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May 17, 2007

Acumen

acumen (noun) - ability to make good decisions quickly

business acumen
commercial acumen
financial acumen
political acumen

great acumen
considerable acumen

demonstrate acumen
show acumen


Example sentences:

* With his considerable business acumen he rose quickly to the top.

* The need to involve someone with business acumen to sort out the firm's financial situation.

* With his knowledge of how the industry works and his business acumen he'll be able to earn a living.

* The new company has shown considerable business acumen by offering a range of optional services that can be added to the basic monthly subscription.

* He may have lacked practical knowledge of manufacturing, but he was able to steer the company to success with his commerical acumen.

* Once she became a professional manager her business acumen surfaced.

* We're looking to appoint a director with financial acumen and experience in the art business.

* He exhibited such a lack of political acumen and inability to wield authority that he was quickly kicked out of office.

* With characteristic business acumen, he was able to sell his new product to just about everyone.

* The tycoons philanthropy has gained greater recognition after his death than his executive acumen.

* A combination of technical expertise and business acumen is becoming increasingly important to survive in business nowadays.

* His business acumen, now even more sharpened, concentrated on further expansion.

* His vast business empire was created largely by his own acumen.

* His success owed more to his forceful character than business acumen or entrepreneurial flair.

* The pirate costume at the Halloween party suggested a certain cut throat business acumen.

* "The correct diagnosis of acute appendicitis depends on clinical acumen and
experience."

* As a worldly go ahead American, he rates business acumen and assertiveness over teamwork.

* The engineer had much more acumen than the managers he worked for.

* His technical acumen allowed the team to navigate through the complexities of the project and write a thorough proposal and plan.

* His acumen as an editor allowed him to steer the publication to eventual success.

* He had neither the acumen nor the persistence to dig the company out of the problems it faced.


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