We teach business acumen
We care deeply about the training programs we build for our customers. Quality, passion, attention to detail, humility, and results are at the core of everything we do. We put this energy into teaching business acumen making it easier for employees to assess business challenges, articulate their findings, and advocate solutions. 
Acumen Learning Fact Sheet
We believe
- Professional excellence is not enough. The most valuable employees are great business people first and great communicators, negotiators, team builders, etc. second.
- Business acumen is not the same as financial literacy. While you have to be financially literate to have business acumen, you can be financially literate and lack business acumen.
- Business acumen is for all business people. Everyone from the CEO to the order taker can elevate their business and their career if they practice and perfect their business acumen.
- The success of any business hinges on 5 elements. The appropriate balance of cash, profit, assets, growth, and people will produce sustainable profitable growth.
- Practice what you teach. We run our business according to the 5 elements we teach.
- Clients rock. We'll never overlook what really matters: our clients. Great service, exceptional training, honest pricing, and respect for our client's time, money, and trust.
Meet our team
Kevin Cope, President & CEO
Kevin Cope is not only a successful executive, he's a trusted resource and confidant to top business leaders from around the world. Having mastered his business acumen at the Covey Leadership Institute, Kevin spent a decade helping FranklinCovey define the role of a leader in the 21st century. Recognizing that business acumen is essential to leadership development, Kevin partnered with Stephen M.R. Covey to start Acumen Learning in 2002 - a specialized training company that has introduce their Five Business Drivers model to 16 of the Fortune 50." Smart, insightful, straightforward, engaging" are just some of the words used consistently by business leaders to describe Kevin.
Brent Barclay PhD, Consultant
Brent Barclay's passion for people development, his experience as a line leader, and his ongoing research interests are a tremendous asset to Acumen Learning. Brent has consulted with top companies including ConocoPhillips, BMC Software, Freeport McMoRan, and Boeing. Prior to Acumen Learning, Brent served as the COO/Managing Partner at Target Learning, where he was responsible for daily operations and product development.
Ryan Barclay, Consultant
Ryan Barclay has an extensive and diverse background in finance, having worked with a broad range of financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and a boutique asset management firm, Wasatch Advisors. At Acumen Learning Ryan has conducted business acumen workshops for leading companies such as UnitedHealth Group, Lockheed Martin, WellPoint, Verizon Wireless, and the New York Stock Exchange.
Ben Cook, Consultant
Ben Cook is a partner in Acumen Learning. He brings a variety of business, teaching, athletics, and international experience ranging from teaching both high school and college courses, working for two Fortune 50 companies, living for 6 years in the Middle East and South America, to playing football at the collegiate level. Ben's a sought after consultant and teaches high-end business acumen training to managers and executives of major corporations across the U.S. and abroad.
Keith Gulledge, Consultant
Keith Gulledge has spent over 30 years in business leadership, management, strategic organizational change consulting, adult learning, marketing, and business operations. He is an accomplished public speaker, workshop facilitator, technical writer and a published author. He has consulted with organizations in a variety of industries, including University of Texas Medical Branch, Humana, Wellpoint, U.S. Navy, Ernst & Young, Papa John's Pizza, Wal-Mart, and Texas State Government.
Leroy Hartman, Consultant
Leroy Hartman is a veteran of the US Navy and their Nuclear Engineering program. From the military, Leroy went on to earn degrees in Finance and Business Administration. Leroy has authored and co-authored more than 15 training manuals including work for CNBC and Businessweek. Prior to Acumen Learning Leroy helped start one of the largest privately owned finance and investing education firms in the United States.
Ryan Stirland, Consultant
Ryan Stirland is a partner in Acumen Learning. With over 20 years of business experience in the high-tech, medical, and training industries, Ryan teaches the idea that business acumen is, "Knowing where the puck is going to be, and formulating a plan to get there," based on a quote from hockey great Wayne Gretzky. When Ryan's not teaching business acumen, he's horseback riding with his family.
Mark Wood, Consultant
Mark Wood got his start with a Big 4 accounting firm, moved onto Wall Street, and eventually started his own business. With more than a decade of experience, Mark combines his insight with a unique teaching style that delivers results. He has presented to executives and managers at leading companies from around the world, including Verizon, GE, Spirit AeroSystems, Baxter, and Wal-Mart.
Randy Porter, Client Development
Randy Porter is responsible for client development and brings a wealth of experience in business development and leadership to Acumen Learning. Prior to joining Acumen Learning, Randy built multiple distribution channels that specialized in stock market valuation technology. Early in his career Randy served as an instructor with Investools, where he taught personal investment strategies to tens of thousands of participants in seven different countries. Randy's career has focused on helping early growth companies accelerate their success and profitability.
Mike Wright, Sales & Marketing
Mike Wright serves as the Director of Sales & Marketing for Acumen Learning. Mike brings more than 10 years of high technology experience to his role, and is responsible for all aspects of Acumen Learning's marketing strategies and activities, including corporate marketing, web marketing, and product development. Additionally, he leads Acumen Learning's worldwide sales efforts.
Meet our advisors
Stephen M.R. Covey
Stephen M. R. Covey is co-founder and CEO of CoveyLink Worldwide. A sought-after and compelling keynote speaker and advisor on trust, leadership, ethics, and high performance, he speaks to audiences around the world. He is the author of The SPEED of Trust, a ground breaking and paradigm-shifting book.
Ram Charan
Ram Charan is a highly acclaimed business advisor, speaker and author. Ram Charan has coached some of the world's most successful CEOs. For 35 years, he has worked behind the scenes at companies like GE, KLM, Bank of America, DuPont, Novartis, EMC, 3M and Verizon.
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