Plan effectively to achieve your personal and professional goals

Recognize and overcome barriers to successful time management

Keep your sense of perspective to prevent and manage crises

Manage resources effectively and efficiently

Apply the concepts of accounting and finance

Understand key accounting and finance terms

Examine financial statements by using key ratios

Explain the importance of budgeting process

Differentiate between the five working generations and their communication preferences

Identify the communication benefits of different work environments, such as in-person, virtual, or hybrid

Discuss effective techniques for communicating with a diverse workforce

Implement a flexing communication strategy to better communicate with one’s workplace team

Write effective presentations, emails, writing for visual communication

Edit and proofread business documents

Create business reports and press releases

Spot, correct and avoid the most common writing pitfalls

Understand how negotiation differs from selling

Identify common negotiation styles

Describe the personal and behavioral characteristics of an effective negotiator

Assess your personal style and how it affects the negotiation process

Explain the difference between managers and leaders

Describe the five functions of management

Use the SMART goal-setting technique

Understand the power of building a network

Explain both the affordances and limitations associated with problem-solving and decision-making

Reflect on how mindset and personal bias influence your ability to solve problems and make decisions

Explain and discuss how organizational decisions or non-decisions impact personal development, team dynamics, and company-wide performance

Articulate how both good and bad team decisions can benefit your professional growth

Describe the entrepreneurial process and how to manage it

Recognize opportunities to develop new business ideas

Apply entrepreneurial approaches, concepts, and methods

Understand operational challenges involved with creating new business ventures

Add value to your organization by effectively gathering, synthesizing, and analyzing information

Develop practical and innovative solutions to organizational problems

Use powerful strategic planning tools

Communicate information, ideas, and solutions to senior-level decision makers