Leadership Catalogue / Strategic

Business Acumen

4 modules
2 applied
2 workshop

Modules

Take single modules or the whole track. Two hour sessions, combined into half days where it suits your calendar.

Workshop 2 hour slot

Understanding Business Metrics and KPIs

Understand the numbers the business runs on and how your work moves them.

  • Common business metrics and KPIs
  • Connecting engineering to outcomes
  • Reading a simple business dashboard
  • Speaking the language of the business
Applied 2 hour slot

Strategic Decisions Aligned to Business Goals

Make technical decisions that clearly serve business goals.

  • Aligning decisions with business goals
  • Making the alignment visible
  • Trade-offs in business terms
  • Strategic versus tactical choices
Workshop 2 hour slot

Introduction to Financial Literacy

Grasp the financial basics every senior engineer should know.

  • Budgets, costs and margins
  • Capex versus opex in plain terms
  • How engineering spend is seen
  • Talking to finance
Applied 2 hour slot

Understanding Tech ROI

Make and defend the return-on-investment case for technical work.

  • Framing technical work as investment
  • Estimating cost and benefit
  • Communicating ROI to stakeholders
  • Avoiding vanity ROI

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