Unforgettable Business Learning

testing, training, toning business acumen

How can you test wHetHer your people are up to tHe cHallenge of today’s intensely

competitive business environment?

capsim® business simulations:

People learn from mistakes – but mistakes in business are expensive. Capsim Business Simulations provide opportunities to try and fail and receive instant feedback over and over again, without the risk. A challenging scenario, time pressures, trade-offs and the constant demands of customers, investors and intense competition ensure our simulations – whether for training or testing purposes – provide an accurate picture of your participants’ strengths, weaknesses and development opportunities.

Capsim’s Comp-XM® competency exam, provides clear feedback on an individual’s understanding of business concepts and application of business acumen.

Comprehensive reports provide diagnostic data to inform management assessment, development and succession planning. Benchmarks are derived from decades of research on effective business leadership. These include competence in managing strategy and innovation, decision-making processes, administration and control functions, logistics and technology, human capital, and the external task environment.

WHAT ARE YOUR BUSINESS LE ARNING GOALS?

“We need deeper engagement with the external environment…”

“It’s difficult to know where managers are deficient – until they make a mistake…”

“If we could clearly diagnose the learning gaps, we could fill them…”

“How can I be sure which of these candidates has stronger business skills?”

“We need to break down the silos…”

“We need our managers to understandstrategy as a driving force…”

The biggest management challenges come from the outside. True leaders not only excel in their own business, they have the capacity to understand customers, competitors, investors, regulators – all the external stakeholders who have an impact on their success. That critical level of discernment is true business acumen.

Capsim Business Simulations are designed to test, train and tone business acumen.

Live or online training events provide a realistic environment for high impact learning. Plus, our testing platforms provide the data you need to ensure your people have what it takes to help your business succeed in the competitive external environment.

Build Business AcumenAssess Business Competency

every line of business

needsskilled operators, managers and leaders.

Every business needs skilled operators, managers and leaders. Knowing your own business, however, is only half the equation.

Finance is the language of business, and every effective business person needs to understand how to read an income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.

Learning to draw intelligence from basic numbers becomes more relevant when it’s your own simulated business. An instructor can explain the technical definition of bankruptcy, but seeing red ink flow on your own balance sheet creates a powerful teachable moment.

Capsim participants interact with key financial statements, round after round, learning to leverage the information they need to make decisions that lead to profits and success.

Team based decision-making is a reality of every business. Teams can communicate anywhere, anytime thanks to technology – but effective group decision making is more than connecting, it’s behaviors and disciplines that are mutually agreed upon and consistently practiced.

Capsim’s TeamMATE, based on years of study into team dynamics, builds collaborative skills during the simulation experience. TeamMATE Monitors, Analyzes, Trains and Evaluates the team process in real time.

Peer and self-evaluations provide ongoing feedback and training tips in the TeamMATE Toolkit guide development. The correlation between team performance and company results provides powerful motivation for improving team behaviors. “Soft skills” are proven to have hard outcomes!

“Our people need to be able to read the scoreboard…”

“We have people all over the world, but they need to work as a team…”

“Almost all our decisions are collaborative – we need great team players…”

“We tried outdoor team-building, but still our teams are still dysfunctional…”

“Some of our managers don’t ask the right questions to get the data they need…”

Develop Financial SkillsImprove Team Dynamics

“We have really creative people, but they don’t ‘get’ finance…”

Experience a Capsim Business SimulationHow can a business simulation meet your learning goals? Capsim simulation experts are ready to demonstrate the Capsim simulation experience. Webinars and one-on-one demonstrations are available to address your specific questions and areas of interest.

For more information, please contact us at:

877.477.8787 (312.477.7200 for callers outside the US and Canada)welcome@capsim.com or visit www.capsim.com/demo.

About CapsimCapsim is a global leader in business simulation technology and services. Our programs are designed to teach business acumen in many learning environments.We deliver unforgettable business learning.

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