Team Development 09 – Catalyst for Change
Overview
As the role of finance continues to evolve, you have a unique opportunity to act as a catalyst for change—driving innovation, supporting transformation, and ensuring financial stability across the business. This course explores how to identify, lead, and embed successful change initiatives, drawing on the eight principles from John P. Kotter’s Leading Change. You’ll learn how to build urgency, gain buy-in, remove barriers, and sustain momentum, while also navigating emotional responses to change. With practical guidance on delivering finance transformations, implementing systems like ERP, and restructuring operations, this module equips you to lead change confidently and foster a culture of innovation within your organisation.
Learning Objectives:
After completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify profit and cash initiatives
- Oversee and drive business change
- Lead a finance transformation
- Restructure business operations
- Monitor the effectiveness of change
Lessons:
Lesson 1: Catalyst for Change: Overview
This course introduction explores how finance can drive business change through restructuring and process modernization.
Lesson 2: Identify profit and cash initiatives
Learn how finance teams can improve profit and cash flow through margin gains, cost control, and cross-functional collaboration.
Lesson 3: Oversee and drive business change
Discover how finance teams can lead transformation by driving innovation, overcoming resistance, and applying Kotter’s 8-step change model to embed lasting change.
Lesson 4: Finance transformation
Learn how to align finance systems with strategy, choose the right tools, and drive transformation for greater efficiency and performance.
Lesson 5: Restructure business operations
Explore the four types of business restructuring—legal, ownership, financial, and operational—and learn how to plan and deliver them effectively with the right strategic and professional support.
Lesson 6: Monitor effectiveness of change
Learn how to measure the impact of finance change projects using key metrics like ROI, NPV, IRR, and Payback Period to drive alignment and results.
Additional Information
CPE Credit/CPD Hours: 11.4
Field of Study: Management Services
No prerequisite knowledge is required to be successful in this course.
No advance preparation is required.
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: QAS Self Study
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