Learn how Open Book Finance can help save the US Economy!

“I would highly recommend to any company that they come to ZingTrain and open themselves up to the possibilities of how the principals that you have created can become a success story to all who are committed to success for their company and their future … I at first was a skeptic but am now a true believer in the process.” – Mark Jensen, McAdams Builders, Kirkland, WA

Read about Zingerman’s approach to Open Book Finance in Crain’s Detroit Business, “No Secrets: Businesses find it pays to open books to employees”

So, why Open Book Finance?

• Zingerman’s approach to Open Book Finance is designed to help manage through all kinds of circumstances, including the current economic turmoil.
• Financial transparency creates buy-in from staff at all levels: there’s no “us” and “them” in Open Book — we all work together to make it better.
• No more financial “surprises” — everyone here at Zingerman’s knows what’s happening with the business by coming to the Huddles and reading the DOR’s.
• Utilizing Forecasting is a proactive approach to addressing opportunities and challenges before they occur.

This seminar will teach you solid, ethically-oriented ways to make great finance a successful part of the organization at every level instead of just hiding it in the accounting office. We do weird stuff like teach finance classes to line cooks; post our financial performance on wall-mounted DOR white boards; calculate how many scones we have to sell to buy a new oven; teach costing and pricing classes to our front-line crew; post service and quality bottom-line measurements right next to our financial scores; and share the winnings with as many people as possible.

What’s a Huddle? A DOR board? We’ll show you! We’re pretty confident that this will be the most fun and most flavorful finance seminar you ever attend. GUARANTEED to provide tools to reduce leadership stress and surely get the whole team on board, making financial success an activity everyone can participate in.

By the end of this seminar, participants will be able to:

1) Explain Zingerman’s approach to finance.
2) Practice Zingerman’s tools and techniques for educating and empowering staff to make sound financial decisions.
3) Take responsibility for the effectiveness of their own training.

Register now!