Business Acumen

Overview

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
Francis Bacon

While business acumen is largely acquired in the workplace, marketplace and on the street, this 2-day course will accelerate your learning and give you ways to increase your acumen faster.

Acumen is sharpness of mind and perception.
It enables people to make good judgements and decisions and it gives them the leverage to influence people and events. It affords them the insight to read people and situations, create new ideas and identify and match them with opportunities.

Successful business leaders possess acumen, some of which may be inherent, but most have acquired their wisdom through a combination of personal experience, practical learning and the help and advice of others.

They are aware that business models can be constructed but are of little use unless correctly deployed to create profit and value and achieve worthwhile goals.

The study of business does not equip someone for the every day realities, the ‘ups and downs and ins and outs’ of daily business life. The skills to deal with those are largely acquired through a process of ‘self learning.’

While this Short Course cannot give you acumen, it can make acquiring it easier.

Topics Covered

It provides some valuable insights into:

• Building and running a business.
• Identifying and capitalising on opportunities.
• Possessing and imparting a vision.
• Managing yourself.
• Leading and managing people.

• Gaining and maintaining a positive attitude.
• Reading people and situations.
• Networking.
• Calculating risks and making decisions.
• Staying motivated and motivating others.
• The power of wisdom.  

• Building your confidence.
• Becoming more creative.
• Selling yourself and your ideas,
• Gaining competitive advantage for yourself and your organization
• and staying ahead of the pack.

Looking to the future while dealing with the present.
Negotiating skillfully to achieve your desired outcomes.
It discusses some of the characteristics of successful business people and the techniques and stratagems they have employed to achieve success.

Who should attend

• Those already engaged in business and seeking knowledge of the ‘intangible’ factors that help make a business more successful.

• Those in management who wish to acquire some fresh ideas on how to manage more effectively.

• Those aspiring to a management position and seeking insight into how they can acquire an ‘edge’ and progress their career.

• Anyone contemplating a start up business or new venture.

• Anyone coming from a professional background such as engineering or medicine into a management role.

Outcomes

At the end of this two day Short Course you will:

• Have a greater insight into the types of knowledge and skills possessed by most successful business leaders.
• Have heightened awareness of how to read people and situations and to leverage those to the advantage of their organizations.
• Will be better equipped to think creatively and match their ideas to appropriate opportunities.
• Have a greater understanding of how to constantly improve on and add to their own business acumen.