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HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth


Total Credits: 1.2 including 1.2 Business Management & Organization - Non-technical

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Categories:
ACPEN Industry Institute |  Human Resources
Faculty:
James T. Lindell, CPA, CSP, CGMA, MBA
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
1.2 Hours
License:
Expires 30 day(s) after program date.

Dates
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Description

This course is tailored for business leaders and HR professionals who want to enhance their strategic management skills and create actionable plans for success. You’ll learn the overall strategic management process, how to develop both simplified and detailed business and strategic plans, and the crucial role of corporate culture, leadership, and staff development in driving or hindering strategic outcomes. Additionally, you’ll explore how to leverage ChatGPT (Generative AI) as a powerful tool to improve your performance as a key business partner to the management team, helping you make data-driven decisions and enhance organizational effectiveness.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Understand the overall strategic management process
  • Create a workable and usable business plan, whether it be a simplified  one-page plan or a more complex multi-page detailed plan.
  • Create a workable and usable strategic plan – simplified or detailed.
  • Understand how corporate culture, leadership and staff development can  energize or destroy strategic management principles.  
  • Leverage ChatGPT (Generative AI) to improve your performance as a Business Partner to the Management Team.

Major Subjects
  • Corporate Culture
  • Strategic Planning
  • Leadership
  • Staff Development
  • Use of Generative AI

Course Materials

Faculty

James T. Lindell, CPA, CSP, CGMA, MBA's Profile

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President

Thorsten Consulting Group, Inc.


Jim Lindell is President of Thorsten Consulting, a strategic and financial consulting firm that offers professional speaking, training, and executive coaching. Over the past two decades, Jim has delivered over 5,000 hours of C-suite executive coaching. His professional experience includes Chief Financial Officer, VP-Finance, Corporate Controller, and Corporate Assistant Controller. Industries include manufacturing, healthcare, not-for-profit, distribution, and food processing.

Jim is a CPA and has received the Certified Speaking Professional designation, the highest earned designation from the National Speakers Association. Jim is a Vistage Chairman (Executive Coach and Facilitator) and responsible for two groups in the Milwaukee area.

Jim has authored Controller as Business Manager, Controllers Annual Update (Best Seller,) Analytics and Big Data for Accountants, and many other courses on strategic and financial leadership. Jim has been published by the AICPA and Wiley.

Jim is a twelve-time recipient of the AICPA’s Outstanding Discussion Leader Award.


Dates

Tue, Jul 01, 2025 - 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM CDT
Thu, Jul 17, 2025 - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM CDT
Mon, Jul 28, 2025 - 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM CDT
Thu, Aug 07, 2025 - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM CDT
Fri, Aug 15, 2025 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM CDT
Fri, Aug 22, 2025 - 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM CDT
Fri, Sep 05, 2025 - 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM CDT
Mon, Sep 22, 2025 - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM CDT
Thu, Oct 02, 2025 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM CDT
Thu, Oct 16, 2025 - 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM CDT
Mon, Oct 20, 2025 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM CDT
Mon, Nov 10, 2025 - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM CST
Fri, Nov 21, 2025 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM CST
Sat, Dec 13, 2025 - 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CST
Fri, Dec 19, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM CST
Wed, Dec 31, 2025 - 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM CST
Fri, Jan 09, 2026 - 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CST
Mon, Jan 19, 2026 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM CST
Fri, Jan 30, 2026 - 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM CST
Mon, Feb 09, 2026 - 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM CST
Fri, Feb 20, 2026 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM CST
Thu, Mar 19, 2026 - 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CDT
Fri, Mar 27, 2026 - 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CDT
Sat, Mar 28, 2026 - 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM CDT
Fri, Apr 10, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM CDT
Fri, Apr 17, 2026 - 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CDT
Fri, Apr 24, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM CDT
Thu, May 14, 2026 - 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM CDT
Sat, May 23, 2026 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM CDT
Thu, May 28, 2026 - 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM CDT
Mon, Jun 08, 2026 - 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM CDT
Sat, Jun 13, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM CDT
Fri, Jun 26, 2026 - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM CDT
Tue, Jun 30, 2026 - 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM CDT

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites

None


Advanced Preparation

 None


Designed For

This course is designed for business leaders, HR professionals, and talent management specialists looking to enhance their strategic impact within the organization.

 


Original Recording Date

May 2025

 


Yellow Book

No


Course Developer

Jim Lindell


Date Added to Catalog

3/28/2025


Additional Information

Complaint Resolution Policy

Please contact Anne Taylor for any complaints. anne.taylor@acpen.com, (972-377-8199). 


Official Registry Statement

Business Professionals' Network, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org


Instructional Delivery Method

Group Internet Based


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


Refund/Cancellation Policy

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