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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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Business Acumen Courses: ONLINE Training Edition

Business Acumen Courses can be done online and have a profound impact. Join us online for a business acumen course!

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Why Sales Methodologies are Irrelevant

Sales is the lifeblood of any business. However, in order to be successful, salespeople must possess business acumen.

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The Return You See When Your Employees Have Business Acumen Knowlege

Improved financial performance & decision making are a few of the ways you will see a return when your employees gain business acumen skills

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The Importance of Business Acumen in Leading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts

Business acumen is a crucial skill set for leaders of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Business acumen can help with all DEI initiatives.

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Gross Margin vs. Operating Margin

Business Acumen: Gross and operating margin are important in all businesses. You’d be able to leverage your money and grow your business.

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How Business Acumen Can Drive Success in the Food and Beverage Industry

Business Acumen: Like any industry, challenges ebb and flow. Business Acumen will keep you afloat and help with strategy execution.

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6 Ways to Build Your Business Acumen

Keeping up with your business acumen skills can be challenging, especially if you don’t know where to begin. We have 6 skills to help!

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Earnings Calls: The Soap Operas of Business

Business acumen helps you to grasp the business concepts required to understand and utilize earnings calls.

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Explaining the Value of a 10K

Business Acumen: A 10k can feel a bit overwhelming. No need to fear – we are here to break it down for you in a simple way to understand.

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Business Acumen Celebrities

Business Acumen: The leaders of business need to exude business acumen skills to keep them afloat and to be successful.

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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.

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What is GAAP?

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

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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.

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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.

How Can Your Sales Team Improve Their Business Acumen

How are Business Acumen and Sales Intertwined? If a salesperson doesn’t exude business acumen skills and qualities, their chances of...

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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