Strategic Performance Management Workshop

Taking practitioners beyond the simple act of Performance Measurement to the art of Performance Management.

 

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(Prerequisite: The Performance Meaurement PLUS Skills & Systems Workshop)

 

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Mentor Plus is proud to partner with the Center for Strategic Performance Management, Inc. in order to offer practitioners the opportunity to become Certified in Strategic Performance Management. Click here for more information.

 

Workshop Details

Performance Measurement systems, and the broader implications relating to a Performance Management approach, are a widely accepted best practice in business. As a result, there is an ever-increasing demand for expert support in this field. However, until now there has not been a formalized educational and/or experiential path to master the skills required to become a specialist in this field.

 

Accountants are uniquely positioned and skilled to support their clients through the delivery of Performance Management advisory services for the following reasons:

• They are revered as the most trusted advisor to their clients.
• They are focused on maintaining long-term relationships with clients.
• They have a great deal of familiarity with a variety of business models.
• By way of their traditional accounting training, they have the ability to analyze issues from multiple perspectives, set up measurement processes, and support a strategically-oriented decision making process.
• They are able to bridge the financial aspects of the company with the non-financial activities.

 

As a fall-out to recent accounting scandals, shareholders and investors are looking for reliable, relevant, and timely performance indicators that reflect a more accurate state of business. FASB and the AICPA Special Committee on Enhanced Business Reporting have made it clear that business reports of the future will include both financial and non-financial performance indicators.  Many CPA firms are gaining a significant competitive advantage by developing and delivering performance measurement services to their business clients now, rather than waiting for them to be mandated.

 

For some time now, digital dashboards, executive cockpits, and scorecards have provided large corporations with the means to measure, monitor, and strategically manage critical activities on a real-time basis. In the past, technology of that caliber was too expensive and/or too complicated for small to medium sized businesses to take advantage of.  However, improvements in technology and information systems now make it possible for even the smallest of companies to monitor and manage their day to day operations using key performance indicators.  As a result, the demand for expert support in this area has risen dramatically.