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Business acumen will help your team understand how the company makes money, and how their role impacts the organization as a whole.

We've heard about supply shortages for months, but now many retailers are facing ballooning inventories. Here's how business acumen helps!

If you look at your friends bank statement, there is many things you could learn. Well, this is what a cash flow statement is for a company.

Business Acumen is thinking about business through the lense of 5 fundamental categories. Cash, Profit, Assets, Growth, and People.

"What is the difference between asset strength and asset utilization?" A question we're commonly asked during our teaching is what are asset strength and asset utilization? These two are commonly mixed up or misidentified (even by financial professionals!!), so don't feel bad if you don't understand them - YET. Asset Strength: Asset Strength is the financial ability of a company to meet its debts and obligations, to make investments, and to withstand market down-turns or othe

Beneficial things for the CEO to talk about: productivity, attitude, loyalty, competition, the future, profit, intellectual exchange.

Be a partner, not a salesman. Business Acumen is essential to not only make more money, but to be seen as a trusted partner.

Balance sheets are full of useful information for all stakeholders of an organization. We'll help you understand it, to make the most of it.

Simulations can be fun, but are they good for your business acumen and corporate training? We don't think so! Learn more about why.

To stay competitive in business, your company must have the ability to adapt to changing markets with corporate agility!

Equity is a word that is used frequently when discussing the financial strength of an organization. But, what does it mean? Learn more!

Business and financial acumen isn't an easy subject to understand. Luckily, we've found a way to simplify it, and make it easy to grasp!

Finance is complicated, especially when you consider the acronyms and abbreviations used. We'll help you demystify some commonly used terms!

To succeed in sales, you need to be more than just a salesperson - you need to be a trusted partner. Business acumen is the key to this!

Who benefits from strong business acumen? The answer is - everyone. Business acumen is essential for all roles - see why!

While a salesperson makes their money off selling and getting commissions, it can be hard to take away from their precious time of prospecting and calling. So how do we ground them in business acumen skills? It’s important to be quick and precise when teaching your teams, so I have three pieces of advice to help you be successful in this process. 1. Make sure it’s relevant. Ensure that what you are teaching, aligns with your sales team's role and tasks. Focus on teaching them

There are thousands of different sales training out there - how do you select the right one for your sales team?

A huge mistake in sales is not knowing or understanding the problems that your client is trying to solve. Business acumen can help!

Working Capital, net working capital, or NWC — are all words for the difference between a company’s current assets and current liabilities. Essentially, it’s the cash a company can safely spend. If there is such a thing, right? Assets are things of value that you own, such as cash, property, or equipment. And liabilities are things that you owe, for example, debt or taxes. When you subtract a company’s liabilities from its assets, you get a good indicator of a company’s short

Business acumen is essential in all businesses, so what are some examples of strong business acumen? We'll share!