Business Acumen

In-Person/Online

3 Days

English/Arabic

Learning Objectives

   Use the 5 Business Drivers to understand how your company makes money.
   Develop a working knowledge of financial statements and strategy.
   Align individual and team decisions with executive initiatives.
   Improve engagement by helping employees recognize the importance of their role.
   Identify 2-3 business priorities and develop a personal action plan to drive results.
   Define and explain business acumen.
   Describe different types of growth horizons.
   Explain the leadership and management perspective on ‘change’.

In Person /Online

3 Days

English/Arabic

Learning Objectives

   Use the 5 Business Drivers to understand how your company makes money.
   Develop a working knowledge of financial statements and strategy.
   Align individual and team decisions with executive initiatives.
   Improve engagement by helping employees recognize the importance of their role.
   Identify 2-3 business priorities and develop a personal action plan to drive results.
   Define and explain business acumen.
   Describe different types of growth horizons.
   Explain the leadership and management perspective on ‘change’.

Modules

Module 1: Your Business Model

  • Define your products & Services
  • Build your offerings
  • Price strategy
  • Growth strategy

Module 2: Financial Acumen

  • Includes a comprehensive understanding of what drives profitability and cash flow
    • Understand profit & loss
    • Know your performance levers
    • Assess trends

Module 3: Market Orientation

  • Identifying and analyzing customers from the financial point of view
  • Market analysis and Forecast
  • Identifying competitors and your competitive devices

Module 4: Strategic or “Helicopter” Perspective

  • Assess the competitive environment
  • Define how you’ll compete and win
  • Evaluate your initiative pipeline
  • Set prioritizes

Module 5: Know Your Operations

Module 6: Understanding, Planning and Managing Change

Module 7: Change and Change Management

Module 8: Defining Organizational Change

  • Nature of organizational change
  • Reasons and challenges

Module 9: Typology of Organizational Change

  • Adaptive
  • Innovative
  • Radical

Module 10: Diagnosing the Intensity of Change

  • Change equation
  • Importance of frameworks
  • Connectivity of change

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