A CPD Certified Training Course
Professional Certificate in Strategic Awareness and Business Acumen
Strategy Building & Sustaining Competitive Advantage
Course Overview
A study from the Economist Intelligence Unit reports that two-thirds of corporate executives believe a lack of business skills or business acumen inhibits their company from meeting strategic priorities. An organization of high business acumen individuals can expect to see leaders with a heightened perspective that translates into an ability to inspire and excite the organization to achieve its full strategic potential.
As your leadership responsibilities expand, so does your need to understand the impact of every decision on the strategic and financial goals of your organization. That's why business acumen—an intuitive sense of how the moving parts of a company work together to create profit — is indispensable.
This CPD Certified “Professional Certificate in Strategic Awareness and Business Acumen” training course will improve your understanding of how operations, finance, marketing, and other functions must work together to create and execute a successful business strategy. It also provides the opportunity to polish your financial literacy and leadership skills and become more business savvy.
This GLOMACS CPD Certified Professional Certificate in Strategic Awareness and Business Acumen training course will highlight:
- A review of business and economic context for your business
- Tools and techniques used in strategy development
- Use of strategic thinking: innovation approaches
- Business acumen and strategy development
- Leadership qualities needed to inspire, motivate and engage with staff
Training Objectives
At the end of this CPD Certified “Professional Certificate in Strategic Awareness and Business Acumen” training course, you will learn to:
- Examine the external environment affecting your company’s ability to succeed
- Analyze your key competitors and what the future will look like
- Measure performance using standards that are highly correlated with value creation
- Integrate your competitive analysis to improve your business decision making
- Create a business strategy and a complete strategy implementation map
Who should Attend?
Functional managers who have responsibilities to support their departments and the organization as a whole. Also, individuals responsible for Strategy Implementation and Communication Planning.
This GLOMACS CPD Certified “Professional Certificate in Strategic Awareness and Business Acumen” training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Those wishing to sharpen their analytical skills and Business Savvy
- Supervisors taking on additional strategic responsibilities
- Managers taking on a more senior and strategic role in their organisation
- Managers seeking innovative approaches to business development
- Managers wanting to refresh their business acumen and strategic management tools
About Saudi Glomacs
At Saudi GLOMACS, we specialize in delivering world-class training courses in Saudi Arabia and across various international locations. Our training courses are tailored to meet the unique demands of Saudi Vision 2030 and the Human Capability Development Program, focusing on empowering Saudi citizens and enhancing workforce skills. We offer diverse courses spanning leadership, management, engineering, and technical disciplines to cultivate expertise and drive professional growth. Our flexible learning options—whether in-person, online, or in-house—ensure accessibility and convenience for individuals and organizations alike.
With over 30+ years of experience through the GLOMACS global network, we are committed to delivering innovative, results-driven training solutions. Our expert instructors combine industry knowledge with dynamic teaching methods, fostering practical skill development and long-term career success. By choosing Saudi GLOMACS, you're investing in personal excellence and contributing to the Kingdom’s sustainable economic growth and vision-driven transformation.
Training Outline
DAY 1: The “Business” Process
- 21st Century changes and challenges
- Psychological aspects of decision making
- Strategic thinking – Who, How, When & Why
- Examples of strategy success and failure
- Business savvy and business sense
- Financial literacy
- Business management and leadership
DAY 2: Strategic Management Skills
- Leadership theories & styles
- Attributes of successful leaders
- Strategic skills: Traits or contextual
- Visioning, Communicating & Framing
- Team and organisation perspectives on implementing strategies
- Leading others through the strategic process
DAY 3: The Strategic Process
- Impact of external change: Competitive positioning, technology, regulation
- Innovation: Blue vs. Red ocean strategies
- The strategy hierarchy
- Realizing the strategies: Making them happen
- Recognizing & reacting to disruptive competition
- Competitive positioning
DAY 4: Business Acumen
- The dimensions of business issues
- Business complexity and uncertainty
- Mindfulness, sense-making and resilience
- Financial understanding and interpretation
- Key stakeholder analysis
- Competitive strategies required for success
- Problem solving and decision making
- Avoid common planning traps and pitfalls by conducting a business strategy review
DAY 5: Strategy Implementation and Communication Plan
- Challenges of mergers & acquisitions
- Test strategic and business models
- Explore the essential elements needed to implement a strategic plan
- Develop profit improvement strategies and planning for growth
- Strategic execution: Budgeting, forecasting & adjusting to reality
- Communicating and aligning corporate to individual objectives
Certificates
- Upon successful completion of this training course, a personalised CPD certificate with the duration of the learning activity undertaken, will be issued by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to universally accepted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) guidelines
Accreditation
GLOMACS is a member of The CPD Certification Service and has become a part of the initiative to increase standards of CPD provision to professionals in relevant market sectors. We are approved to provide recognised independent CPD accredited training courses compatible with global CPD principles.
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