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Business Fundamentals Workshop

All-in-one solution for teaching business fundamentals

What is the Business Fundamentals Workshop?

The Business Fundamentals Workshop is an interactive corporate workshop designed to build a practical understanding of how businesses work. Using a realistic business simulation, participants step into the role of decision-makers, running virtual companies in a competitive and fast-changing market.

What is the Business Fundamentals Workshop?

The Business Fundamentals Workshop is an interactive corporate workshop designed to build a practical understanding of how businesses work. Using a realistic business simulation, participants step into the role of decision-makers, running virtual companies in a competitive and fast-changing market.

The workshop is ideal for:

  • Managers and leaders developing their business knowledge
  • Professionals seeking to understand how organisations succeed
  • Teams looking to strengthen their commercial awareness

This is more than a team building workshop. It is a structured learning experience where participants practise the essentials of business in a hands-on way.

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Key learning outcomes

Key learning outcomes

Participants gain direct experience of the principles that underpin successful organisations, including:

  • Management fundamentals and decision-making
  • Setting prices and analysing profit and loss
  • Balancing competition and collaboration
  • Understanding markets and customer behaviour
  • Determining and executing business strategy
  • Interpreting financial data to guide decisions
  • Responding to change under time pressure

By running their own business within the simulation, participants learn how every decision shapes financial performance, competitive advantage and long-term success.

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How the workshop is delivered

How the workshop is delivered

The Business Fundamentals Workshop is structured for maximum engagement and flexibility:

  • Delivered through a high-energy, interactive business simulation
  • Runs in 2 hours; can be extended to be a half-day event, fitting easily into training schedules
  • Can be delivered to groups of between 6 and 36 participants
  • Can be integrated into existing corporate programmes
  • Works as a standalone exercise for focused learning
  • Can be delivered on-site or virtually

Facilitators are provided with full training and resources, ensuring the workshop can be delivered consistently across different teams and organisations.

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What’s included

The workshop comes with everything required to deliver a complete and impactful experience:

  • Business simulation activity
  • Simulation presentation materials
  • Further learning resources for participants
  • Facilitator training and guidance
  • All supporting tools for smooth delivery

This ensures the workshop is fully self-contained, with no additional preparation required.

Why focus on business fundamentals?

Understanding business fundamentals is essential for anyone working in a corporate environment. This workshop builds the commercial awareness and analytical skills needed to:

  • Evaluate financial performance through profit and loss
  • Compete effectively in complex markets
  • Balance collaboration with strategic rivalry
  • Make informed decisions under time constraints
  • Link everyday choices to wider organisational success

By experiencing these challenges in a safe and engaging environment, participants develop the confidence to apply business thinking back in the workplace.

Strengthen your organisation’s commercial capability with the Business Fundamentals Workshop - a practical, engaging way to build essential business knowledge and strategic thinking skills.

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