Do You REALLY Have Business Acumen?
Take this Quick Quiz to find out
Business Savvy begins with business acumen.
“I understand my company. Do I have Business Acumen?”
I used to think I had business acumen. As a curious, big picture thinker I learned all I could about the companies I worked in. I understood the overall structure, knew what most of the departments did, I knew what business we were in and I had a pretty good idea of who were our customers.
But after discovering The Missing 33% of the career success equation for women (the subject of my TED Talk) I knew that I had to dig deeper. Not only for my own benefit, but because I wanted to bring a clarion call to ambitious women about the importance of developing, enhancing and demonstrating their business, financial and strategic acumen - what I now call Business Savvy.
By digging deeper, I discovered that I had only a small portion of what it would take to truthfully say I had business acumen.
I’m not the only one. Women all around the world who participated in my leadership programs told me the same.
You might also be in the same boat. After all, it’s hard to step into the shoes of the executive team and understand the business from their perspective.
Furthermore, it’s not enough to have business acumen. For the sake of our career, we have to demonstrate that we have it.
That’s why I’ve created a quiz that you can take to see how far along you are in your journey to develop/enhance and demonstrate your business acumen.
It matters not only in and of itself, but also because business acumen is the foundation of Business Savvy!
Here’s the Quiz
I hope you are able to rate yourself as 100% capable of doing each of the 11 cited activities.
But if you don’t, I have a solution for you!
Upgrade to a the founding level and get free access to the entire Be Business Savvy Course. Part 1 of the Course delivers self-paced, micro-lessons that make it easy to develop/enhance AND demonstrate your business acumen.
SURPRISE: if you upgrade to the $5.85/month level, you’ll get the first lesson FREE in the coming weeks.
I’m Susan Colantuono, best known for my TED Talk, “The Career Advice You Probably Didn’t Get.”
I’ve devoted most of my working life to supporting the career advancement of women.
Now my work is exclusively focused on offering women tools for developing and demonstrating Business Savvy - the business, financial and strategic acumen we need to succeed and to close The Missing 33% of the career success equation for women.
Now, I’m making my groundbreaking course available in a self-paced version with coaching support right here at Be Business Savvy. Check it out!
You will find other useful and actionable content in my books and other online resources:
No Ceiling, No Walls ebook
No Ceiling, No Walls soft cover
Make the Most of Mentoring soft cover
Coaching Executive Women (occasional) newsletter
Lead ON!
Susan