Get in the Game! The MONEY Game helps you make all the RIGHT moves. In today's dynamic business environment, managers and employees at all levels with little or no formal financial training are making key decisions that impact your bottom line. The MONEY Game gives them the skills, insights, and tools they need to move your company … Ahead! "The MONEY Game helped me understand how my daily job responsibilities affect the company’s profits… Now, I know how the output of my team feeds into our bottom line." The MONEY Game is an interactive, hands-on workshop delivered on-site to groups of 15-20 employees in one-day or two-day sessions. Employees learn by doing. They run their own small businesses, comparing their key financial information to your company’s actual numbers throughout the workshop. Getting Started: Your First Move! In groups of 4 to 5, employees form a "company" in a FUN opening exercise that jump-starts creative decision making, team building and problem solving. They begin thinking like business owners, discovering how their businesses work and learning ways to improve YOUR business. They gain a solid understanding of your balance sheet, a snapshot of your financial position. “Taking the Pulse” Pre-Assessment Making a Business Plan Basic Business Scorekeeping Building a Balance Sheet How Money Flows through Your Business Profit Margin Preview Discovering Net Worth The Money-Go-Round: Your Next Move! Your employees are excitedly operating their companies and gain an appreciation for just how closely costs and revenues need to be monitored to earn a profit. Now, employees "own" a complete understanding of YOUR income statement, enabling them to make more productive and cost-effective workplace decisions. How Businesses Make and Lose Money Juggling Revenues, Costs, Expenses and Profits Costs of Sales vs. Operating Expenses Variable vs. Fixed Cost Analysis Interest, Depreciation, and Taxes A Journey through the Income Statement Terminology and Acronyms Pro-Forma Net Income Making Money-Wise Decisions: Moving Ahead! Cash is King! Your employees become keenly aware of where cash is "hidden" in your company and learn ways to keep the "green" flowing and profits rising. Cash vs. Profit Forecasting Cash Flow Needs The Cash Flow Statement How to Generate Cash and Keep the Doors Open Inventory Turns, Receivable Days, Cash Conversion, Cash Gap The Present Value of Money The Cost of Waiting – Cash Management The Big Picture: Making a Difference! Now that your employees understand the basics of finance, they are equipped to "take ownership" in your business and tackle the relevant current business decisions YOU are facing. Employee confidence and performance is improved because they make the connection between their activities and your company’s financial results. Understanding of YOUR key business issues and management decisions skyrockets! Profitable Revenue Growth: Discussion of YOUR Product, Market and Competition How Employee Decisions and Actions Drive Costs Unleashing Trapped Profitability: Creative Employee Solutions to Reducing Costs YOUR Financial Health Ratios and How Employee Decisions Impact Them Charting Variances Cost Benefit Analysis Practice with Customized Business Scenarios Financial CHALLENGE: Personalized 12-Week Plan to Improve Efficiency “Taking the Pulse” Post-Assessment "I especially liked the game board. It gave me a real feel for running a company. The time was well worth it and the results were excellent!" A Step Beyond! Customized coaching and follow-up activities can reinforce and reinvigorate your employees’ stake in your business. A gathering of participants to announce cost-savings results from personalized “Financial CHALLENGES” can be scheduled one quarter following course delivery. Follow-up management briefings using your current and future financial numbers can help company leaders deliver future financial results in a fresh, FUN format.  WorkSmartUSA will customize a program for your unique needs. We can design gameboards and exercises to match your exact financial statements and issues. "You gain the ability to think like upper management. It gives you an instant edge in understanding financial reports and your CEO!" Let us know what you think. How does this program fit your company's needs? WORKSMARTUSA, LLC Fort Collins, CO 80525 970-988-7929 Feedback http://www.WorkSmartUSA.com The MONEY Game: Understanding Business Finance © is the property of WorkSmartUSA, LLC, Fort Collins, CO. All Rights Reserved Worldwide