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Shape your future, your organization, and your profession with a program targeted specifically to CPAs and delivered by leaders from Canada’s most innovative university. The Leadership and Business Innovation program will provide you with communication and interpersonal skills, innovative business ideas, and awareness of disruptive technologies to position you for the next stage of your career. We’ll help you look beyond the numbers to see business opportunities that will transform your organization. Through this modular nine-day program, which builds on your existing professional competencies, you’ll learn how to play an integral role in making new ideas a reality, shaping your future and reshaping the traditional image of a CPA. Delivered in an intimate group setting, this hands-on program draws from award winning faculty from three unique University of Waterloo resources. UWATERLOO.CA/CONRAD/LBI [email protected] CONRAD BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE We are experts in business and entrepreneurship curriculum. ACCELERATOR CENTRE We understand disruptive technologies. SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE We are redefining education for accounting professionals. Faculty Howard Armitage Start Canada Entrepreneurship Education of the Year Marc Hurwitz Associate Director, Undergraduate Programs, Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology J. Mark Weber Eyton Director, Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre Nancy Vanden Bosch Stan Laiken Teaching Fellow, Associate Durector, Academic Programs, School of Accounting and Finance Paul Salvini CEO, Accelerator Centre & AVP, Research and Commercialization, University of Waterloo

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Shape your future, your organization, and your profession with a program targeted specifically to CPAs and delivered by leaders from Canada’s most innovative university.

The Leadership and Business Innovation program will provide you with communication and interpersonal skills, innovative business ideas, and awareness of disruptive technologies to position you for the next stage of your career. We’ll help you look beyond the numbers to see business opportunities that will transform your organization.

Through this modular nine-day program, which builds on your existing professional competencies, you’ll learn how to play an integral role in making new ideas a reality, shaping your future and reshaping the traditional image of a CPA.

Delivered in an intimate group setting, this hands-on program draws from award winning faculty from three unique University of Waterloo resources.

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UWATERLOO.CA/CONRAD/LBI

[email protected] !

CONRAD BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY

CENTRE

We are experts in business and

entrepreneurship curriculum.

ACCELERATOR CENTRE

We understand disruptive

technologies.

SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING AND

FINANCE

We are redefining education for accounting

professionals.

Faculty

Howard Armitage

Start Canada Entrepreneurship Education of the Year

Marc Hurwitz

Associate Director, Undergraduate Programs, Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology

J. Mark Weber

Eyton Director, Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre

Nancy Vanden Bosch

Stan Laiken Teaching Fellow, Associate Durector, Academic Programs, School of Accounting and Finance

Paul Salvini

CEO, Accelerator Centre & AVP, Research and Commercialization, University of Waterloo

Program Highlights

How you benefit

• Develop communication and negotiation skills needed to influence senior leaders and key stakeholders;

• Acquire a design thinking toolkit that complements your data- based, analytical mindset;

• Network with CPAs committed to becoming Canada’s next generation of business leaders;

• Experience Waterloo’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, gaining inspiration from the range of startups, early stage growth ventures, and Communitech’s corporate innovation labs;

• Receive University of Waterloo Certificate; • Learn and grow while fulfilling Continuing Professional

Development (CPD) requirements.

How your organization benefits

• Build the leadership and communication skills you’ll need to introduce an innovation methodology across your organization;

• Use our experiential modules to identify corporate opportunities and develop a potential new service or product;

• Share inspiration and insights from your experience in Waterloo’s ecosystem with your colleagues, shaping your collective pursuit of transformational strategies.

Who should attend

• CPAs with 6-12 years of work experience;• Individuals viewed as top prospects for future leadership roles

within their organizations; • Proven team players who ask for opportunities to have an impact

on the organization’s success.

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Dates and Locations

Module 1

Toronto, Eaton Centre, Suite 115

September 29, 30, October 1

Module 2

Waterloo, University of Waterloo

October 20, 21, 22

Module 3

Toronto, Eaton Centre, Suite 115

November 17, 18, 19

Fee

$9,500 (CAD)+HST includes tuition, meals, guest speakers and course materials.

Waterloo hotel package available upon request.

Program Overview

Experience three, three-day modules (Friday-Sunday) over a two-month period. Engage in workshop discussions and activities, learning through experience. Then leverage opportunities during the weeks between modules to reinforce what you’re learning while at work.

Module 1 Getting Started

Module 2 Build Momentum

Module 3 Deliver Results

Module Dates September 29, 30, October 1

October 20, 21, 22 November 17, 18, 19

Location Toronto Waterloo Toronto

Workshops & Faculty

Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

Situational Awareness & Change

Behaviour & Team Decision-Making

Leadership and Followership

Mark Weber Marc Hurwitz

Communications and Presentation Skills

Difficult Conversation

Mark Weber

Negotiations Part 1

Negotiations Part 2

Mark Weber

Business Innovation & Results

Business Strategy: Risks & Opportunities

Nancy Vanden Bosch

Business Model Innovation

Assumption Testing Not Capital Budgeting

Nancy Vanden Bosch

Measuring What Matters

Howard Armitage

Entrepreneurial Mindset and Technology Awareness

Technology Disruption

Big Technology Trends

Paul Salvini

Design Thinking & Evidence-based Decisions

Holistic Innovation: More than Technology

Paul Salvini

Interacting with Entrepreneurial Companies

Recruiting Talent: Motivation & Vocation

Paul Salvini Mark Weber

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UWATERLOO.CA/CONRAD/LBI

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