenges and Key Success Factors of Managing an Accounting and Finance Team
Assessing the strengths and resistances related to managing an accounting and finance department
Different managerial missions in relation to employee expectations
Listening skills to promote employee autonomy
Providing a secure framework for employees to legitimize control and management functions
Balancing the roles of expert and manager
Practical case: decoding 10 managerial situations using Porter's 6 listening attitudes grid
Evaluating relational interactions between the manager and the employee based on behavioral profiles
Managerial and employee styles
Motivational factors
Discomfort zones between profiles
Differentiation of manager and expert roles
Practical case: identifying one's manager/employee profile
Driving Team Performance by Activating Relational and Efficiency Levers
Communicating to motivate employees
"Knowing how to say" to transmit instructions assertively
Different types of recognition: conditional/unconditional, behavior or person-oriented
Managing recognition: accepting, giving, asking for, refusing
Feedback or feedforward
Role-play: practicing feedforward during an interim assessment interview with one of your employees
Team building
Managing difficult contexts, tension, or conflict
Revitalizing a team that is losing momentum
Integrating new members
Manager club: sharing a challenging management situation with a colleague and resolving it through collective intelligence
Developing the Individual Effectiveness of Accounting and Finance Function Collaborators
Managing the relationship and expectations towards the employee
Clear and motivating objectives
Monitoring progress and performance with relevant indicators
Delegating, valorizing, and empowering
Role-play: conducting a performance review meeting
Managing time pressure related to the accounting and finance function
Positioning the accounting and finance function in the organization to give meaning
Understanding employees' relationship with time
Time management between managerial and expert roles
Managing stress by identifying the emotions circuit
Pedagogical game: implementing strategies to manage the 5 time laws that pollute your time management
Transfer
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Key Points
Methodological approach, case studies, role-plays, analysis, personalized diagnostics
Who Should Attend This Training
Accounting Managers
Managers of the accounting and finance function
Prerequisities
Experience in management
Teaching Methods
Structured training program focused on skills transfer
Acquisition of operational skills through practice and experimentation
Collaborative learning during synchronous moments
Multi-stage learning path to engage, learn, and transfer
Training encouraging participant engagement for better anchoring of teachings
Satisfaction and Evaluation
Competence evaluation will be conducted throughout the training by the participant (self-assessment) and/or the trainer according to the training modalities.
Evaluation of the training action online on your participant space:
Immediately after the training to measure your satisfaction and perception of the evolution of your skills compared to the training objectives. With your consent, your overall rating and comments will be published on our website through Verified Reviews, a NF Service Certified solution.
60 days after the training to validate the transfer of your skills in the workplace.
Attendance tracking and issuance of an individual training certificate or completion certificate.
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