Business Acumen Training for Managers and Employees

Zodiak for Industry Product Overview

Learning Objectives

The Business Simulation
Zodiak is a four- to 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 business fundamentals, such as making a profit, generating cash and increasing shareholder value. They also learn the impact of decisions around:

  • Investing in new products
  • Managing inventory
  • Making equipment investments
  • Purchasing materials
  • Responding to quality challenges

Connections — Bridging to Your Organization
Connections exercises create a bridge from the classroom simulation to the participants’ organization.

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
  • Help employees understand how they impact the company's financial health
  • Accelerate major change efforts
  • 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: 4- to 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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