Over the course of any week there are many ways to instill economic thinking, build numerical acumen, and reinforce a practical understanding of the value of money.
Develop the bank's retail and corporate lending acumen; build an Internet banking presence; streamline back-office systems; expand such high-margin business lines as credit cards, private banking, insurance and asset management; all while fending off new domestic and foreign rivals for its bread-and-butter residential mortgage business.
A 2002 survey of Chinese female entrepreneurs found that many build up business acumen and managerial skills by holding high posts at large state-owned enterprises, and that it is through these sorts of connections that entrepreneurs are able to raise the capital they need.
Did the two years you spent scrambling to survive build your entrepreneurial acumen or was that your personality all along?
Working at a wine shop is also a good way to get a feel for how the system works as you build your tasting acumen.
Page A20 Obituaries ROY L. ASH, 93 He used tough-minded analytic acumen to build a multibillion dollar conglomerate, Litton Industries, and to become a force in the Nixon White House, where he led the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Through the centuries, princes, generals, monks, and farmers have played the game, not only to win but to build character and develop mental acumen.
Dubugras and Franceschi not only had a big network of startup entrepreneurs in their Rolodex, but they had the fintech acumen necessary to build a credit card business designed specifically for founders.
"We were looking for a club that we could fill the holes, one that has a large yet somewhat dormant fan base, and if we put in a little business acumen, what can we build?
If they can translate the acumen that helped them build business empires to judiciousness in how they find and fund changemakers, then Africa's future is bright, no matter how the news cycle despairs.
He doesn't have any sense of aesthetics (look at his buildings) and one can't even admire his business acumen since he didn't build his fortune himself and has declared bankruptcy more than anyone else in recent decades.
