You’re the one everyone counts on. The deadlines get met, the problems get solved, and somehow the business keeps running. But who’s looking after you? Accounting and finance professionals spend so much time taking care of everyone else’s priorities that their own purpose can quietly get buried beneath the workload. In Shadow Ops: Remember Why It Matters, Dr. Tim Naddy takes an honest, sometimes humorous look at burnout, professional identity, and the personal cost of always being the dependable one. Through storytelling and the principles of Realign, Reignite, and Resupply, participants will examine what brought them into the profession, what keeps them going, and how to reconnect with the people and priorities that make the work worthwhile.
Course ID: SHADOW
Shadow Ops: Remember Why It Matters – Realigning Purpose, Reigniting Passion, and Resupplying the Professionals Who Keep Business Running
Learning Objectives
- Analyze how sustained professional demands, responsibility, and organizational expectations contribute to burnout and diminished professional engagement.
- Differentiate between external measures of professional success and the personal values and relationships that contribute to sustained career fulfillment.
- Apply the Realign, Reignite, and Resupply framework to identify opportunities for restoring purpose and managing professional demands.
- Determine practical actions to strengthen personal boundaries, reconnect with meaningful relationships, and sustain professional effectiveness.
Major Topics
- Shadow Ops: the unseen responsibilities carried by accounting and finance professionals
- Recognizing the warning signs of burnout and professional disengagement
- The difference between professional accomplishment and personal fulfillment
- Realign: reconnecting daily responsibilities with personal values and purpose
- Reignite: rediscovering motivation and meaning in professional work
- Resupply: identifying the relationships, boundaries, and resources that support long-term effectiveness
- Moving from “What’s your why?” to “Who’s your why?”
Advanced Preparations
None
Who Should Attend
CPAs, CFOs, controllers, accounting and finance professionals, firm partners, business leaders, managers, and other professionals navigating demanding careers, sustained workplace pressures, or changing professional priorities.
Fields of Study
Personal DevelopmentPrerequisites
Prior professional experience in accounting, finance, business management, or another deadline-driven professional environment. Participants should have practical familiarity with workplace responsibilities, competing priorities, and the challenges of balancing professional performance with personal well-being.