The Be Business Savvy Course
The career skill no one told you about
Most leadership development focuses on two things: who you are as a leader, and how well you work with people.
Those things matter. But there’s a third element that almost nobody teaches women directly — and it’s the one that actually drives promotion decisions at the senior level.
Business Savvy: Business, financial, and strategic acumen. Or what I introduced in my TED Talk as The Missing 33%.
Executives use this lens to evaluate who’s ready for bigger roles, greater influence and development opportunities. When women are passed over for opportunities they’ve earned, it’s often not because they lack confidence or capability. It’s because this third of the leadership equation has been invisible to them — and to the people who were supposed to be developing them.
Be Business Savvy is the course I built to change that.
What You’ll Gain
Too often, we are kept out of the loop on the business, financial and strategic insights that drive decision making because managers don’t think we have the interest or the acumen.
You can break that cycle with Be Business Savvy…a course that has generated proven results for ambitious women at all levels!…from nearly every industry and profession…all around the globe.
This isn’t an MBA. It’s a focused, practical path through five high-impact sections — built for ambitious professionals who want results, not just frameworks.
Be Business Savvy Course
When you subscribe to the Be Business Savvy Course, here’s what you get:
5 high-impact sections
1 Voxer coaching/month
Access to monthly live coaching/connection Zoom meetings
Access to all course materials for the duration of your Be Business Savvy Course subscription
Course Overview
Part One: Develop Business Acumen
You’ll learn an elegant, powerful model for understanding how businesses actually work — and where you and your team fit within the larger picture that executives and boards see every day. This single model becomes the foundation for everything that follows.
Part Two: Demonstrate Business Acumen
Knowledge without visibility doesn’t advance careers. In this section, you’ll develop a crystal-clear statement of why your position exists and what you uniquely contribute — and you’ll learn how to use that clarity to speak up with confidence, self-promote without discomfort, and position yourself as someone worth watching.
A DIY Virtual Coach tool is available to you here for just-in-time support whenever you need it.
Part Three: Focus on Financial Acumen
Because you’ve already built the business model from Part One, you’re ahead before this section even starts. You’ll take a top-down, big-picture approach to financial acumen — understanding the questions executives and boards ask about performance and how the three major financial statements answer them. No accounting background required.
Part Four: Strengthen Strategic Acumen
Real strategic acumen goes far beyond mission, vision, and values. This section puts you in the shoes of the executives and board members who actually set strategy — so you understand what strategy is, how it’s made, and how to play your rightful role in shaping, executing, and advancing it.
Part Five: Showcase Your Business Savvy
Having Business Savvy isn’t enough. Being seen as someone who has it — that’s what gets you on the lists for opportunities, earns you a seat at the table, and builds the kind of reputation that opens doors before you even knock.
This section gives you the tools to demonstrate your Business Savvy every day, in every context.
Women Who’ve Done This Work
Be seen as leadership material. Contribute ideas that drive results. Feel like a valued strategic partner. Earn bigger roles and responsibilities. Increase your compensation and your influence.
These aren’t aspirations. They’re outcomes — reported by women at every level, from nearly every industry, around the globe.
Ready to Close The Missing 33%?
Be Business Savvy is available now at the founding subscriber rate: $240/year.
Your subscription includes all five course sections, access to monthly live coaching and connection Zoom calls, one Voxer coaching session per month, and full access to all course materials for the duration of your subscription.
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These three articles likely have your answers — and if not, send me a message.
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