I greatly enjoyed my time together with the inaugural class of the CGMA Leadership Academy in London. Here are the slides if you find them helpful!

1. 1
Strategic Thinking
It’s More Than Just Arriving at the Right Answer
Just How Important is it?
Study of 60,000 leaders:
“We found that a strategic approach to
leadership was, on average, 10 times more
important to the perception of effectiveness
than other behaviors studied.”

2. 2
Numbers: THE answer to all of the
world’s problems . . .
Three Words that Changed My Life
Engage
Align
Lead

3. 3
A Tale of Two Transactions
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4. 4
I2a Overview
Establish Shared Meaning & Context as it relates to your
Past, Present & Future
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

5. 5
Insight: Sift everything that you’ve got for
insights. What matters right now, and why?
How is Leadership Changing?

6. 6
Fenway Park
How long before
everyone drowns?

7. 7
How much warning
will fans have?
We live in exponential times
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8. 8
Moore’s Law
15
Processor Speed
Time
A Picture
is Worth a
Thousand
Words . . .

9. 9
MBSN – “Management By Sticky Note”
(hat tip to Tom Hood)
Make Your Thinking Visible
May the best
ideas win!

10. 10
Let People Weigh In
Trust the Wisdom of the Group
“No matter how
much I know, the
group always
knows better.”
~ Albert Einstein

11. 11
The most fundamental human need . . .
Jack Welch Story
Hands
Head
Heart

12. 12
Create Safety
Structural Improvements . . .

13. 13
From Advocacy to Inquiry
Focus on Opportunities

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Dan Griffiths, CPA, CGMA is the Director of Strategic
Planning at Tanner, LLC, a Salt Lake City‐based professional
services firm with 85 team members. Prior to merging his
practice with Tanner, he co‐founded Proficio Services Group
to provide strategic & business planning, leadership
development, and business coaching services. Dan is a
graduate of the 2010 AICPA Leadership Academy and in
2011‐2012 served as the chair of the Young CPA Network
Committee for the AICPA. Dan has also been very active
with the UACPA and in 2011 was recognized as the
Outstanding CPA in Business and Management. He was
recently selected to serve as Utah’s elected member of the
AICPA Governing Council. Dan is an avid flyfisher,
backpacker, and gardener. He and his wife Bibiana just
welcomed their fourth child to the family.
Contact Dan at: dgriffiths@tannerco.com
Or connect with him on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/dangriffithscpa