VIRTUAL
Business Acumen Essentials®
KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Use the 5 Business Drivers to understand how your company makes money.
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Develop a working knowledge of financial statements and strategy.
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Align individual and team decisions with executive initiatives.
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Improve engagement by helping employees recognize the importance of their role.
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Identify 2-3 business priorities and develop a personal action plan to drive results.
COMMON TARGET AUDIENCES
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HR Business Partners
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Sales Teams
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Mid to Senior Leaders
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High Potential Employees
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IT Managers
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Onboarding
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Procurement
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Plant Managers
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Keynotes & Conferences
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Women in Leadership
THE SOLUTION: BUSINESS ACUMEN TRAINING
Our customized Building Business Essentials® course will help any professional from any industry understand the big picture of their business, improve their track record of success, align decisions to corporate strategy, fix present problems and prevent new ones, break down communication barriers, take advantage of opportunities to grow, and much more.
Learn from our senior consultants anywhere in the world with our virtual experience. Make business acumen training apart of your curriculum. Organizations that build their training initiatives on top of a business-savvy culture have an invaluable edge.
Interested in self-paced training?
Step #1: Choose your delivery.
We can customize our deliveries to best suit your needs. Below are our three virtual instructor-led offerings, but we can also create a blended solution.
1-Day (4-hr) Virtual Offerings
4-HR SESSION
Introduction & Quiz
5 Business Drivers
Navigating the Financials
Action-Planning
2-Day (8-hr) Virtual Offerings
SESSION 1: 4 HR
Introduction & Quiz
5 Business Drivers
Functional Awareness
Action-Planning
SESSION 2: 4 HR
Executive Alignment
Financial Statements Overview
Navigating the Financial Tool
Action-Planning
3-Day (12-hr) Virtual Offerings
SESSION 1: 4 HR
Introduction & Quiz
5 Business Drivers
Functional Awareness
Homework
SESSION 2: 4 HR
Debrief
Financial Statements Overview
Navigating the Financial Tool
Homework
SESSION 3: 4 HR
Debrief Company Analysis
Innovation Management
External Factors
Action-Planning
Step #2: Customize your course.
Together we'll customize your course to cover the concepts, key metrics, and strategies that are important to your CEO.
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Linking the Five Drivers
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Letter to Shareholders
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Alignment Strategies
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Executive Communication
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“Think Like Owners”
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CEO Urgency Continuum
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Margin & Mission
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Corporate Culture
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Networking Strategy
Navigating the Financials
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Top-Line Growth
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Time Value of Money
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Operating Income Growth
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Product Life Cycle
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Operating Leverage
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Organic vs Inorganic Growth
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Merger & Acquisition Growth Trade-offs
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Total Shareholder Return
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Return on Invested Capital
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Cash from Operating Activities Analysis
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Non-Cash Adjustments
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Cash Flow from Operations
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Free Cash Flow
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Capital Allocation Strategy
Step #3: Schedule your course.
Let's have a conversation about how our virtual business acumen training course can help your corporation. Reach us at 801-224-5444.
ANTHEM
To support the rollout of a new corporate strategy, Anthem concluded that their managers would need to fully understand the relationship between their individual roles and the company’s broader strategy.
VERIZON
Their employee training programs have consistently been ranked as among the best in the U.S. Verizon Wireless started off teaching new store managers business and financial acumen.
Why is business acumen training important for your team?
95% of employees don't understand their company's strategy.
