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


Total Credits: 2 including 2 Business Management & Organization - Non-technical

Average Rating:
   2
Categories:
ACPEN Industry Institute |  Human Resources
Faculty:
James T. Lindell, CPA, CSP, CGMA, MBA
Course Levels:
Intermediate
Duration:
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

Fri, Nov 21, 2025 - 1:00 PM to 2:49 PM EST
Sat, Dec 13, 2025 - 3:00 PM to 4:49 PM EST
Fri, Dec 19, 2025 - 11:00 AM to 12:49 PM EST
Wed, Dec 31, 2025 - 9:00 AM to 10:49 AM EST
Fri, Jan 09, 2026 - 3:00 PM to 4:49 PM EST
Mon, Jan 19, 2026 - 1:00 PM to 2:49 PM EST
Fri, Jan 30, 2026 - 11:00 AM to 12:49 PM EST
Mon, Feb 09, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 10:49 AM EST
Fri, Feb 20, 2026 - 1:00 PM to 2:49 PM EST
Thu, Mar 19, 2026 - 3:00 PM to 4:49 PM EDT
Fri, Mar 27, 2026 - 3:00 PM to 4:49 PM EDT
Sat, Mar 28, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 10:49 AM EDT
Fri, Apr 10, 2026 - 10:00 AM to 11:49 AM EDT
Fri, Apr 17, 2026 - 3:00 PM to 4:49 PM EDT
Fri, Apr 24, 2026 - 10:00 AM to 11:49 AM EDT
Thu, May 14, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 10:49 AM EDT
Sat, May 23, 2026 - 1:00 PM to 2:49 PM EDT
Thu, May 28, 2026 - 11:00 AM to 12:49 PM EDT
Mon, Jun 08, 2026 - 3:00 PM to 4:49 PM EDT
Sat, Jun 13, 2026 - 10:00 AM to 11:49 AM EDT
Fri, Jun 26, 2026 - 2:00 PM to 3:49 PM EDT
Tue, Jun 30, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 10:49 AM EDT
Mon, Jul 27, 2026 - 10:00 AM to 11:49 AM EDT
Fri, Jul 31, 2026 - 2:00 PM to 3:49 PM EDT
Tue, Aug 18, 2026 - 12:00 PM to 1:49 PM EDT
Fri, Aug 28, 2026 - 2:00 PM to 3:49 PM EDT
Wed, Sep 16, 2026 - 10:00 AM to 11:49 AM EDT
Tue, Sep 29, 2026 - 12:00 PM to 1:49 PM EDT
Thu, Oct 15, 2026 - 2:00 PM to 3:49 PM EDT
Thu, Oct 22, 2026 - 10:00 AM to 11:49 AM EDT
Fri, Nov 13, 2026 - 12:00 PM to 1:49 PM EST
Mon, Nov 30, 2026 - 2:00 PM to 3:49 PM EST
Wed, Dec 16, 2026 - 10:00 AM to 11:49 AM EST
Wed, Dec 23, 2026 - 12:00 PM to 1:49 PM EST
Thu, Jan 14, 2027 - 2:00 PM to 3:49 PM EST
Thu, Jan 28, 2027 - 10:00 AM to 11:49 AM EST
Thu, Feb 11, 2027 - 12:00 PM to 1:49 PM EST
Thu, Feb 25, 2027 - 2:00 PM to 3:49 PM EST
Mon, Mar 15, 2027 - 10:00 AM to 11:49 AM EDT
Tue, Mar 23, 2027 - 12:00 PM to 1:49 PM EDT
Mon, Apr 12, 2027 - 2:00 PM to 3:49 PM EDT
Fri, Apr 30, 2027 - 10:00 AM to 11:49 AM EDT
Fri, May 14, 2027 - 12:00 PM to 1:49 PM EDT
Wed, May 19, 2027 - 2:00 PM to 3:49 PM EDT
Thu, Jun 10, 2027 - 10:00 AM to 11:49 AM EDT
Tue, Jun 29, 2027 - 12:00 PM to 1:49 PM EDT

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

Please contact the ACPEN help desk 1-877-602-9877 or help@acpen.com if you wish to cancel your attendance for a previously purchased webcast and are requesting a refund or transfer. 


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