
- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Business fluency is essential today for effective strategic communication. To fulfill the mandate of trusted counselors and advisors to executives and the C-suite, communication professionals must no longer just have excellent communication skills, but they must understand and speak the language of the business world. The challenge is that many communication graduates and professionals did not go to business school and do not hold an MBA.
Business Acumen for Strategic Communicators: The Workbook provides the essential practical learning needed to help upskill communication professionals into bona fide business leaders and advisors. Through briefs, exercises and discussion activities, readers will learn to analyze and interpret key business materials produced by companies and nonprofit organizations, including CEO letters, annual reports, financial statements, earnings releases, CSR, DEI and ESG reports, and more. A revised and expanded glossary is provided, as are answer keys for the exercises.
Drawing on the success of Ragas and Culp's prior books, this innovative workbook offers hands-on learning opportunities to help put newly acquired business acumen knowledge into practice.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- About the Authors
- Foreword for Business Acumen for Strategic Communicators
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: Introduction
- Part II: Financial Statements and Valuation Essentials
- Part III: The CEO Letter and the Annual Report
- Part IV: Quarterly Earnings Reports
- Part V: ESG, DEI, and EEO-1 Reports
- Part VI: Corporate and Organizational Governance Information
- Part VII: Leveling Up: Professional Development
- Afterword: Business Acumen for Strategic Communicators
- Glossary
- Appendices
- Answer Key to Exercises
- References
- Index