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Business Skills for Professionals

Establishing a Business Mindset

Learn to leverage variables related to the business environment, thinking, interactions, and outcomes for project, organisational, personal and professional success.

This Course is Perfect for:

  • Gaining the business acumen you need to complete your technical knowledge
  • Learning the ‘rules of engagement in business’ and compete and today’s global market place

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You Will Learn to:

  • Apply business acumen to realise professional and personal potential
  • Use ESI’s Mindset Model as a framework for approaching current work and setting future goals
  • Enhance your contributions to the organisation
  • Adapt to changing variables in a typical business environment
  • Develop your skills in alignment with your personal and professional goals

Course Overview

Expert knowledge is prised in today’s business environment. Without it, businesses cannot compete in the global marketplace. But in today’s business world, deep technical knowledge is not enough—especially as you move up the ranks. This course helps professionals develop and apply holistic solutions to business issues and allows you to practice analysing business situations and applying new skills to common business issues. You will also assess yourself against a set of core competencies to determine which skills you want to strengthen to support your professional development. And, you’ll create a plan to realise those goals. In Establishing a Business Mindset, you will discover the value and impact of business acumen and how you can apply it to achieve greater success. You’ll learn to apply ESI’s practical Mindset Model for interpreting different business situations, identifying goals, communicating effectively, and leveraging a variety of business “influencers.” You’ll also be introduced to common metrics used to measure business success. You’ll walk away with a firm grasp of what you must be aware of to be successful in business, as well as a plan for your professional development.

Course Topics

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  1. The Mindset Model
    1. Strategic perspective
    2. Operational perspective
    3. Interpersonal perspective
    4. Personal perspective
    5. Influences within the Mindset Model
    6. The dynamic model
  2. The Strategic Perspective
    1. Strategic influences
    2. Identify vision
    3. Determine your strategy
    4. Identify and analyse stakeholders
    5. Set goals and objectives
  3. The Operational Perspective
    1. Operational influences
    2. ESI’s Operational Framework (OPF)
      • Products and services
      • HR/training
      • Marketing/Sales
      • Customer service
      • Supply Chain Management
      • Finance/budgeting
    3. Basic change processes
  4. The Interpersonal Perspective
    1. Interpersonal influences
    2. Structuring communications
    3. Communication and virtual teams
    4. Coaching and mentoring
    5. Giving and receiving feedback
    6. Effective learning
    7. Conflict and conflict management
    8. Cultural conflicts
  5. The Personal Perspective
    1. Personal influences
    2. Organisational culture
    3. Business etiquette and politics
    4. Linguistic considerations
    5. Gender, ethnicity and class roles
    6. Critical thinking
    7. Career track preferences
 
Public Classroom Courses

Public Course Information

Duration: 3 days
Professional Development Units (PDUs): 0
Fee: £1695 excl. VAT

* PMI UK Members: ESI offers 3 spaces for this course at 25% discount. Please call now on
+44(0)20 7017 7100 to check status and register.


* Other PMI Members: PMI® members get 15% off this course.

Valid membership number required.

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In-house Corporate Training

This course is available as in-house corporate training. Available to groups of 10 or more (please note this is a guideline). To find out more about corporate training for your organisation click here.

 

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