The competition of modern markets has expanded the responsibility of business literacy beyond the purview of senior executives. All levels of management and operations need to keep themselves ahead of the curve.

Everyone needs a high degree of BUSINESS ACUMEN.

Business acumen skills are basically the combination of knowledge you have about your business and the skills to implement it.

It's a greater strategic awareness of how a variety of factors could work together for the overall benefit of your organization. The ability to read market forces, understand how to capitalize on them and working with the rest of the team to develop disciplined strategies for excellent performance, product leadership and customer intimacy.

This program offers a modular approach to acquiring Business Acumen skills. From financial analysis to assessing human capital to succession planning. Learn how to align various department initiatives into a cohesive business strategy now.

By the end of the course, you would be:

• Improving the speed of informed decision-making.
• Grooming high-potential employees for career opportunities and retention.
• Developing sustainable business acumen as a component of succession planning.
• Driving a culture of owner/entrepreneur thinking at all levels of the business.
• Aligning department initiatives (HR, finance, engineering, sales, etc.) with business imperatives.

Functional managers who have new or existing responsibilities to help support other departments and the organization as a whole.

• Different types of organizational structures and their purpose
• Organizational depth versus span
• Establishing controls across the span and depth of organizations

• Understanding Significant Business and Management Terms
• The evolving new age terms 
• Important Financial Terms That You should know
• Speaking and Writing the Business Language

• Learning from successful business decision making models
• Peter Drucker’s 5 elements of effective decision making
• Preemptive thinking® – going beyond the Creative and Critical problem solving and decision making

• Cash and Cash flow
• Growth
• Margin
• Velocity
• Customer and the Supply Chain
• How Each Person Impacts The 5 Elements

• A review of some best business strategies & strategies of the oldest companies
• Porter’s 5 forces 
• The elements of strategic planning for the Media Industry
• Implementing and managing strategies
• An assessment of failed strategies

• Working with PESTLE
• SWOT analysis of your function and business
• SWOT projects and updating SWOT
• Supply Chain - analyzing its synergy
• Seamless Operations

• Balanced Scorecard 
• Critical Success Factors
• Developing, actioning and updating the Balanced Scorecard
• Performance Management and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) 
• Establishing and weighting performance indicators
• Cascading organizational performance to operational performance
• Measuring and monitoring KPIs

• How does your business operate
• What are the essential elements of your business
• How does your company make money
• How does your work affect the bottom line

This workshop’s methodology is a combination of expert input, Theatrical Improvisation (new) case studies, self-assessment, simulation, group discussions and sharing.