Course – Business Acumen

Course – Business Acumen Workshop | Seminar | Training Course

Course Duration 1 Day

Through our Business Acumen workshop your participants will improve their judgment and decisiveness skills. Business Acumen is all about seeing the big picture and recognising that all decisions no matter how small can have an effect on the bottom line. Your participants will increase their financial literacy and improve their business sense.

Business Acumen will give your participants an advantage everyone wishes they had. The workshop will help your participants recognise learning events, manage risk better, and increase their critical thinking. Business Acumen has the ability to influence your whole organisation, and provide that additional edge that will lead to success.

Course Objectives | Business Acumen Course

At the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Know how to see the big picture
• Develop a risk management strategy
• Know how to practice financial literacy
• Develop critical thinking
• Practice management acumen
• Find key financial levers

Course Outline | Business Acumen Course

Module #01 Getting Started

Module #02 Seeing the Big Picture

• Short and Long Term Interactions
• Recognise Growth Opportunities
• Mindfulness of Decisions
• Everything is Related

Module #03 KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)

• Decisiveness
• Flexible
• Strong Initiative
• Being Intuitive

Module #04 Risk Management Strategies

• Continuous Assessment
• Internal and External Factors
• Making Adjustments and Corrections
• Knowing When to Pull the Trigger or Plug

Module #05 Recognising Learning Events

• Develop a Sense of Always
• Learning
• Evaluate Past Decisions
• Problems Are Learning Opportunities
• Recognise Your Blind Spots

Module #06 You Need to Know These Answers and More

• What Makes My Company Money?
• What Were Sales Last Year?
• What is Our Profit Margin?
• What Were Our Costs?

Module #07 Financial Literacy (I)

• Assets
• Financial Ratios
• Liabilities
• Equity

Module #08 Financial Literacy (II)

• Income Statement
• Balance Sheet
• Cash Flow Statement
• Read, Read, and Read

Module #09 Business Acumen in Management

• Talent Management
• Change Management
• Asset Management
• Organisational Management

Module #10 Critical Thinking in Business

• Ask the Right Questions
• Organise Data
• Evaluate the Information
• Make the Decision

Module #11 Key Financial Levers

• Investing in People
• Effective Communication
• Process Improvement
• Goal Alignment

Module #12 Wrapping Up

• Summary
• Your Next Steps

^ courtesy reminder the number of modules that can be covered in a 1/2 program is limited. We’ll work with you to select the most relevant modules for a 1/2 day program in response to the client’s priorities for the participant

Method of Delivery: Business Acumen Course

All professional development relating to this course content is delivered by Tarran Deane Education and her team of subject-matter experts, trainers, consultants, executive coaches and professional speakers and may occur as: 

• Public Seminar – Full or Part Course
• eCourse | Virtual Learning | Webinar
• Onsite Face to Face as a Full Day or 1/2 Day Course at your place of business
• Roadshow or Showcase
• Conference or Convention Breakout | Workshop by Tarran Deane
• Conference or Keynote | High level introduction to topic only by Tarran Deane

Please confirm your preferred method at the time of enquiry, prior to booking.

 

Location of Delivery: Gold Coast | Brisbane | Sydney | Melbourne | Auckland and on Request

Ask us about presenting this professional development on location at your venue, an upcoming conference, or enquire about our online self-paced learning options for you, your participants and staff.

This program may also be delivered by us in public and private seminars, tele-seminars, webinars and eCourse formats

 

Who is This Training For:

Executives, Entrepreneurs, Experts, Established Teams, Sales Teams, Emerging Leaders, Graduates, Students

Mergers and acquisitions, significant change, shift in strategic direction, return to work, graduates, government initiatives, volunteers

 

How to Book Your Training Day | Course Name – Business Acumen Course

As a starting point we typically allocate Tuesdays on a weekly basis for the running of our full or 1/2 day training and professional development workshops. To confirm our availability to work with you and your team on Tuesdays or at other times, be sure to contact Tarran, Karen, or Charlotte via email or call the number below:

 

 

Contact Details: Course

Email: info@tarrandeane.com

Phone: +61 417 654305

or Scroll down to CLICK on the green “Book a 30 Minute Discovery” button below to schedule a call!

 

 

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