A Global Business Acumen Perspective and Insight – Part 1 of 4

Now that we are more than half way through the first month of the New Year and have settled back into our “normal” routines, this blog post will share that there are no more normal routines.

The group of five financial subject matter experts provided by our client were extremely flustered.  We were working with these finance managers to test and calibrate a new customized business simulation that is part of a high potential leader program.  This group of experts were  selected because they know the intricacies of their own organization from a finance perspective.

Can Customers Tell the Difference between Advertising and Content?

One of the continuous changes we are seeing in business today is the shocking transformation of the selling process in both the B2B and B2C ecosystems. 

In a world of 24/7 social media, where access and exposure to advertising, marketing information, content-based marketing activities, and other information managed through marketing automation systems is infinite, business leaders need to understand and embrace every tool and insight possible to gain competitive advantage.

Assessing Your People

Part one of our two part blog series, Starting the New Year off with Assessments of your Business and your People, focused on specific tools to assess the state of your your business.  Part two is focused on tools to assess your people.

2016 will present new and unique challenges to businesses and leaders like never before.  Based on our research, dialogues with clients, and observations conducting business acumen training programs, here are five critical capabilities organizations will need to survive.  How do you assess the people within your organization relative to these capabilities?