Stage V - Presentation & Moderation for Controllers

Ongoing changes in company organization increase the demand for the controller to act as business partner. In the interaction with managers, controller need to recognize, visualize, present but also discuss economic interrelations, more than ever. In addition to the holistic economic understanding, knowledge on communication in groups, processing information for faster comprehension is needed, as well as the ability to facilitate developing discussions in a target-oriented way. Corresponding behavioral training is a firm component for up-to-date controller education.

 Your benefits

• You will learn techniques and key success factors for solving complex topics
• You will have developed and applied most important recommendations relating to the presentation by utilizing video analysis
• You will optimize your communicative skills as controller and business partner
• The task field of business partner as facilitator of group processes will be comprehensively explained and exercised intensively, based on concrete tasks from controller-practice
• You receive personal feedback and implementation advices to appearance, language and behavior during the whole week, from CA-trainers and other participants – also by means of video evaluation. Small work groups ensure retaining the gained knowledge through numerous transfer units
• Finally, you will give a diploma-worthy presentation and moderate a plenary session with all the participants

Workshop Content

I. Method Training

• Strategic analysis and strategic program
• Applying the strategic planning method Canvas
• Visualization, presentation and moderation techniques
• Applying question techniques in a targeted manner, especially when moderating
• Protocol techniques for „solving problems as a team“

II. Personal Skills

• Promoting and interfering behavioral patterns in teams and plenary sessions
• Moderation of teams and plenaries
• Presentation work in front of plenaries
• Recommendations on behavior in these situations
• Video analysis

 III. Solving Complex Problems in Teams

• Team analysis: phases of team work
• Team composition and team efficiency
• Observing and giving feedback on behavior
• Structuring work processes
• Visualizing results

IV. Ensuring Transfer

• Reflection of own actions and effects
• As participants: What, how and when do I want to implement change?
• Success factors for implementation

Target groups

Stage V – Presentation and Moderation for Controllers is adressed to managers and employees in controlling, financial accounting as well as in cost accounting, corporate planning, management information systems, business administration and development.