Overview: Learn how your managerial decisions translate into dollars and cents! Like it or not, the budget is the yardstick that top management uses to measure your actual performance. And in today's tight economy, the manager who knows how to plan and use the budget effectively wins hands down over the one who doesn't.So, if you're a new manager who's "just a little nervous" about budgeting…or an experienced and wants to get a lot more out of the yearly chore…or just want to "hold your own" with financial managers, this workshop is for you! Why should you attend:Do budgets intimidate you?You don't really "like" budgeting, do you?Would you like to know some shortcuts the presenter has learned over 30 years of managing?Would you like the next budget cycle to be the easiest you've ever had to manage?Then this workshop is for you! How Participants Will BenefitExamine the purpose and use of a budgetLearn how to develop a revenue budgetBe able to translate managerial decisions into dollarsSet monthly targets and prepare for contingenciesGet successful reviews and approvalsAreas Covered in the Session:Keys to the budgeting process: integrating management's goals, working with operating budgets, costs and expenses, controlling cash and structuring a capital budgetMeasuring performance: analyzing budget variances… actions to take after analysisCase study: calculating sales, material costs, direct labor, overhead costs, cost of salesWho Will Benefit:CEOSenior Vice PresidentVice PresidentExecutive DirectorManaging DirectorRegional Vice PresidentArea SupervisorManagerChris DeVany is the founder and president of Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm which focuses on management and organization development. Pinnacle’s clients include global organizations such as Visa International, Cadence Design Systems, Coca Cola, Sprint, Microsoft, Aviva Insurance, Schlumberger and over 500 other organizations in 22 countries. He also has consulted to government agencies from the United States, the Royal Government of Saudi Arabia, Canada, Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom. He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, “90 Days to a High-Performance Team”, published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.