The step up from a middle management position with a narrow focus to one that has responsibility for P&L and a wider responsibility in an organization is a big leap. In many organisations there is no formal program to prepare managers and leaders for this step up apart from coaching or mentoring or if you have deep pockets and plenty of time, sending people on MBA type programs run by business schools.. The business acumen program addresses that issue.
The Wentworth Business Acumen programme uses ac similar methodology and approach to MBA style programmers, however it is designed with the practicalities of business life in mind. The approach uses best in class case studies from the best business schools around the world (Harvard, Insead, and Cranfield), facilitated modules on a range of business topics that you choose to have the most relevance to your business, top class guest speakers from the business world, tutorials and a business strategy exercise that requires participants to plan and then present a 2 year business strategy for a business unit in their company, complete with P&L forecast, to a panel of your senior team. All this is supported by selected reading lists and book extracts.
Importantly each program is tailored to your needs, so no one program is the same. If you want to cover supply chain and logistics, financial acumen or business strategy, we’ll include them in the syllabus. The case studies are chosen to reflect the nature of your business now and in the future and the guest speakers chosen to throw insight onto relevant business issues.
We have a growing faculty of impressive content specialists and guest speakers who provide a rich, stimulating experience to produce deeper and smarter leaders and managers in your business.
Designed for up to 20 participants, the Business Acumen programme is an innovative leadership and management program that provides practical and tangible benefits for any medium to large business. Crucially it provides a key component of a succession planning strategy that prepares key talent for bigger roles
If you want to close the gap between your board directors and the next level down, the Business Acumen program is for you.
