Sharpen your edge. Think bigger. Lead smarter.

Unlock unstoppable business sense—master strategy, finance, and decision-making to lead with confidence and clarity.

Step into the mind of a sharp business thinker. This course transforms your intuition into insight, your decisions into strategy. You’ll master financial literacy, KPIs, critical thinking, and risk management, gaining the tools to spot opportunity in every challenge. Whether you're managing teams, driving profits, or scaling up, Business Acumen empowers you to see the big picture and act boldly. Develop laser focus, ask smarter questions, and turn numbers into action. This isn't just learning—it’s your next level. Business Acumen will you an advantage everyone wishes they had. This course will help you recognize learning events, manage risk better, and increase your critical thinking. Business Acumen has the ability to influence your whole organization and provide that additional edge that will lead to success.
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Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand and apply a big-picture perspective to business decisions by recognizing interdependencies across departments.

  • Develop effective Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and apply them flexibly for improved strategic alignment.

  • Design and implement risk management strategies tailored to internal and external business factors.

  • Recognize and harness everyday learning events to enhance business insight and innovation.

  • Identify the key drivers of business revenue and assess profitability through fundamental financial analysis.

  • Build foundational financial literacy by understanding assets, liabilities, equity, and financial ratios.

  • Analyze and interpret income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements to inform business strategy.

  • Apply business acumen to management practices, including talent, asset, and change management.

  • Strengthen critical thinking and decision-making through data analysis and strategic questioning.

  • Leverage key financial levers—people, communication, and process alignment—for sustained business growth.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome!

    2. Overview

    3. Course Objectives

    4. Pre-Course Task

    1. Overview

    2. Short-Term vs. Long-Term Dynamics

    3. Identifying Opportunities for Growth

    4. Worksheet || Growth

    5. Being Intentional with Decisions

    6. Understanding Interconnectedness

    7. Scenario Exploration

    8. 2 || Review Questions

    1. Overview

    2. Making Confident Decisions

    3. Worksheet || Decisive

    4. Adaptability

    5. Demonstrating Initiative

    6. Worksheet || Initiative

    7. Trusting Your Instincts

    8. Worksheet || Intuitive Decision-Making

    9. Scenario Exploration

    10. 3 || Review Questions

    1. Overview

    2. Ongoing Evaluation

    3. Influencing Factors: Internal & External

    4. Worksheet || Internal and External Business Factors

    5. Implementing Changes and Corrections

    6. Recognizing the Right Time to Act or Withdraw

    7. Scenario Exploration

    8. 4 || Review Questions

    1. Overview

    2. Cultivating a Lifelong Learning Mindset

    3. Reflecting on Previous Decisions

    4. Worksheet || Evaluate Decisions

    5. Viewing Challenges as Learning Moments

    6. Identifying Personal Blind Spots

    7. Scenario Exploration

    8. 5 || Review Questions

    1. Overview

    2. Understanding Revenue Drivers

    3. Reviewing Last Year’s Sales Figures

    4. Worksheet || Sales Rate of Change

    5. Examining Our Profit Margin

    6. Worksheet || Profit Margin Calculation

    7. Identifying Our Expenses

    8. Worksheet || Business Costs Analysis

    9. Scenario Exploration

    10. 6 ||Review Questions

About this course

  • $50.00
  • 99 lessons

  • Study Model

    Self-Paced

  • Duration

    8 hrs

  • Accreditation

    CPD Accredited Certificate Included

  • Skill Level

    Intermediate - Advanced