Controller's Management Program

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Linda Small

Linda Lucas, CPA, CMA, ACC,
Founding partner at Lead Vantage LLP


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Lesley-Ann Marriott, Certified Executive Coach (CEC), and
Professional Certified Coach (MCC)

June 3, 4, 10 & 11, 2026 | Online
October 21-24, 2026 | Vancouver

Building your management skills to take you to the next level

As a controller, you not only provide financial expertise in your organization, you provide leadership as a key member of the management team. Building on the foundation of your technical skills, your management and leadership skills will take you and your organization to the next level. Explore the theory, best practices, tools, and skills to further sharpen your leadership and management skills.

As part of the CPABC Controllership Program, this program will focus on management soft skills. The Controller’s Operational Skills Program will focus on core technical and operational skills. You can choose to complete only one of these programs, but if you complete both components you will receive the CPABC Controllership Program Certificate. They can be completed in any order as they focus on separate and distinct skills.

Unique features included with your registration

  • Comprehensive pre-work surveys include 360 Degree Leadership and Organizational Assessment
  • State of the art self-awareness assessment
  • Confidential one-on-one Executive Coaching session

In-Person Version Registration    Online Version Registration

Eligible CPD Hours: 29
Program Online Fee: $2,350 Early Bird | $2,450 Regular
Program In-Person Fee: $3,350 Early Bird | $3,650 Regular

Curriculum

Controller as Leader

  • Increase self-awareness and understanding of your leadership style
  • Understand linkages between leadership and self-management
  • Know what motivates you when things are going well and when things are not going well
  • Understand different personality profiles and learn how to build productive work relationships
  • Learn how to adapt your approach and leadership to your organization and team

Supervisory Skills

  • Learn how to provide effective and timely feedback
  • Understand how to align your staff with organizational goals
  • Build your listening and emotional intelligence skills
  • Become aware of unconscious bias and its impact on behaviour
  • Learn core coaching skills for managing performance

Team Dynamics

  • Know how to create effective teams
  • Learn how to conduct effective meetings
  • Understand how organizational culture shapes team dynamics

Communication Skills

  • Know how to adapt your message and delivery for specific audiences and situations
  • Appreciate the importance of non-verbal communication
  • Learn to effectively negotiate and collaborate with your colleagues
  • Learn how to communicate assertively
  • Become more comfortable with difficult conversations

Conflict & Change Management

  • Learn how to identify the root causes of conflict
  • Understand conflict behaviours in yourself and others, and ways they shape responses to conflict
  • Know how to use conflict to build relationships
  • Learn different ways to respond to conflict and how to choose your approach for a variety of situations
  • Appreciate why change can be a source of conflict and how to overcome resistance to change
  • Explore best practices for leading change and guiding your teams to peak performance

Registration

Linda_Lucas, CPA, CMA, ACC

LINDA LUCAS, CPA, CMA, ACC, is a founding partner at Lead Vantage LLP which specializes in creating customized leadership training and coaching programs designed to equip leaders with the skills they need to thrive in their roles.

Read more about Linda Lucas

Drawing on 25 years of leadership experience in finance, operations, and strategy, Linda empowers companies to unlock their potential. Her approach helps build robust teams and cultivates a thriving work culture. Linda is skilled at coaching and developing customized workshops and training programs for a variety of industries. She collaborates with her clients to develop training that’s tailored to their specific needs, integrating real-world business expertise into the materials and coaching sessions. Linda provides practical guidance, always aligning training and coaching with the company’s strategy to ensure sustainable success.

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Lesley-Ann Marriott, CEC, MCC


LESLEY-ANN MARRIOTT, CEC, MCC is a Certified Executive Coach who holds the highest credential of Professional Certified Coach.

Read more about Lesley-Ann Marriott

A former executive in the food industry, Lesley-Ann has over 25 years of leadership and management experience. She has facilitated hundreds of corporate partnerships at the most senior levels of the world’s largest food companies – Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, and Nestle. Contracts in excess of $50 million and managing sales of over $2.5 billion were negotiated based on dynamic, collaborative partnerships. Today, Lesley-Ann’s clients include a roster of Executive Directors, Board leaders, Vice Presidents, CEO/CFOs and business owners who face a range of challenges: strategic development, launching new businesses, managing conflict, managing global/cross-cultural teams, improving the effectiveness of their board, identifying and developing their star performers, creating a team that is engaged in the company vision.

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Commentary

Past Participant

“It was a fun and interesting program, very practical. I especially love the one hour one-on-one coaching with the professional coach.”

“I feel rejuvenated, empowered and love that I will be able to pass along my takeaways to others in my organization - up, down, and across the line.”