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ISA brings you our newest resource, a 10-week, fully virtual program with content based on an MBA curriculum, in the ISA Business Academy.
Learn, understand, and apply the best practices of people management and business finances to immediately improve your business.
Learn, understand, and apply the best practices of people management and business finances to immediately improve your business.
A mini-MBA for automation industry leaders.
ISA Business Academy is a 10-week fully digital program for both the current & future leaders of the automation industry to master the skills of organizational leadership, people management, & business finance.
What's Included
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What makes this program different?
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The real key, is a blended learning experience -- pairing self-paced online learning with live facilitated session to learn with your peers and from the experts themselves in real-time.
facilitations
Expert-Led Live Coaching Sessions
Beyond the online learning we come together with a cohort of your peers for bi-weekly facilitations allowing you to be coached in real-time by masters of the craft.
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Learning
Interactive Self-Paced Online Learning
The program is designed to provide you with impactful knowledge & resources that will guide you, step-by-step to put into practice immediately.
Networking
A Cohort of Fellow Business Leaders
Connect with both the current and future leaders of industry to learn & share together in a peer-to-peer learning experience, building your support system!
Save These Dates!
PROGRAM ONBOARDING AND KICK-OFF
August
31
VISION GOALS & PLANNING PROCESS
September 14
THE RIGHT TEAM & CUSTOMER
September 28
AN EMPOWERED SYSTEM OF MANAGEMENT
October
12
DEMYSTIFYING THE FINANCIALS
October
26
APPLYING THE FINANCIALS
November
9
In 10-weeks refocus on how to:
Improve your company,
& grow your bottom line.
Improve your company,
& grow your bottom line.
ISA Business Academy covers:
Organizational Leadership
Financial Management
Blending self-paced learning with live virtual sessions to learn & discuss with your ISA peers.
virtual facilitations
Every 2 weeks, join live facilitated conversations with your cohort, guided by our guest experts.
Self-Paced online learning
After the 10-weeks you will have access to the online learning for a full year to continue your learning journey.
Set Goals all the Time
We begin by crafting a vision for the company, our long-term goal 3-5-years from now. This will be the North Star for our entire team. Then we learn what makes a 'good goal' and create company-wide, department-level, & individual goals that align with our vision.
Focus On the Process Not A Plan
We’ll get a baseline of our company's current status by collecting valuable information. Using that as a baseline we will adopt a planning process so our company can adapt to today’s ever-changing conditions.
Coach the Right People
We’ll clearly define positions at our business, and create position descriptions for ourselves and key roles within the organization. Then we identify the right natural abilities needed for these roles, and if we have our people in the best place for success currently.
Serve the Right Customers
We begin by identifying our right customers, then determine how we find more of these right customers, building a sales process to serve them, streamlining our operations processes around them, and finally fostering a culture & strategies necessary to serve the right customer.
Empower Your Entire Team
Learn how managers empower their team members by establishing clear goals and allowing people to achieve those goals in their own way, through our system of “wide boulevards, high curbs”.
We determine if our team members meet the criteria required to work in an environment of empowerment.
Do the Right Things Right
We will use six tools to monitor and manage our company’s performance and build our own System of Managing—a clear and effective means of providing clarity and purpose to team members while steering everyone to accomplish their individual goals, as well as the company’s goals.
Demystifying the Financials
Using a case study, we will understand how to read and use financial statements. With the case study as real-world context, we will also learn about projections, inventory, accounts receivable, and cash flow and how to use this information to build stronger businesses.
Using the Financials
With a new understanding of the basics, we will focus on specific elements that grow the bottom line. We start by calculating our own financial ratios, and how to set realistic goals for your business with them. From there we learn how to easily use break-even analysis to inform everyday decisions.
Meet Your Instructors
Eddie Habibi
Automation Business Expert
Eddie Habibi founded and lead PAS through exit in 2020. Eddie currently serves as an Executive Board Member for ISA. He is the co-author of two popular best practices books on industrial operator effectiveness: The Alarm Management Handbook and The High Performance HMI Handbook. Prior to establishing PAS, Eddie held various positions at Schlumberger and Honeywell International. Eddie holds an Engineering degree from the University of Houston and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas.
Scott Reynolds, PE, CISSP
Automation Finance Expert
Scott Reynolds is an experienced IT/OT manager with a demonstrated history of working in both municipal and manufacturing environments with a focus in industrial cyber security. Scott is passionate about IT/OT collaboration, workforce development, strategic planning, industrial cyber security, and development of reasonable and useful corporate standards for process control networks. Scott's current role is as Senior Security and Networking Engineering Manager at Johns Manville in Denver. Scott served as the ISA Treasurer from 2021-2022.
John Cioffi
Program Creator
John Cioffi, the Chief Content Officer at GoalMakers, has spent the last 30-years, coaching hundreds of clients to success. He previously ran a subsidiary of Amoco Oil subsidiary, a Fortune 100 company, and held executive positions at several other companies in a wide variety of industries. John received his MBA from The Wharton School and holds a Master’s in from Dartmouth.
Jeremy Wall
Lead Facilitator
Jeremy is GoalMakers lead facilitator, and has worked with hundreds of learners, helping them not just learn but implement during our live sessions. Jeremy has founded, grown, and exited businesses before and will work with you and your team as you look to do the same.
ISA Business Academy
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By the end of this course you will have the knowledge, skills, and resources you need to be more successful so let the world know it!
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Want to learn more?
Use the calendar link below to find a time to book a time for a 15-minute discovery call where you can ask any questions you have before signing up.
ISA Business Academy Begins on August 31st!
THE GOALMAKERS GUARANTEE
We believe in our material, so much that we offer a money-back guarantee if you don't find value after the first two weeks.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the Program for?
This information is beneficial for everyone, from the CEO to the Site Supervisor, the more of your team that understands these fundamentals, the better off your business will be. However, if you want to start slow, we suggest that owners, managers, future leaders, site supervisors, and high-potential employees go through this program.
How many people from my team should participate?
Beyond being a great learning program this is an organizational alignment tool meaning that the more people who participate together, the better the impact you'll see when looking to implement these learnings.
What if I miss the live sessions?
While you will get the most out of joining them and participating in the conversation with both your peers and industry experts, if you can't make one do not worry! All sessions are recorded and uploaded into the eLearning to review later.
How long will I have access to the program?
Great question, while the program runs in a synchronous timing with your peers after the 10-weeks you will retain access to the eLearning for a full calendar year after we wrap up.
How long will it take me?
Weekly you should expect about 2.5 hours per week, but self-paced learning is all up to your availability!
Then bi-weekly we have 60-minute long live sessions with your peers and industry experts.
Overall, you should expect anywhere from 20-40 hours over the 10-weeks. (Some learners spend much longer than this and some a little less, but it depends on where you are at in your professional journey)!
Then bi-weekly we have 60-minute long live sessions with your peers and industry experts.
Overall, you should expect anywhere from 20-40 hours over the 10-weeks. (Some learners spend much longer than this and some a little less, but it depends on where you are at in your professional journey)!
Are there assignments & testing?
You won't get a certificate just for signing up, no participation trophies here!
Throughout the program there are 6 end-of-section knowledge checks at the end of each of the management sections, and then a cumulative exam at the end. All must be completed and passed in order to receive your certificate.
How long will I have access to the live program?
Great question, while the program runs in a synchronous timing with your peers after the 10-weeks you will retain access to the eLearning for a full calendar year.
How long will it take me to complete?
While this program is self-paced, timing is based on averages, some will take much longer and others will take less. The average learner progresses through this in about ~2.5 hours per week, so we suggest earmarking at least that much time.
Then bi-weekly we have 60-minute long live sessions with your peers and industry experts.
Overall, you should expect anywhere from 20-40 hours over the 10-weeks. (Some learners spend much longer than this and some a little less, but it depends on where you are at in your professional journey)!
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