Self-Study: Surgent's The Nimble Business: How to Thrive in a Rapidly Changing World

Overview

This course is available until April 30, 2025.

The recent pandemic showed us one very important thing: the nimble business was in a far better position to change quickly and survive. Some organizations are nimbler, but why? The reason is that they know that change will happen quickly, and they specifically plan for that change. This program will take a look at planning and direct the participant into a planning system that is established to handle change more quickly.

Highlights

• Old and new style of planning
• The attitude and culture of being nimble
• Planning at the department level
• Planning and risk management
• Technology planning
• Reinventing the organization for speed

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

CFOs, controllers, and finance professionals

Objectives

• Understand why being nimble has to start with good planning
• Realize why traditional budgeting can kill change
• Recognize how good planning can cause people to accept and even love change
• Understand how to set your department and organization up for rapid change
• Reexamine traditional relationships to increase speed of change