Business acumen is understanding how your business operates. If you want to move up in an organization, you need to understand your organization’s competitive advantage, what drives performance, and how you compete against other organizations. Good judgement is helped by this knowledge. Business models, financials, strategy, sales and marketing, R&D, P&L, and other key concepts are explained in this course by leadership expert Mike Figliuolo. He leads you through a series of questions that will help you understand your business better.

What business do you work in? Who is your competition? What problem does your business solve? How do you create your products and services? What are your growth strategies? What do you measure performance for?

You can be sure that you have the knowledge to make the best decisions for your business with the answers in hand.

• Introduction
• 1. Business Acumen Basics
• 2. Your Business Model
• 3. Your Financials
• 4. Your Strategy
• 5. Your Operation
• Conclusion

The founder and managing director is Mike Figliuolo. thought They are the leaders. A professional services training firm specializing in leadership development. He is a nationally recognized speaker on topics of leadership, communications, decision-making, problem solving, and other critical business skills. Mike was a combat arms officer in the US Army. He was an assistant professor at Duke University, a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and an executive at Capital One and Scotts Miracle-Gro before founding his own company. He is an author. The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership is a piece of paper. www.onepieceofpaper.com Smart leaders guide their teams to exceptional results. (www.leadinsidethebox.com) The elegant pitch is to create a compelling recommendation, build support, and get it approved. You can find it at www.elegantpitch.com. The programs that Mike teaches can be found at www.thoughtleadersllc.com.