C015 — Business Acumen Training for Smarter Business Decisions

Module One: Getting Started
• Housekeeping Items
• The Parking Lot
• Workshop Objectives
• Pre-Assignment
• Action Plans and Evaluations
Module Two: Seeing the Big Picture
• Short and Long Term Interactions
• Recognize Growth Opportunities
• Mindfulness of Decisions
• Everything is related
• Case Study
• Module Two: Review Questions
Module Three: KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators)
• Decisiveness
• Flexible
• Strong Initiative
• Intuitive
• Case Study
• Module Three: Review Questions

Module Four: Risk Management Strategies
• Continuous Assessment
• Internal and External Factors
• Making Adjustments and Corrections
• Knowing When to Pull the Trigger or Plug
• Case Study
• Module Four: Review Questions
Module Five: Recognizing Learning Events
• Develop a Sense of Always Learning
• Evaluate Past Decisions
• Problems are Learning Opportunities
• Recognize Your Blind Spots
• Case Study
• Module Five: Review Questions
Module Six: You Need to Know These Answers and More
• What Makes Money My Company Money?
• What Were Sales Last Year?
• What is our Profit Margin?
• What Were Our Costs?
• Case Study
• Module Six: Review Questions
Module Seven: Financial Literacy (I)
• Assets
• Financial Ratios
• Liabilities
• Equity
• Case Study
• Module Seven: Review Questions
Module Eight: Financial Literacy (II)
• Income Statement
• Balance Sheet
• Cash Flow Statement
• Read, Read, and Read
• Case Study
• Module Eight: Review Questions

Module Nine: Business Acumen in Management
• Talent Management
• Change Management
• Asset Management
• Organizational Management
• Case Study
• Module Nine: Review Questions
Module Ten: Critical Thinking in Business
• Ask the Right Questions
• Organize the Data
• Evaluate the Information
• Make the Decision
• Case Study
• Module Ten: Review Questions
Module Eleven: Key Financial Levers
• Investing in People
• Effective Communication
• Process Improvement
• Goal Alignment
• Case Study
• Module Eleven: Review Questions
Module Twelve: Wrapping Up
• Words from the Wise
• Review of Parking Lot
• Lessons Learned
• Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations