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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

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Questions are Crucial to the Sales Process

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

FINANCIAL GLOSSARY

The Secret to Defining the Top Line

Positioned at the top of a profit & loss statement, the top line is an essential business measure. But what does it mean? We can help!

FINANCIAL GLOSSARY

Use Working Capital to Optimize your Business Acumen Skills

Working Capital, net working capital, or NWC — are all words for the difference between a company’s current assets and current...

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Examples of Strong Business Acumen

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

BUSINESS ACUMEN

What the Retail Industry Needs to Get and Keep Employees

For the past year, retail has been struggling with staffing shortages. A primary complaint is bad management. Business acumen can help!

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Navigating Change with Business Acumen

Navigating change is scary, and something that needs to be done well. Business acumen is essential to ensure this happens!

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Business Acumen Skills for Managers & Leaders

Business acumen is an essential skill for managers and business leaders. They need to be able to speak to every person in their organization

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Defining and Explaining the Income Statement or P&L

Income statements or P&L's can be confusing. Using business acumen, we'll walk you through the meaning and description of a P&L.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

The Difference Between Sales Acumen and Business Acumen

What is the difference between sales acumen and business acumen? The answer is that one is more tactical and one is more strategic.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

How Business Acumen Impacts Sales Success

Business acumen is key to success as a sales person because their job is to work with and understand people and their business.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Explanation of an Annual Report and How It's Read

Annual reports can be long and scary - but with business acumen, we'll help you make easy work of reading and understanding them.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Understanding Revenue & It's Impact on Business Acumen

Revenue is the lifeblood of an organization, and a true understanding of the term is essential to have good business acumen.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Turning Disruption into Profitability with Business Acumen

Uber changed the way we view the ride sharing industry - but how can you use business acumen to translate that to profit?

BUSINESS ACUMEN

What Does it Mean to Have Good Business Acumen?

What Does it Mean to Have Good Business Acumen? Understanding how your company makes money!

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Building Strategic Agility Using Business Acumen

Strategic agility is essential for any organization to succeed. How do you improve strategic agility? Business acumen! Check out how.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Be an Apple! 🍎 Why Business Acumen is Essential for the Tech Space

Business acumen allows for agility, quick decision making, and thoughtful execution - all things that are essential to thrive in tech!

BUSINESS ACUMEN

Business Acumen for Freelancers

Freelancing isn’t just about finding work: it’s also about building strong relationships with your clients - business acumen can help.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

How to Prepare for a Sales Call in 10 minutes with Business Acumen

How do you prep for a sales call in under 10 minutes? Use business acumen to get ready for a winning sales call.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

What happens in Vegas...stays in Vegas...but not the Feedback from SHRM 2021!

Check out the feedback for New York Times and Wall Street Journal best selling author Kevin Cope's SHRM 21 Building Business Acumen session.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

How to Use Your Business Acumen Skills in the Workplace?

So, once you have the foundational business acumen skills how do you then translate that into the workplace and your daily responsibilities?

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