Basics of Business Acumen

This OnDemand Course contains the following lessons:

Creating & Presenting Operational Budgets
Learn how to review the elements of a budget and present them effectively in order to keep your business moving ahead.

Building a Customer-Focused Strategy
Gain insights to help you analyze what your customer wants, determine the right strategic objectives and create a mission statement in alignment with your company’s vision.

Accounting 101
Develop an understanding of the fundamentals of accounting and gain confidence in applying them.

Balancing the Books: Booking Journal Entries
Get the skills and knowledge to journalize your debit and credit account entries and balance your books.

Leading the PAC: Researching & Presenting Data
Learn effective strategies to gather data, analyze it and draw conclusions to help you solve problems of all kinds.

Analyzing Data Using the DASA Model
Leverage the Data as a Strategic Asset (DASA) Model to identify and answer business questions based on data-driven insights.

Strategy Execution: Elements of a Sound Strategy
Discover ways to identify and get input from key stakeholders, manage data collected from them and adjust your strategy accordingly to gain buy-in.

How to Understand and Analyze Financial Statements
Learn to quickly determine if a firm has a strong or weak financial position, evaluate profitability, calculate and interpret financial ratios, and identify warning signs of financial trouble.

Crash Course in Mistake-Free Business Writing
Business writing must be clear—but it also needs to convey a strong professional image. Learn how to troubleshoot punctuation, grammar and other writing pitfalls so you can produce mistake-free communications.

How to Manage Your Emotions While Under Stress
Get the skills needed to maintain control of your emotions at work, whatever the situation.

Recognizing and Navigating Unconscious Bias
Learn how to identify the signs of unconscious bias in the workplace, and how it can impact your team.