Five Things to Think about from a Business Acumen Perspective: Part 3 of 4 Covering Understanding the 2016 Business Headwinds and Tailwinds

In part 1 of my 4 part series on what will cause business headwinds and tailwinds during 2016 and what they mean to you from the Global Business Acumen perspective, I discussed, The Age of Emerging Market Urbanization. In part 2, I discussed one of biggest challenges on almost every CEO’s list, the effects of accelerating change of technology in the business world.

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.