STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP 4 CFOs

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1 STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP 4 CFOs Driving international growth Programme Commences 29th April, 2014 delivered by:

2 Strategic Leadership 4 Chief Financial Officers Programme is aimed at: Ambitious and experienced CFOs who want to become critical players in the successful growth of their companies. For more information on the programme or to receive an application form, please go to www. enterprise-ireland.com/sl4cfo or contact: PAULA CARROLL Programme Manager Strategic Leadership 4 CFOs Telephone: (01) paula.carroll@enterprise-ireland.com Or MICHELLE LAWLOR Programme Administrator Strategic Leadership 4 CFOs Telephone: (01) michelle.lawlor@enterprise-ireland.com Closing date for applications: 7th February, 2014 Please note that the selection process for participation on this programme will be competitive.

3 Strategic Leadership 4 CFOs Programme Your role as Chief Financial Officer has never been more important or more broadly defined than it is today. It is no longer sufficient for you to focus on the traditional accounting and reporting role but instead you must become a leading strategic force within your organisation, influencing key stakeholders and executing on the company strategy. To be prepared for this increasingly critical role, you as a CFO must have an array of leadership, management and communication skills as well as experience in strategic decision making and driving company performance. Enterprise Ireland will be partnering with Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the Continuous Learning Group (CLG) to deliver this unique programme to help ambitious and experienced CFOs develop the essential skills needed to grow and scale their companies successfully. PROGRAMME BENEFITS Through participation on this programme you will: Gain the confidence and credibility to execute at both a strategic and operational level. Build the capabilities to influence and lead your organisations in an independent and objective manner. Strengthen your ability to build a financial structure within your organisations that adds to the company s value. Expand your skills, knowledge and credibility to raise finance in order to accelerate the growth of your organisation. Get connected to global industry, to successful leaders of international companies, to experienced business advisors and leadership coaches and to your industry peers. The programme has been designed for CFOs: of companies that have strong growth plans in place (e.g. international expansions, M&A, IPO, raising significant funding etc.) to scale their organisations who have the ability & opportunity to influence the strategic growth of their organisations are committed to investing the time involved in this demanding programme to ensure the greatest impact for both themselves and their organisations.

4 What is Strategic Leadership 4 CFOs? Strategic Leadership 4 CFOs represents an important element of Enterprise Ireland s overall strategy to accelerate the development of world-class Irish companies to achieve strong positions in global markets resulting in increased national and regional prosperity. The key objective of this programme is to build a cohort of world-class, strategic CFOs with the financial leadership skills and strategic insight to drive growth in their organisations. Strategic Leadership 4 CFOs will focus on the critical analytical skills required to identify the right financial avenues in terms of raising finance and the execution of the appropriate strategy to drive this growth. As a participant on this programme, you will be expected to take the programme content and lessons and apply them to your own company. In order to support you with this, you will be placed in a small learning group (cohort) for the duration of the programme. Each group will be facilitated by a business advisor. I highly recommend this programme to any CFO. The opportunity to work with other talented CFO s in a cohort, facilitated and mentored by experienced Business Advisors while being coached by expert business coaches is not to be missed. When combined with the intellect and insights, passion and communication skills of Stanford Business School, this course provides an unrivalled rounded learning experience. In practical terms, the course also helped me to step outside the business and to see what changes were needed while equipping me with tools to come back and implement. From a personal perspective, it also helped me understand how I could improve my own leadership style and communicate better with colleagues. Aodha O Connor, TV3 I found the program excellent in looking at the role of Finance in providing Strategic Leadership to the organisation. The material covered in the course along with the high quality of the lecturers, invited speakers from different organisations alongside the coaches, cohorts and business advisors provided a great platform for real long-life learning Peter Sheridan, Lakeland Dairies This programme is excellent. It allows the CFO to step outside the everyday pressures and demands and begin to think about his/her business differently. It results in a greater level of engagement with the rest of the business and in ways that are more meaningful. It helped to crystalize those intangibles, Strategy, Alignment and Culture and challenges the CFO to lead and deliver on the outcomes along with the CEO and the rest of the management team. The quality of the people involved from other participating CFO s to team leads is a significant differentiator. Brian Stack, Qumas

5 Programme Framework The Strategic Leadership 4 CFOs programme is a unique programme in terms of its delivery and content. It will be centered on three residential modules and will be delivered by faculty from Stanford Graduate School of Business with unparalleled experience in the areas of strategy, leadership, finance, entrepreneurship and global growth. Between modules, you will participate in a structured ongoing programme aimed at implementing your newly-defined strategic leadership skills. The framework for the programme is built around the following elements: 01. INSPIRE 02. EDUCATE 03. COACH* 04. EXECUTE Inspire: You will have the opportunity to learn directly from industry and financial leaders who will share the experiences they faced, both the successes and the failures, in growing their companies. Educate: The programme will bring together leading faculty whose research draws best practices from multiple industries and organisations from around the world. They will be joined by practitioners with the experience of driving leadership and growth within organisations of all sizes, industries and geographies. You will learn using case studies, backed up by practical tools and techniques to help you develop your own financial, strategic and personal leadership skills. Coach: You will be assigned your own leadership coach who will work with you throughout the programme to encourage, challenge and assist you with the implementation of the core concepts learnt and to implement the personal behavioural change required to strengthen and enhance your own leadership capability. * Leadership coaching is provided through the Continuous Learning Group ( Execute: This Programme will be demanding. In order to achieve superior execution, you must pull together all the elements. You must lead, gain consensus, negotiate, motivate and network with internal and external constituents. During this programme you will blend your financial expertise with leadership and strategic skills to propel your organisation into new markets and capture a greater share of your current markets.

6 Programme Structure Programme Launch: 29th April, 2014 Location: Dublin This one day launch will outline the programme roadmap and objectives. Participants will also have the opportunity to meet the faculty director, leadership coaches, their cohort group members and business advisors MODULE 01 Strategies for Global Growth 8th - 12th June, 2014 Location: Stanford University, California MODULE 02 High Performing Leadership for CFO s 8th - 12th September, 2014 Location: Ireland MODULE 03 Leadership Development: Strategy and Execution 7th - 11th December, 2014 Location: Stanford University, California PROGRAMME FINALE Putting it all together & Reflecting on the Journey February, 2015 Location: Dublin Topics during this module will include: the role of the Strategic CFO, the CFO s role in the creation of shareholder value, the importance of financial decision-making, creating and claiming value in negotiations, strategic and financial challenges for highgrowth companies, discovering and leveraging strategic alignment, integrating finance and strategy, understanding the issues and challenges in raising international finance. Case study discussions on relevant companies will take place with the participation of senior executives from these companies present. In between Module 1 and Module 2 you will be introduced to your leadership coach and start working with them on creating a roadmap and action plan for achieving your leadership development and business goals over the course of the programme. This module will combine financial topics such as valuation, and negotiating with external funders together with leadership topics such as, the leadership role of the CFO, organisational leadership, the challenge of change and the importance of culture. During the module you will work with your Leadership Coach to refine your leadership goals and development approach. This module provides the opportunity to pull together the strategy, organisational, development, personal leadership, market entry knowledge and financial models to build a solid basis for you and your company to achieve sustainable, profitable international growth. Topics to be addressed will include: Acting and speaking with Power, growth strategies and execution, blending finance and behavioural science, motivating others to drive execution, best practices from practitioners and financers. Case study discussions on relevant companies will take place with the participation of senior executives from these companies present. Implementing the Knowledge. Between each module you will: Work on a number of tailored implementation projects relating to the issues and challenges facing your particular company. These projects will help you implement the tools and frameworks discussed during the modules and drive a clear plan to support execution of results. Review execution process, refine plans and stimulate progress of your goals with your leadership coach. Meet with your cohort group both during and between modules. This group provides a forum where you can discuss and get feedback on your strategic business challenges.

7 Programme Faculty Strategic Leadership 4 CFOs will be delivered by a selection of Stanford Graduate School of Business and London Business school s most distinguished faculty, renowned for their world-class research, teaching and practice. The world in which the CFO now operates has changed finance must get closer to the business, be confident enough to challenge the decision-making process, and communicate effectively within the firm and externally. The Strategic Leadership 4 CFOs programme will first establish the mindset CFOs need to succeed in the current dynamic business environment and then provide the tools needed to develop and execute this mindset. I envision the programme as a catalyst that would provide Irish CFOs with essential skills needed to grow and scale their companies successfully in today s competitive global business landscape. Professor Ilya Strebulaev ILYA STREBULAEV Faculty Director, Strategic Leadership 4 CFOs Associate Professor of Finance Spence Faculty Scholar Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Strebulaev has extensive finance experience in both Silicon Valley and Europe. He has been teaching at the flagship Stanford MBA programme since 2004 and won the Distinguished Teaching Award in He spent the year at the London Business School where he contributed to the Executive Education Programme and won the Inaugural Masters in Management Teaching Award. OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACULTY MEMBERS WILL INCLUDE: JEFFREY PFEFFER Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Co-author of The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action CHARLES O REILLY Frank E. Buck Professor of Management Hank McKinnell-Pfizer Inc. Director of the Centre for Leadership Development and Research, Director of the Leading Change and Organizational Renewal Executive Program Entrepreneurship. ROBERT A. BURGLEMAN Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Management, and Director of the Stanford Executive Programme. Author of Strategy in Destiny: How Strategy- Making Shapes a Company s Future. IAN COOPER Professor of Finance, London Business School Ian is Professor of Finance and formerly Chair of the Finance Subject Area at London Business School. He currently teaches corporate finance and valuation to executive students. He has also taught at the University of Chicago and the Australian Graduate School of Management. WILLIAM P. BARNETT Thomas M. Siebel Professor of Business Leadership, Strategy and Organisations; Co-director of the Executive Programme in Strategy and Organisation; Director of the Executive Management Programme: Gaining New Perspectives. Francis J. Flynn The Paul E. Holden Professor of Organizational Behavioural; Co-director of the Executive Leadership Development Program: The Hank McKinnell-Pfizer Inc.; Director of the Center for Leadership Development and Research Professor Flynn s research focuses on interpersonal relations in organizations. In particular, he studies three topics of interest: (1) How employees can develop healthy patterns of cooperation; (2) How the negative impact of racial and gender stereotyping in the workplace can be mitigated; and (3) How people can emerge as leaders and assume positions of power in organizations. MARGARET NEALE John G. Mccoy-banc One Corporation Professor of Organizations and Dispute Resolution Margaret Neale s research focuses primarily on negotiation and team performance. Her work has extended judgment and decision-making research from cognitive psychology to the field of negotiation. In particular, she studies cognitive and social processes that produce departures from effective negotiating behavior. Hayagreeva Rao Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources; Professor of Sociology (by courtesy) Director of the Managing Talent for Strategic Advantage Executive Program; Co-Director of the Customer-Focused Innovation Executive Program Professor Rao has published widely in the fields of management and sociology and studies the social and cultural causes of organizational change. In his research, he studies the role of collective action as a motor of organizational change and innovation.

8 Programme FEES 16,600 for SME companies 26,680 for Large companies Fees include all accommodation, course materials and meals but do not include travel costs to modules (ie airfare, transfers, etc.) Enterprise Ireland August 13 (332)