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Acumen Learning Wins Partnership with Fortune 500 Investment Bank for Customized Business Acumen

Investment bank partnered with Acumen Learning to boost C-suite understanding and communication skills for sales executives and managers.

Top 10 Commercial Vehicle Manufacturer Aligns Employees to a Strategic Vision Using Acumen Learning

Engineering and Professional Services Firm Enhances Leadership While Partnering with Acumen Learning

A Large SaaS Organization Partners with Acumen Learning to Align All Employees to a Common Strategy

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Business Acumen: the Language of Business

Business Acumen: Communication is the key to speaking the language of business. How are you implementing this into your business?

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Using Business Acumen to See the Big Picture of your Organization

Business Acumen is a vital skill to succeed in your career and is also important in seeing the big picture of your organization.

SALES

How to Win Sales with Business Acumen

Business acumen is not a dispensable attribute. It is necessary to succeed, especially in sales.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

The Elon Musk Effect

Tesla and Cisco have very different business models. They’re quite equal in revenue but different in profits. People believe in a vision.

FINANCIAL GLOSSARY

What is GAAP?

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or GAAP is a set of standards required for businesses to create consistency.

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Acumen Learning Continues Partnership with Leading Eye Care Company to Develop Business Acumen

Acumen Learning has provided business and financial acumen training for the largest medical eyecare company in the world.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

The Importance of Business Acumen During Recessions

Business acumen training is crucial in times of uncertainty, like a recession. We teach you how to succeed and even thrive in scary times.

FINANCIAL GLOSSARY

How Can Business Acumen Help You to Understand Your Return on Assets?

ROA - return on assets. It's a very important measure that provides a ratio of net income divided by the total assets of a company.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Why Business Acumen Ensures Quarterly Follow-Ups

Using a company’s earnings call as leverage will help you in sales, to articulate the best ways to navigate a company and be successful.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Have You Ever Heard of Commercial Acumen Training?

Simon Sinek said "People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it." Commercial acumen is being a well-informed business partner.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

The Best Ways to Recession Proof Your Business

Understand costs, effectively use your people, and analyzing processes are ways to recession proof your business.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Explaining the Financial Ratio Analysis

A financial ratio is comparing the relationship between numbers on the financial statements. Learn more to exude your business acumen skills

BUSINESS ACUMEN

How Does Business Acumen Apply to Healthcare?

The healthcare system needs business acumen. It is crucial for hospitals to have business savvy individuals running their organizations.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

A Quick Glance at the Financials through the Lens of Business Acumen

A company's financial statements is a way to see the ins and outs of the business. What's impacting the bottom line? For good or for bad?

BUSINESS ACUMEN

What are the Long Term Benefits of Great Sales Training?

Be one step ahead of building your business. Help your employees to see the broader vision and feel valued. Sales training is priceless.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

How Business Acumen Can Help Your Business Relationships

Research+Practice is the key to business relationships. Business acumen creates sales success, and grows your professional relationships.

FINANCIAL GLOSSARY

What is Gross Margin?

Gross profit margin is the money we've earned from the products sold. Business Acumen is essential to make use of these terms and notions.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

What is the Best Thing You Can Do to Prep for a Sales Call?

If the sales team member can learn three things about a prospect, they can craft a pitch that will be so much more relevant to them.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

The Reason Gas Prices Are Soaring

Inflation is devastating for businesses who aren’t prepared. Business acumen teaches important tools needed to survive economic whirlwinds.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

How Does Looking at a P&L Prepare Me for a Sales Call?

Why does every manager tell us to do our research before every meeting? It helps your customers to feel like they're important.

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