Overview

Business savvy means understanding what makes organizations tick and leveraging that knowledge to get results. By developing foundational skills in leadership, strategy, finance, budgeting, and digital technology, you can help your organization succeed and advance your career. In this specialization, you'll find out how businesses create value and compete against rivals. Through real-world scenarios and exercises, you’ll strengthen your decision-making skills and learn to transform strategic vision into actionable plans. You’ll dive into the basics of financial performance and budgeting and learn how to maximize resources and drive profitability. And you'll discover how to leverage generative AI and digital tools to stay competitive in a rapidly changing world.

Syllabus

Course 1: Think Like a Leader
Course 2: Act Strategically
Course 3: Master Financial Fundamentals
Course 4: Lead with Technology and AI

Courses

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10 hours 18 minutes
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Strategy isn’t just for executives—it’s everyone’s business. To succeed in a competitive environment, your organization needs people at every level who understand the bigger picture and know how their work contributes to it. In this course, you’ll learn how to build and execute effective strategic plans while strengthening your ability to think critically, spot trends, and make informed decisions. By broadening your perspective and anticipating what’s ahead, you’ll be better equipped to add value and help drive your organization’s success.
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10 hours 35 minutes
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Staying competitive today means knowing how to harness generative AI and digital tools to drive innovation and efficiency. But even though technology is part of daily life, you need the power of critical thinking to use it well. In this course, you'll learn how to unlock the potential of gen AI by experimenting, asking smart questions, and using it creatively and responsibly. You’ll develop the digital mindset needed to navigate changing technology, get the most out of data, and help your organization stay agile.
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14 hours 23 minutes
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Organizations are powered by sound financial decisions: informed choices about resources, investments, and strategic spending that fuel long-term success. No matter your role, you can create immense value by understanding how to interpret financial data and make decisions that maximize your team's resources. In this course, you'll learn how to read financial statements, create effective budgets, and invest wisely to produce desired returns. Discover evidence-based strategies to analyze financial performance and guide your organization toward sustained profitability.
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12 hours 42 minutes
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Successful leaders help their organizations create value, earn profits and outperform rivals. That requires having an enterprise mindset—thinking critically about how your organization operates and how it can improve. To do that, you need to understand business fundamentals so you can contribute to key discussions, make smart choices, and achieve goals. In this course, you'll learn how to evaluate and support your company’s financial health, business model, and competitive strategy. You'll find out how to make good business decisions—and avoid decision-making pitfalls—by using a smart, structured process. You'll learn how to lead effective group decisions and how to improve decisions with data. As you build these skills, you’ll develop your ability to think, act, and speak like a leader.