Business Acumen Training for Managers and Employees

Zodiak for EVA® Companies Product Overview

Learning Objectives

The Business Simulation

Zodiak is a five-hour classroom business simulation that quickly immerses participants in the world of business. As the new owners of a struggling 40-million-dollar company, participants engage in selling products and services, collecting receivables, tackling problems, investing in new products and fielding shareholders’ questions.

Over the period of three game years, participants realize the importance of critical fundamentals, such as how EVA® is calculated and measured, the impact of sales and inventory increases on EVA®, the impact of reducing operating expenses and making better use of capital, the value of analyzing EVA® trends. They also learn the impact of decisions around:

  • Investing in new products
  • Managing inventory and sales
  • Making equipment and materials purchases
  • Purchasing materials
  • Responding to quality challenges
  • Analyzing EVA® results

Connections — Bridging to Your Organization

Connections exercises create a bridge from the classroom simulation to the participants’ organization. Participants apply knowledge from the business simulation to calculate their own organization’s EVA®. They begin to understand how EVA® is used and learn ways in which they can “drive” this measure of success.

You can use the exercises provided with the program, or work with Paradigm Learning to customize Connections for an even closer fit with your issues and your audience.

Uses

Consider using Zodiak to:

  • Boost your current leadership curriculum
  • Teach finance to non-financial managers
  • Educate employees about EVA® concepts
  • Establish a common foundation of business understanding
  • Improve employee ownership and/or profit-sharing programs
  • Enhance a business literacy “event” 

Target Audience

Managers, supervisors, individual contributors and employees.
 
Time Frame

One day - 5-hour Zodiak game and 1½- to 2-hour Connections session.

Training Delivery

Paradigm Learning can train your own in-house facilitators or provide experienced discovery learning facilitators to conduct your sessions.

Language Translations

Zodiak has been translated for use by many our clients around the world. In addition to English, various Zodiak versions are available in:

  • Bahasa Indonesian
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Czech
  • German
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Spanish (Latin America)

We are committed to working closely with our clients to meet specific language needs. Contact us to learn more details or discuss your translation requirements.

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