Business Acumen Certificate
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$2,700
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Register by Dec 8, 2026
Register by Dec 8, 2026
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$2,700
Certificate Program | For all professional levels
Build a stronger understanding of strategy, operations, financial performance, decision-making, change, and productivity to contribute more effectively across your organization.
After you register, our team will reach out to help you choose your four one-day programs.
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Register by Dec 8, 2026
Time
8:30am - 3:30pm
Cost
$2,700
Location
Xavier University
Format
In-Person
Strong business acumen helps you connect your day-to-day decisions to the bigger picture. This flexible certificate builds your understanding of how organizations operate, make money, execute strategy, and sustain profitable growth. Choose four available one-day programs to strengthen the skills most relevant to your role while developing the perspective needed to plan, organize, direct, and contribute more strategically across the business.
Connect organizational strategy to the decisions and work happening across teams.
Build a stronger understanding of operations, financial performance, and profitable growth.
Apply practical tools for decision-making, problem solving, change, and productivity.
Understand how organizations plan, organize, direct, and control business activities.
Strengthen your ability to contribute strategically beyond your immediate functional responsibilities.
Earn an Xavier Leadership Center Business Acumen digital badge after meeting completion requirements.
Designed for professionals at any level who want to increase their business acumen, this certificate helps you better understand the forces shaping organizational performance.
Select four available programs to build the business capabilities most valuable to you.
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Your facilitators vary based on the four Business Acumen one-day programs you select during the semester.
Choose four one-day programs from the semester’s Business Acumen options to strengthen the strategic, financial, analytical, and execution skills most relevant to your work.
Understand organizational strategy and connect your work to successful execution.
Explore practical approaches for making stronger individual and leadership decisions.
Build skills for responding to and leading through workplace change.
Develop greater confidence understanding finance and its role in business performance.
Use creative thinking, data storytelling, AI, and productivity tools across available options.
Explore how to differentiate between being busy and being productive, and cultivate accountability that drives consistent follow-through.
Understand what questions need to be addressed and discerning what data is relevant to answer those questions.
Learn to work effectively with the best Generative AI tools, understanding both the art and science behind high-quality outputs.
Business Acumen Certificate: Register by Dec 8, 2026. Xavier University.
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Show your manager how this program can strengthen your performance and impact.
Need more information? We’ll help you determine whether this program fits your development goals.
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